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Friday, March 18, 2022Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed POR by 13 at halftime and won 128–123.

Final
DAL101
PHI111
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MEM105
ATL120
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +15
Final
POR123
BKN128
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN -13; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN +5
Final · OT
DEN116
CLE119
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -11; Q3 CLE -9; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +3
Final
WAS97
NYK100
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +3
Final · OT
LAL128
TOR123
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +5
Final
IND121
HOU118
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND -12; Q4 IND +3
Final
OKC108
MIA120
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +12
Final
NOP124
SAS91
Q1 NOP +25; Q2 NOP +31; Q3 NOP +38; Q4 NOP +33
Final
LAC92
UTA121
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +37; Q3 UTA +37; Q4 UTA +29
Final
CHI102
PHX129
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +23; Q4 PHX +27
Final
BOS126
SAC97
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +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 18, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS vs UTA), 43 points.
The lead · POR @ BKN

Kevin Durant scores 38, Brooklyn rallies past Portland

Brooklyn trailed by 13 at the half and won 128–123.

Game flow · BKN 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+1-130+5BKN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR33422622123
BKN34283927128
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 31, 37, 14, 25, 53, 19, 23, 38BKN38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 19, 11, 18, 8, 8, 9, 24, 27BKN27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Josh HartPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 11, 10, 6, 5, 44, 31, 17, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Brandon WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 14, 21, 27, 9, 10, 20, 14, 24POR24 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New Orleans posts the night's biggest win

New Orleans beat San Antonio by 33, the widest margin of 12 games.

CLE over DEN3NYK over WAS3IND over HOU3BKN over POR5LAL over TOR5PHI over DAL10MIA over OKC12ATL over MEM15PHX over CHI27UTA over LAC29BOS over SAC29NOP over SAS33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.9Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 38

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: 27, 12, 31, 37, 14, 25, 53, 19, 23, 38BKN vs POR · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 26, 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36LAL @ TOR · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 15, 17, 24, 22, 28, 8, 18, 32HOU vs IND · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 46, 32, 38, 23, 26, 22, 29, 32DEN @ CLE · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 22, 22, 43, 27, 35, 34, 35, 32PHI vs DAL · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 33, 37, 54, 44, 31, 21, 26, 32BOS @ SAC · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 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
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Bruce BrownBKN+6.4 14.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jayson TatumBOS+6.0 32.8 last 10 · 26.8 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.8 19.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Anthony EdwardsMIN−7.0 14.0 last 10 · 21.0 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.8 4.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Shake MiltonPHI−5.0 3.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derrick WhiteBOS−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season