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Saturday, March 4, 2023Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIL by 14 after three quarters and won 133–130.

Final · OT
TOR116
WAS109
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +7
Final
DET90
CLE114
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +29; Q4 CLE +24
Final
ATL109
MIA117
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +8
Final
HOU122
SAS110
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +12
Final
PHI133
MIL130
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI -14; Q4 PHI +3
Final
MIN138
SAC134
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +4
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 · 2021–22Mar 4, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: Cameron Johnson (PHX vs NYK), 38 points.
The lead · PHI @ MIL

James Harden scores 38 as Philadelphia wins in Milwaukee

Final: 133–130. James Harden made 11 of 26 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final00-6-14+3PHI AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI29243248133
MIL29304031130
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 28, 19, 31, 21, 20, 23, 27, 38PHI38 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 37, 23, 29, 27, 41, 27, 35, 31PHI31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 38, 35, 36, 2, 4, 33, 31, 34MIL34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 19, 40, 15, 24, 33, 14, 23, 26MIL26 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Cleveland by 24.

PHI over MIL3MIN over SAC4TOR over WAS7MIA over ATL8HOU over SAS12CLE over DET24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 23.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 38

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 28, 19, 31, 21, 20, 23, 27, 38PHI @ MIL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 38, 35, 36, 2, 4, 33, 31, 34MIL vs PHI · L
31.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 37, 23, 29, 27, 41, 27, 35, 31PHI @ MIL · W
33.0 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 19, 24, 18, 14, 13, 20, 18, 30MIA vs ATL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kevin HuerterPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 15, 18, 10, 11, 6, 20, 18, 29SAC vs MIN · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Devonte' GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 6, 31, 9, 12, 10, 10, 10, 12, 18, 28SAS vs HOU · L
6.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 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
Damian LillardPOR+6.5 38.8 last 10 · 32.3 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+6.5 24.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+6.2 18.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jalen WilliamsOKC+6.1 19.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+6.0 31.5 last 10 · 25.5 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−5.4 4.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Tre JonesSAS−5.3 7.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Shake MiltonPHI−5.0 3.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Kyle LowryMIA−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season