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Sunday, March 27, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed LAL by 20 at halftime and won 116–108.

Final
NYK104
DET102
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +2
Final
MIN112
BOS134
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +23; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +22
Final
PHI104
PHX114
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +10
Final
GSW115
WAS123
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +8
Final
LAL108
NOP116
Q1 NOP -8; Q2 NOP -20; Q3 NOP -4; Q4 NOP +8
Final
CHA119
BKN110
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +9
Final
UTA100
DAL114
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +14
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 27, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: Zion Williamson (NOP vs DAL), 38 points.
The lead · LAL @ NOP

New Orleans erases 20-point lead, steals one from Lakers

Lakers led 69–49 at halftime. New Orleans won the second half 67–39 to take it 116–108. Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. LeBron James scored 39 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-20-4+8NOP AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL31382514108
NOP23264126116
Who led
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 18, 12, 28, 19, 33, 29, 38, 26NOP26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 4, 32, 8, 11, 7, 0, 6, 7, 3, 21NOP21 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38, 38, 39LAL39 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 13, 8, 13, 9, 17, 12, 23, 23LAL23 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Boston by 22.

NYK over DET2WAS over GSW8NOP over LAL8CHA over BKN9PHX over PHI10DAL over UTA14BOS over MIN22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 68 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38, 38, 39LAL @ NOP · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 35, 34, 35, 32, 21, 30, 27, 37PHI @ PHX · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 30, 27, 36, 28, 31, 28, 49, 35PHX vs PHI · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 54, 44, 31, 21, 26, 32, 30, 36, 26, 34BOS vs MIN · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 17, 21, 22, 17, 17, 32, 21, 33CHA @ BKN · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 30, 26, 37, 17, 37, 15, 24, 32DAL vs UTA · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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+7.6 25.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Darius BazleyOKC+6.6 17.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jayson TatumBOS+6.3 33.4 last 10 · 27.1 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.9 4.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA−6.7 8.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN−6.3 11.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Fred VanVleetTOR−5.2 15.4 last 10 · 20.6 season