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Monday, March 11, 2024Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed TOR by 17 at halftime and won 125–119.

Final
CHA97
DET114
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +17
Final
PHX117
CLE111
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +6
Final
DAL127
CHI92
Q1 DAL +28; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +34; Q4 DAL +35
Final
GSW112
SAS102
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +10
Final
TOR119
DEN125
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -17; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +6
Final
BOS121
POR99
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +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 · 2022–23Mar 11, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (MIA @ ORL), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ DEN

Nikola Jokic drops 35 in 17-point comeback win over Toronto

Toronto led by 17 at the half. Final: 125–119.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-2-17-5+6DEN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR34343021119
DEN32194232125
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 32, 14, 18, 35, 25, 32, 26, 35DEN35 PTS · 17 REB · 12 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 27, 32, 6, 24, 28, 19, 37, 26DEN26 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 12, 24, 26, 23, 23, 15, 23, 26TOR26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 7, 13, 16, 4, 15, 8, 15, 24TOR24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 35 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · PHX @ CLE

Phoenix climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 9 after one. Phoenix won it 117–111. Kevin Durant led Phoenix with 37 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs CLE
Kevin Durant · PHXDarius Garland · CLEPTS3730REB82AST65Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 22, 24, 30, 20, 35, 35, 45, 37PHX @ CLE · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 32, 14, 18, 35, 25, 32, 26, 35DEN vs TOR · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Domantas Sabonis SAC, Feb 13, 2024: 35 PTS · 18 REB · 12 AST
35 PTS · 17 REB · 12 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 23, 29, 19, 16, 15, 34, 14, 30CLE vs PHX · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 41, 33, 45, 30, 37, 38, 39, 35, 39, 27DAL @ CHI · W
34.6 PPG season to date · −7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Nov 17, 2016: 26 PTS · 12 REB · 14 AST
27 PTS · 12 REB · 14 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 19, 27, 22, 17, 28, 31, 10, 27SAS vs GSW · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 25, 7, 35, 25, 21, 35, 24, 27PHX @ CLE · W
27.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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+5.6 14.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.0 15.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+4.9 18.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+4.7 13.7 last 10 · 9.0 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−6.7 9.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW−6.4 20.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season