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Tuesday, March 7, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed NYK by 16 at halftime and won 112–105.

Final
WAS119
DET117
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
Final
MIL134
ORL123
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +11
Final
PHI117
MIN94
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +23
Final
CHA112
NYK105
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -16; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +7
Final
BKN118
HOU96
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN +14; Q4 BKN +22
Final
GSW128
OKC137
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +9
Final
UTA116
DAL120
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +4
Final
MEM103
LAL112
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +9
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 7, 2022: 8 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NYK @ SAC), 46 points.
The lead · CHA @ NYK

Charlotte erases 16-point lead, steals one from New York

New York led 66–50 at halftime. Charlotte won the second half 62–39 to take it 112–105. Kelly Oubre Jr. led Charlotte with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-16-2+7CHA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA21293725112
NYK21452316105
Who led
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 19, 15, 6, 8, 15, 18, 26, 29, 17, 27CHA27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 29, 9, 14, 22, 20, 22, 16, 25CHA25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 17, 14, 25, 10, 15, 17, 29, 27NYK27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 25, 46, 28, 23, 21, 43, 31, 16NYK16 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · WAS @ DET

Washington holds off Detroit, 119–117

Washington led 89–88 after three and held on to win by two. Bradley Beal led Washington with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over DET2DAL over UTA4CHA over NYK7OKC over GSW9LAL over MEM9MIL over ORL11BKN over HOU22PHI over MIN23Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.5Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.5 in 65 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 34, 35, 38, 29, 28, 21, 27, 40GSW @ OKC · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Feb 18, 2010: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 29, 27, 41, 27, 35, 31, 42, 39PHI @ MIN · W
33.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 28, 36, 23, 21, 16, 40, 30, 33DAL vs UTA · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 42, 20, 30, 44, 24, 29, 39, 38, 33OKC vs GSW · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 23, 29, 29, 43, 27, 28, 20, 33UTA @ DAL · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 35, 16, 18, 37, 15, 21, 33, 32WAS @ DET · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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
Mikal BridgesBKN+7.9 26.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Damian LillardPOR+6.8 39.2 last 10 · 32.4 season
Jalen WilliamsOKC+6.4 19.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+6.0 31.5 last 10 · 25.5 season
Landry ShametPHX+5.0 14.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Tre JonesSAS−5.3 7.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.3 11.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−5.2 26.0 last 10 · 31.2 season
Caris LeVertCLE−5.1 6.4 last 10 · 11.5 season