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Friday, March 8, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MEM by 11 after the first quarter and won 99–92.

Final
NOP103
PHI95
Q1 NOP +21; Q2 NOP +29; Q3 NOP +23; Q4 NOP +8
Final
CHA100
WAS112
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS -8; Q4 WAS +12
Final · OT
MIN104
CLE113
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +9
Final
ORL74
NYK98
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +26; Q4 NYK +24
Final
ATL99
MEM92
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +7
Final
MIA100
OKC107
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -10; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +7
Final
MIL122
LAL123
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +1
Final
HOU123
POR107
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +16
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 8, 2023: 7 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs OKC), 44 points.
The lead · ATL @ MEM

Dejounte Murray scores 41 as Atlanta beats Memphis

Atlanta won 99–92. Dejounte Murray: 41 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-110+8+7ATL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2026341999
MEM3115262092
Who led
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 24, 25, 17, 28, 20, 21, 18, 41ATL41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 14, 17, 19, 11, 13, 5, 23, 16ATL16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 27, 28, 29, 22, 18, 29, 15, 33, 30, 21MEM21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Vince Williams Jr.Points, last 10 games: 12, 18, 9, 6, 11, 8, 21, 11, 17, 14MEM14 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New York by 24.

LAL over MIL1ATL over MEM7OKC over MIA7NOP over PHI8CLE over MIN9WAS over CHA12HOU over POR16NYK over ORL24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.1Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.5Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.5 in 57 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

D'Angelo Russell 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.
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 22, 20, 18, 22, 17, 26, 10, 44LAL vs MIL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +26.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gary Payton SEA, Mar 4, 2001: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Season high44 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 24, 25, 17, 28, 20, 21, 18, 41ATL @ MEM · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 3, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Ties career high41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 30, 36, 31, 31, 35, 20, 37, 37OKC vs MIA · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 35, 33, 30, 24, 24, 46, 23, 34MIL @ LAL · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 3, 2002: 33 PTS · 14 REB · 12 AST
34 PTS · 14 REB · 12 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 17, 8, 23, 29, 19, 16, 15, 34CLE vs MIN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 6, 22, 19, 18, 3, 12, 13, 34MIN @ CLE · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
Josh HartNYK+6.4 15.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.8 19.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jordan PooleWAS+5.7 22.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.4 16.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardOKC−7.7 3.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−7.7 8.5 last 10 · 16.2 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 5.3 last 10 · 11.2 season