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Tuesday, March 8, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed IND by 8 after three quarters and won 127–124.

Final
BKN132
CHA121
Q1 BKN +14; Q2 BKN +26; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +11
Final
CLE127
IND124
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +3
Final
PHX102
ORL99
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +3
Final
NOP111
MEM132
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +28; Q4 MEM +21
Final
MIL142
OKC115
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +27
Final
LAC97
GSW112
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +15
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 · CLE @ IND

Darius Garland goes for 41 in Cleveland win over Indiana

Cleveland won 127–124.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+80-8+3CLE AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE32312737127
IND24393526124
Who led
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 24, 27, 27, 30, 33, 26, 17, 41CLE41 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 22, 12, 14, 15, 9, 7, 20, 22CLE22 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 21, 14, 22, 23, 21, 8, 15, 25IND25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Goga BitadzePoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 7, 12, 0, 2, 11, 0, 20, 15IND15 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHX @ ORL

Phoenix leads Orlando wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 102–99. Best quarter: the first, 28–22. Deandre Ayton led Phoenix with 21 points, 19 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over IND3PHX over ORL3BKN over CHA11GSW over LAC15MEM over NOP21MIL over OKC27Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 50

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 14, 15, 27, 31, 29, 38, 19, 50BKN @ CHA · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Mar 4, 2016: 50 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Season high50 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 24, 27, 27, 30, 33, 26, 17, 41CLE @ IND · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 27, 2004: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 44, 18, 50, 32, 29, 26, 28, 34, 19, 39MIL @ OKC · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 10, 32, 36, 37, 29, 33, 33, 33OKC vs MIL · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 30, 38, 32, 22, 17, 24, 24, 32NOP @ MEM · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 25, 5, 23, 33, 17, 27, 31, 30CHA vs BKN · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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+6.7 14.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Tobias HarrisPHI−5.5 12.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Devonte' GrahamNOP−5.1 7.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−4.7 7.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Patty MillsBKN−4.6 8.0 last 10 · 12.6 season