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Monday, March 7, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed SAC by 16 after the first quarter and won 131–115.

Final · OT
ATL110
DET113
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
CHI106
PHI121
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +15
Final
HOU106
MIA123
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +17
Final
POR81
MIN124
Q1 MIN +16; Q2 MIN +27; Q3 MIN +30; Q4 MIN +43
Final
UTA103
DAL111
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +8
Final
LAL110
SAS117
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +7
Final
GSW124
DEN131
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +7
Final
NYK131
SAC115
Q1 NYK -16; Q2 NYK -15; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +16
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · NYK @ SAC

Julius Randle scores 46 as New York wins in Sacramento

Final: 131–115. Julius Randle made 18 of 31 shots from the field.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-15+5+16NYK AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK17314439131
SAC33302428115
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 30, 31, 11, 16, 24, 25, 10, 46NYK46 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 23, 18, 46, 24, 30, 20, 24, 29NYK29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 33, 20, 26, 29, 25, 26, 44, 24SAC24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 17, 14, 24, 23, 19, 27, 9, 23SAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · HOU @ MIA

Miami makes it three straight

Miami beat Houston 123–106 and moved to 44–22. Tyler Herro led Miami with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MIA
Wvs BKN115–111Lvs DAL99–107W@ CHA111–107W@ NYK115–100Wvs SAS133–129Wvs CHI112–99L@ MIL119–120W@ BKN113–107Wvs PHI99–82Wvs HOU123–106MIA: last 10 games through Mar 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 46

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 30, 31, 11, 16, 24, 25, 10, 46NYK @ SAC · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +26.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: RJ Barrett NYK, Feb 25, 2022: 46 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Career high46 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 25, 40, 19, 42, 34, 37, 27, 22, 22, 43PHI vs CHI · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Love MIN, Dec 13, 2013: 42 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
43 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 51, 45, 21, 49, 23, 34, 25, 41, 35DAL vs UTA · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 26, 35, 25, 18, 8, 22, 46, 32DEN vs GSW · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Nov 7, 2007: 32 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
32 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 13, 15, 15, 4, 12, 23, 23, 32GSW @ DEN · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 15, 25, 27, 20, 30, 27, 21, 31MIA vs HOU · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
RJ BarrettNYK+8.1 27.3 last 10 · 19.2 season
Luka DoncicDAL+7.7 35.7 last 10 · 28.0 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Bruce BrownBKN+6.5 13.9 last 10 · 7.4 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Tobias HarrisPHI−5.5 12.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Patty MillsBKN−4.9 7.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Devonte' GrahamNOP−4.7 7.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−4.7 7.3 last 10 · 12.0 season