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Saturday, March 18, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed BOS by 10 after the first quarter and won 118–117.

Final
DEN110
NYK116
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +6
Final
ORL113
LAC108
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +5
Final
PHI141
IND121
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +20
Final
MIN107
TOR122
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +15
Final
MIA99
CHI113
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +25; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +14
Final
GSW119
MEM133
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +14
Final
SAC132
WAS118
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +14
Final
BOS117
UTA118
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +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 18, 2022: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (BKN vs POR), 38 points.
The lead · BOS @ UTA

Utah climbs out of a 10-point hole against Boston

Down 10 after one, the Jazz won the second quarter 33–30 and the game 118–117. Lauri Markkanen led Utah with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-10-7-3+1UTA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS34302726117
UTA24333130118
Who led
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 43, 27, 28, 20, 33, 31, 13, 38, 28UTA28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Talen Horton-TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 16, 6, 11, 21, 23, 37, 9, 19UTA19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 29, 32, 11, 24, 43, 35, 27, 25BOS25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Grant WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 1, 9, 12, 8, 0, 2, 6, 23BOS23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Philadelphia by 20.

UTA over BOS1ORL over LAC5NYK over DEN6CHI over MIA14MEM over GSW14SAC over WAS14TOR over MIN15PHI over IND20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 55 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kyle Kuzma leads the day with 33

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.
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 30, 16, 23, 25, 17, 12, 7, 33WAS vs SAC · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 31, 42, 39, 39, 34, 36, 38, 31PHI @ IND · W
33.5 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 15, 24, 26, 21, 14, 7, 25, 28, 31MEM vs GSW · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 26, 24, 27, 13, 8, 23, 13, 31PHI @ IND · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 24, 19, 24, 17, 23, 14, 24, 30SAC @ WAS · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 25, 11, 28, 42, 23, 22, 24, 30LAC vs ORL · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+5.5 19.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Zach CollinsSAS+5.2 16.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Pascal SiakamTOR−5.5 18.8 last 10 · 24.3 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.4 6.2 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