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Thursday, March 23, 2023Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BKN by 6 after three quarters and won 116–114.

Final
NYK106
ORL111
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +5
Final
CLE116
BKN114
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +2
Final
CHA96
NOP115
Q1 NOP +13; Q2 NOP +5; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +19
Final
OKC105
LAC127
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +22
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 23, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BKN @ MEM), 43 points.
The lead · CLE @ BKN

Donovan Mitchell scores 31, Cleveland holds off Brooklyn

Final: 116–114. Donovan Mitchell added 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-1-6+2CLE AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE31292531116
BKN33283023114
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 44, 20, 40, 18, 42, 23, 21, 20, 31, 31CLE31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 15, 12, 18, 26, 13, 20, 17, 26CLE26 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 10, 34, 25, 34, 23, 23, 18, 32BKN32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 23, 29, 15, 16, 18, 8, 19, 25BKN25 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Second story · NYK @ ORL

New York's skid reaches three

Orlando won 111–106; the Knicks fall to 42–33. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · NYK
W@ BOS131–129Lvs CHA105–112L@ SAC117–122L@ LAC95–106W@ LAL112–108W@ POR123–107Wvs DEN116–110Lvs MIN134–140L@ MIA120–127L@ ORL106–111NYK: last 10 games through Mar 23, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 73 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 32

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 21, 34, 24, 38, 30, 24, 21, 32LAC vs OKC · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 10, 34, 25, 34, 23, 23, 18, 32BKN vs CLE · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 44, 20, 40, 18, 42, 23, 21, 20, 31, 31CLE @ BKN · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 25, 40, 17, 24, 12, 22, 31, 26, 32, 30NOP vs CHA · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Apr 14, 1997: 30 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
30 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 29, 39, 38, 33, 35, 35, 29, 40, 31, 30OKC @ LAC · L
31.4 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 15, 12, 18, 26, 13, 20, 17, 26CLE @ BKN · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 3 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+6.9 26.2 last 10 · 19.3 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
Devin BookerPHX+5.9 34.0 last 10 · 28.1 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−5.0 6.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Precious AchiuwaTOR−4.8 4.2 last 10 · 9.0 season