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Tuesday, March 5, 2024Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 16 after three quarters and won 105–104.

Final
ORL101
CHA89
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +12
Final
PHI107
BKN112
Q1 BKN -7; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN -3; Q4 BKN +5
Final
BOS104
CLE105
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE -10; Q3 CLE -16; Q4 CLE +1
Final
DET110
MIA118
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +8
Final
ATL116
NYK100
Q1 ATL +18; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +16
Final
NOP139
TOR98
Q1 NOP +14; Q2 NOP +23; Q3 NOP +30; Q4 NOP +41
Final
SAS101
HOU114
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +13
Final
IND137
DAL120
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +17
Final · OT
PHX117
DEN107
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +10
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 · 2022–23Mar 5, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Paul George (LAC vs MEM), 42 points.
The lead · BOS @ CLE

Cleveland storms back from 16 down to beat Boston

The Cavaliers trailed by 16 after three and won 105–104. Dean Wade led Cleveland with 23 points, 8 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. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-10-16+1CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS33223217104
CLE25202634105
Who led
Dean WadePoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 5, 6, 0, 23CLE23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 18, 24, 22, 19, 11, 9, 18, 21CLE21 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 41, 20, 25, 19, 29, 32, 27, 26BOS26 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 34, 25, 15, 14, 22, 23, 24, 24BOS24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 52 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · PHI @ BKN

Brooklyn handles Philadelphia by 5

The Nets won the second quarter 33–27. Final: 112–107. Dennis Schroder led Brooklyn with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over BOS1BKN over PHI5MIA over DET8PHX over DEN10ORL over CHA12HOU over SAS13ATL over NYK16IND over DAL17NOP over TOR41Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over PHI.
Top performances

Alperen Sengun leads the day with 45

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.
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 19, 20, 17, 19, 23, 8, 21, 45HOU vs SAS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: David Robinson SAS, Dec 10, 1995: 45 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Career high45 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 27, 41, 33, 45, 30, 37, 38, 39DAL vs IND · L
34.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Feb 2, 2020: 39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 25, 23, 28, 22, 24, 30, 20, 35PHX @ DEN · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 13, 13, 5, 9, 26, 11, 28, 34NOP @ TOR · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 28, 16, 24, 9, 14, 10, 12, 3, 21, 30PHI @ BKN · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 12, 3, 18, 27, 32, 6, 24, 28DEN vs PHX · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 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
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+6.7 21.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.1 16.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.9 19.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.1 15.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Josh HartNYK+5.0 13.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−7.9 8.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Gordon HaywardOKC−7.4 4.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.9 5.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Terry RozierMIA−5.4 14.8 last 10 · 20.2 season