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Friday, March 17, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed SAS by 23 at halftime and won 126–120.

Final
PHI121
CHA82
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +25; Q4 PHI +39
Final
GSW119
ATL127
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +8
Final
WAS94
CLE117
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +23
Final · 2OT
MIN131
CHI139
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -10; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI +8
Final
NOP112
HOU114
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU -10; Q4 HOU +2
Final · OT
MEM126
SAS120
Q1 MEM -9; Q2 MEM -23; Q3 MEM -12; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +6
Final
BOS126
POR112
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +14
Final
DAL111
LAL110
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +1
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 17, 2022: 1 game. Top scorer: Saddiq Bey (DET @ ORL), 51 points.
The lead · MEM @ SAS

Memphis rallies from 23 down at the half, wins in overtime

San Antonio led 69–46 at the break. It was 109–109 after regulation, and Memphis won the extra time 17–11. Final: 126–120. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-23-120+6MEM AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM2620352817126
SAS3534241611120
Who led
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 17, 15, 24, 26, 21, 14, 7, 25, 28MEM28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 19, 30, 7, 21, 25, 23, 11, 21MEM21 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 20, 14, 18, 13, 14, 6, 10, 25SAS25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Zach CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 15, 7, 18, 14, 10, 23, 25, 24SAS24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.9Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 24.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg51Today

51 minutes today, against 27.1 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Philadelphia posts the night's biggest win

Philadelphia beat Charlotte by 39, the widest margin of 8 games.

DAL over LAL1HOU over NOP2MEM over SAS6ATL over GSW8CHI over MIN8BOS over POR14CLE over WAS23PHI over CHA39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 49

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 13, 21, 31, 23, 17, 27, 33, 49CHI vs MIN · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Dec 16, 2019: 48 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Season high49 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 71, 25, 41, 33, 41, 31, 27, 22, 38, 41POR vs BOS · L
32.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, May 19, 1998: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 17, 41, 27, 42, 29, 36, 25, 39CHI vs MIN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 41, 27, 35, 31, 42, 39, 39, 34, 36, 38PHI @ CHA · W
33.5 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 23, 21, 16, 40, 30, 33, 27, 38DAL @ LAL · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 41, 22, 40, 30, 34, 22, 22, 34BOS @ POR · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 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
Mikal BridgesBKN+8.8 27.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jalen WilliamsOKC+8.0 21.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Zach LaVineCHI+6.4 31.5 last 10 · 25.1 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+5.7 19.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−5.4 3.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Pascal SiakamTOR−5.2 19.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.2 6.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR−4.9 8.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR−4.8 12.9 last 10 · 17.7 season