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Wednesday, March 15, 2023Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed CHI by 10 at halftime and won 117–114.

Final
PHI118
CLE109
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +9
Final
MEM119
MIA138
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +28; Q4 MIA +19
Final
SAC117
CHI114
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -10; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +3
Final
LAL110
HOU114
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +4
Final
BOS104
MIN102
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +2
Final · OT
DAL137
SAS128
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +9
Final
GSW126
LAC134
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +6; 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 15, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BKN @ ORL), 60 points.
The lead · SAC @ CHI

De'Aaron Fox scores 32, Sacramento rallies past Chicago

Sacramento trailed by 10 at the half and won 117–114.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-5-10+5+3SAC AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC25233732117
CHI30282234114
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 42, 33, 33, 25, 23, 18, 35, 32SAC32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 45, 12, 7, 4, 8, 11, 19, 18, 6, 19SAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 29, 13, 21, 31, 23, 17, 27, 33CHI33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 27, 17, 41, 27, 42, 29, 36, 25CHI25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 50 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 19.

BOS over MIN2SAC over CHI3HOU over LAL4LAC over GSW8PHI over CLE9DAL over SAS9MIA over MEM19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 50

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: 38, 29, 28, 21, 27, 40, 29, 36, 23, 50GSW @ LAC · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Crawford GSW, Dec 20, 2008: 50 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Ties season high50 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 27, 41, 27, 35, 31, 42, 39, 39, 34, 36PHI @ CLE · W
33.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 16, 35, 29, 32, 11, 24, 43, 35BOS @ MIN · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 29, 13, 21, 31, 23, 17, 27, 33CHI vs SAC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 42, 33, 33, 25, 23, 18, 35, 32SAC @ CHI · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 44, 33, 23, 21, 34, 24, 38, 30LAC vs GSW · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 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
Mikal BridgesBKN+9.0 28.0 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jalen WilliamsOKC+7.4 21.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+5.7 19.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Brook LopezMIL+5.2 20.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−6.1 3.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR−5.3 7.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR−5.2 12.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.2 6.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Pascal SiakamTOR−5.1 19.1 last 10 · 24.2 season