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Monday, March 21, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed WAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 115–97.

Final
NOP103
CHA106
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA -6; Q4 CHA +3
Final
LAL131
CLE120
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +11
Final
POR119
DET115
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +4
Final
UTA106
BKN114
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +8
Final
MIA106
PHI113
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +7
Final
TOR99
CHI113
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +14
Final
WAS97
HOU115
Q1 HOU -13; Q2 HOU -12; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +18
Final
BOS132
OKC123
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +24; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MIN108
DAL110
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +2
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 21, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL @ POR), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ HOU

Christian Wood posts 39 and 10 as Houston beats Washington

39 points and 10 rebounds in a 115–97 win.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-12-3+18HOU AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3924201497
HOU26252935115
Who led
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 24, 22, 28, 8, 18, 32, 12, 39HOU39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 20, 32, 11, 17, 22, 20, 8, 17HOU17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 5, 25, 19, 14, 25, 16, 18, 27, 22WAS22 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Rui HachimuraPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 18, 15, 12, 12, 12, 11, 10, 16WAS16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ CLE

Lakers handle Cleveland by 11

The Lakers won the second quarter 39–27. Final: 131–120. LeBron James led Lakers with 38 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over MIN2CHA over NOP3POR over DET4PHI over MIA7BKN over UTA8BOS over OKC9LAL over CLE11CHI over TOR14HOU over WAS18Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Christian Wood leads the day with 39

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.
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 24, 22, 28, 8, 18, 32, 12, 39HOU vs WAS · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38, 38LAL @ CLE · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Jan 22, 2016: 39 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
38 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 31, 37, 14, 25, 53, 19, 23, 38, 37BKN vs UTA · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 54, 44, 31, 21, 26, 32, 30, 36BOS @ OKC · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Tre MannPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 6, 11, 15, 13, 9, 25, 13, 35OKC vs BOS · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 33, 33, 8, 31, 32, 34, 26, 31OKC vs BOS · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 9 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
Jayson TatumBOS+7.4 34.4 last 10 · 27.0 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Bruce BrownBKN+7.0 15.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Jordan PooleGSW+6.5 23.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−7.5 3.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Garrison MathewsHOU−5.1 5.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Will BartonDEN−4.6 10.0 last 10 · 14.6 season