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Monday, March 28, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by TOR (vs BOS) and OKC (vs POR).

Final
DEN113
CHA109
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +4
Final
ORL101
CLE107
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +6
Final
ATL132
IND123
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +9
Final
SAC100
MIA123
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +25; Q4 MIA +23
Final
CHI104
NYK109
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +5
Final · OT
BOS112
TOR115
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +3
Final
SAS123
HOU120
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +3
Final
GSW95
MEM123
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +26; Q3 MEM +28; Q4 MEM +28
Final · OT
OKC134
POR131
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +3
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 28, 2021: 4 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ CHA), 35 points.
The lead · BOS @ TOR

Pascal Siakam scores 40 as Toronto beats Boston

Toronto won 115–112. Pascal Siakam: 40 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8+100+3TOR AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS382022266112
TOR302921269115
Who led
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 27, 31, 17, 26, 22, 35, 23, 40TOR40 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 15, 13, 9, 3, 10, 14, 16, 14TOR14 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Marcus SmartPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 20, 15, 20, 9, 7, 5, 7, 28BOS28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Grant WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 2, 5, 7, 13, 20, 4, 7, 17BOS17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Memphis by 28.

TOR over BOS3SAS over HOU3OKC over POR3DEN over CHA4NYK over CHI5CLE over ORL6ATL over IND9MIA over SAC23MEM over GSW28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 64 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 65 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Pascal Siakam 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.
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 27, 31, 17, 26, 22, 35, 23, 40TOR vs BOS · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: DeMarcus Cousins SAC, Nov 13, 2015: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Season high40 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 25, 21, 25, 19, 26, 21, 20, 37CHI @ NYK · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 27, 30, 26, 17, 19, 28, 15, 33SAS @ HOU · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Isaiah RobyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 0, 10, 3, 11, 0, 21, 12, 30OKC @ POR · W
9.1 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 22, 20, 8, 17, 8, 23, 25, 30HOU vs SAS · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 13, 9, 12, 30, 21, 32, 13, 29ATL @ IND · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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+8.0 25.9 last 10 · 17.9 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
Davion MitchellSAC+6.5 17.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA−6.9 8.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.9 4.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN−6.3 11.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Caris LeVertCLE−5.8 11.4 last 10 · 17.2 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season