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Wednesday, March 22, 2023Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed UTA by 5 after the first quarter and won 127–115.

Final
DEN118
WAS104
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +14
Final
GSW127
DAL125
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +2
Final
NYK120
MIA127
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +7
Final
IND118
TOR114
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +4
Final
PHI116
CHI91
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +28; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +25
Final
HOU125
MEM130
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +5
Final
SAS94
MIL130
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +28; Q4 MIL +36
Final
ATL124
MIN125
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +1
Final
POR127
UTA115
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +12
Final
PHX111
LAL122
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +11
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 22, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Trae Young (ATL @ NYK), 45 points.
The lead · POR @ UTA

Damian Lillard scores 30 in Portland win over Utah

Final: 127–115. Damian Lillard added 7 rebounds and 12 assists. Lauri Markkanen scored 40 for Utah in the loss.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+12+3+12POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR29392336127
UTA34223227115
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 41, 33, 41, 31, 27, 22, 38, 41, 21, 30POR30 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 6, 12, 1, 14, 6, 7, 10, 24POR24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 28, 20, 33, 31, 13, 38, 28, 40UTA40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kris DunnPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 17, 11, 12, 7, 9, 7, 18, 15UTA15 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat San Antonio by 36.

MIN over ATL1GSW over DAL2IND over TOR4MEM over HOU5MIA over NYK7LAL over PHX11POR over UTA12DEN over WAS14PHI over CHI25MIL over SAS36Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
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
17.7Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 48 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Lauri Markkanen 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.
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 28, 20, 33, 31, 13, 38, 28, 40UTA vs POR · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Acie Earl TOR, Apr 12, 1996: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 24, 26, 21, 14, 7, 25, 28, 31, 28, 37MEM vs HOU · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 28, 33, 38, 24, 23, 24, 26, 35MIA vs NYK · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 35, 36, 44, 28, 32, 30, 19, 46, 33PHX @ LAL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 24, 18, 28, 11, 25, 40, 20, 32HOU @ MEM · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 18, 37, 35, 28, 30, 24, 22, 31DEN @ WAS · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 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+7.7 26.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jalen WilliamsOKC+6.8 20.4 last 10 · 13.6 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+6.3 16.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Austin ReavesLAL+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM+6.1 24.1 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Pascal SiakamTOR−5.5 18.7 last 10 · 24.2 season
Jordan PooleGSW−5.2 14.9 last 10 · 20.1 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−4.8 6.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Precious AchiuwaTOR−4.8 4.2 last 10 · 9.0 season