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Sunday, March 13, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DET by 14 at halftime and won 106–102.

Final
NYK107
BKN110
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +3
Final
LAC106
DET102
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC -14; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +4
Final
DAL95
BOS92
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +3
Final · OT
PHI116
ORL114
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -12; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +2
Final
IND128
ATL131
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +3
Final
HOU105
NOP130
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +26; Q4 NOP +25
Final
MEM125
OKC118
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +7
Final
LAL111
PHX140
Q1 PHX +26; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +29; Q4 PHX +29
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2020–21Mar 13, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (WAS vs MIL), 42 points.
The lead · LAC @ DET

Clippers climb back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 14 at the half. Clippers won it 106–102. Marcus Morris led Clippers with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-14-2+4LAC AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC16233136106
DET24291930102
Who led
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 13, 18, 14, 4, 11, 27, 13, 31LAC31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Luke KennardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 3, 4, 11, 10, 11, 19, 14, 16LAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 19, 20, 22, 20, 28, 22, 27, 23DET23 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 26, 26, 26, 8, 23, 12, 20, 21DET21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Suns rout

Five of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Lakers by 29.

PHI over ORL2BKN over NYK3DAL over BOS3ATL over IND3LAC over DET4MEM over OKC7NOP over HOU25PHX over LAL29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.8Season avg37.4Last 5

37.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 53

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 28, 27, 12, 31, 37, 14, 25, 53BKN vs NYK · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tyrese Maxey PHI, Nov 20, 2025: 54 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Season high53 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 41, 31, 39, 25, 14, 27, 27, 47ATL vs IND · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Terry ATL, Jan 15, 2002: 46 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
47 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 19, 42, 34, 37, 27, 22, 22, 43, 27, 35PHI @ ORL · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 19, 17, 4, 19, 10, 30, 10, 32NOP vs HOU · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 21, 32, 26, 26, 56, 23, 50, 31LAL @ PHX · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 10, 32, 36, 37, 29, 33, 33, 33, 8, 31OKC vs MEM · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.0 last 10 · 23.0 season
Tre MannOKC+6.5 15.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Bruce BrownBKN+6.3 14.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Lonnie Walker IVSAS+6.3 18.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.6 5.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Mike ConleyUTA−5.5 7.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−4.7 6.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Patty MillsBKN−4.5 7.9 last 10 · 12.4 season