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Wednesday, March 8, 2023Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 108–100.

Final
ATL122
WAS120
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +2
Final
POR93
BOS115
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +22
Final
CLE104
MIA100
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +4
Final
DAL106
NOP113
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP +16; Q3 NOP +18; Q4 NOP +7
Final
CHI117
DEN96
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +21
Final
OKC101
PHX132
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +31
Final
TOR100
LAC108
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +8
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 8, 2022: 6 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BKN @ CHA), 50 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAC

Clippers rally from 8 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 8 after one, Clippers outscored the Raptors 91–75 the rest of the way. Final: 108–100. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-80+9+8LAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR25242526100
LAC17323425108
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 33, 16, 44, 33, 23, 21, 34, 24LAC24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 26, 34, 23, 25, 11, 28, 42, 23LAC23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 26, 29, 25, 20, 13, 15, 19, 20TOR20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 18, 12, 12, 11, 14, 12, 12, 20TOR20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ATL @ WAS

Atlanta takes over late to edge Washington

Down 4 after three, Atlanta won the fourth 32–26. Final: 122–120. Trae Young led Atlanta with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over WAS2CLE over MIA4NOP over DAL7LAC over TOR8CHI over DEN21BOS over POR22PHX over OKC31Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg35.2Last 5

35.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 45 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 44

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 32, 19, 25, 24, 37, 35, 36, 44PHX vs OKC · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mike Bibby SAC, Jan 24, 2006: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
44 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 28, 14, 23, 25, 22, 24, 24, 43WAS vs ATL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen MIL, Apr 12, 2001: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Career high43 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 22, 23, 13, 18, 24, 25, 14, 32NOP vs DAL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 41, 16, 38, 31, 18, 14, 41, 22, 40, 30BOS vs POR · W
30.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 18, 32, 27, 17, 41, 27, 42, 29CHI @ DEN · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 19, 34, 34, 31, 23, 8, 25, 28ATL @ WAS · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 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
Jalen WilliamsOKC+6.4 19.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Damian LillardPOR+6.3 38.6 last 10 · 32.3 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
Marcus MorrisLAC−6.2 5.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Caris LeVertCLE−5.6 5.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Tre JonesSAS−5.3 7.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−5.2 26.0 last 10 · 31.2 season