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Sunday, March 10, 2024Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 7 after the first quarter and won 112–104.

Final
MIL124
LAC117
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +7
Final
NOP116
ATL103
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +11; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +13
Final
WAS110
MIA108
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +2
Final
IND111
ORL97
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +14
Final
HOU112
SAC104
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +8
Final
BKN120
CLE101
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +19
Final
PHI79
NYK73
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +6
Final
MEM93
OKC124
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +34; Q4 OKC +31
Final
MIN109
LAL120
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -1; 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 · 2022–23Mar 10, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (CLE @ MIA), 42 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAC

Houston takes care of Sacramento

An 8-point win, 112–104. Fred VanVleet led Houston with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-5+13+8HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU23313226112
SAC30291431104
Who led
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 20, 5, 21, 24, 21, 15, 18, 22HOU22 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 11, 16, 34, 34, 23, 15, 27, 19HOU19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 17, 14, 13, 21, 18, 16, 31, 25SAC25 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 12, 8, 14, 39, 11, 26, 18, 20SAC20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Memphis by 31, the widest margin of 9 games.

WAS over MIA2PHI over NYK6MIL over LAC7HOU over SAC8LAL over MIN11NOP over ATL13IND over ORL14BKN over CLE19OKC over MEM31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 23.0 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 35

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 24, 23, 17, 16, 41, 20, 28, 35MIL @ LAC · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 33, 30, 24, 24, 46, 23, 34, 34MIL @ LAC · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 27, 27, 20, 32, 23, 25, 28, 32WAS @ MIA · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
GG JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 11, 6, 14, 11, 17, 7, 6, 30MEM @ OKC · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 30, 28, 34, 31, 26, 19, 31, 29LAL vs MIN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 25, 26, 5, 19, 18, 14, 31, 29BKN @ CLE · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 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
Malaki BranhamSAS+6.3 15.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Josh HartNYK+5.6 14.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.2 15.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+4.9 18.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jordan PooleWAS+4.6 21.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardOKC−7.8 3.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−6.8 4.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.5 9.7 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