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Wednesday, March 23, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed MIN by 13 at halftime and won 125–116.

Final
NYK121
CHA106
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +15
Final
ATL101
DET122
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +21
Final
SAC110
IND109
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +1
Final
UTA97
BOS125
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +23; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +28
Final
BKN120
MEM132
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +12
Final
GSW118
MIA104
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +14
Final
PHX125
MIN116
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +9
Final
ORL102
OKC118
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +16
Final
HOU91
DAL110
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +19
Final
PHI126
LAL121
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +5
Final
SAS133
POR96
Q1 SAS +18; Q2 SAS +28; Q3 SAS +33; Q4 SAS +37
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 23, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NYK vs WAS), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIN

Deandre Ayton scores 35 as Phoenix wins in Minnesota

Final: 125–116. Deandre Ayton made 15 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-5-13-5+9PHX AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX25263242125
MIN30342428116
Who led
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 19, 16, 23, 18, 23, 20, 12, 35PHX35 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 23, 22, 30, 27, 36, 28, 31, 28PHX28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 16, 25, 15, 5, 27, 25, 19, 19MIN19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 13, 21, 15, 60, 30, 25, 22, 15MIN15 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ OKC

OKC climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 8 after one. OKC won it 118–102. Theo Maledon led OKC with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs ORL
Theo Maledon · OKCChuma Okeke · ORLPTS2519REB45AST60Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.7Season avg38.8Last 5

38.8 points a game over his last five games, against 27.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 43

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: 15, 27, 31, 29, 38, 19, 50, 22, 60, 43BKN @ MEM · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Feb 25, 2014: 43 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
43 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 16, 24, 25, 29, 37, 36, 30, 37UTA @ BOS · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 37, 14, 25, 53, 19, 23, 38, 37, 35BKN @ MEM · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 19, 16, 23, 18, 23, 20, 12, 35PHX @ MIN · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 2, 24, 24, 15, 17, 21, 22, 17, 17, 32CHA vs NYK · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 43, 27, 35, 34, 35, 32, 21, 30PHI @ LAL · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Jordan PooleGSW+8.3 25.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Bruce BrownBKN+7.3 15.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Darius BazleyOKC+6.9 17.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−7.0 4.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN−5.4 12.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Garrison MathewsHOU−5.0 5.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Will BartonDEN−4.8 9.7 last 10 · 14.5 season