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Saturday, March 19, 2022Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed LAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 127–119.

Final
MIL119
MIN138
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +19
Final
DAL108
CHA129
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +22; Q4 CHA +21
Final
DET109
CLE113
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
LAL119
WAS127
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +8
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 19, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BKN @ ORL), 43 points.
The lead · LAL @ WAS

Washington rallies from 10 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 10 after one, Washington outscored the Lakers 101–83 the rest of the way. Final: 127–119. Kristaps Porzingis led Washington with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. LeBron James scored 38 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-10-9-6+8WAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL36313220119
WAS26323534127
Who led
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 5, 25, 19, 14, 25, 16, 18, 27WAS27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 19, 16, 4, 26, 19, 12, 9, 18WAS18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38LAL38 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 17, 30, 5, 13, 14, 15, 22, 22LAL22 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Second story · DET @ CLE

Cleveland beats Detroit, 113–109

Cleveland led 82–81 after three and won by 4. Darius Garland led Cleveland with 24 points, 1 rebound and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over DET4WAS over LAL8MIN over MIL19CHA over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Jerami Grant leads the day with 40

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.
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 26, 8, 23, 12, 20, 21, 22, 40DET @ CLE · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Lou Williams LAL, Dec 3, 2016: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38LAL @ WAS · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 41, 35, 31, 30, 26, 37, 17, 37DAL @ CHA · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 5, 25, 19, 14, 25, 16, 18, 27WAS vs LAL · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 39, 20, 36, 27, 13, 21, 15, 60, 30, 25MIN vs MIL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 15, 17, 16, 25, 15, 5, 27, 25MIN vs MIL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 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
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.8 4.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−5.5 15.6 last 10 · 21.1 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