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Thursday, March 7, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIA by 8 after the first quarter and won 114–108.

Final
BKN112
DET118
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +6
Final
MIN113
IND111
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +2
Final
MIA108
DAL114
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +6
Final
TOR113
PHX120
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +7
Final
BOS109
DEN115
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +6
Final
CHI125
GSW122
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +3
Final
SAS129
SAC131
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +2
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 7, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ OKC), 40 points.
The lead · MIA @ DAL

Luka Doncic posts 35-11-11 as Dallas tops Miami

A triple-double in a 114–108 win.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4+8+6DAL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA36222525108
DAL28263723114
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 41, 33, 45, 30, 37, 38, 39, 35DAL35 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 29, 29, 30, 29, 19, 28, 23, 23DAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 18, 13, 13, 19, 19, 14, 17, 27MIA27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Duncan RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 20, 17, 4, 17, 12, 12, 18, 19MIA19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 7.

MIN over IND2SAC over SAS2CHI over GSW3DET over BKN6DAL over MIA6DEN over BOS6PHX over TOR7Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 57 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 59 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 25.1 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 44

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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 41, 34, 28, 29, 34, 34, 11, 27, 13, 44MIN @ IND · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 28, 2005: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 19, 21, 30, 31, 25, 29, 21, 41BOS @ DEN · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Apr 27, 2013: 41 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Season high41 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 41, 33, 45, 30, 37, 38, 39, 35DAL vs MIA · W
34.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Oct 20, 2018: 35 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
35 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 23, 28, 22, 24, 30, 20, 35, 35PHX vs TOR · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jaden IveyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 14, 8, 14, 15, 18, 10, 16, 34DET vs BKN · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 22, 22, 25, 24, 17, 10, 23, 33CHI @ GSW · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 5 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
Malaki BranhamSAS+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.4 16.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Josh HartNYK+5.0 13.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+4.9 18.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−7.7 8.5 last 10 · 16.2 season
Gordon HaywardOKC−7.5 4.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Stephen CurryGSW−6.4 20.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.9 5.4 last 10 · 11.3 season