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Tuesday, March 12, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 118–100.

Final
PHI79
NYK106
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +26; Q4 NYK +27
Final
WAS97
MEM109
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +25; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +12
Final
IND121
OKC111
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +10
Final
HOU103
SAS101
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +2
Final
BOS123
UTA107
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +16
Final
MIN118
LAC100
Q1 MIN -13; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +18
Final
MIL94
SAC129
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +35
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 12, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Trey Murphy III (NOP vs POR), 41 points.
The lead · MIN @ LAC

Anthony Edwards scores 37, Minnesota rallies past Clippers

Minnesota trailed by 13 after one and won 118–100.

Game flow · MIN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-8+6+18MIN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN21342934118
LAC34291522100
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 34, 34, 11, 27, 13, 44, 19, 25, 37MIN37 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 12, 7, 8, 13, 10, 4, 15, 28MIN28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 14, 14, 22, 15, 29, 21, 22, 22LAC22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 23, 28, 4, 29, 21, 14, 13, 12LAC12 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAS

Houston holds off San Antonio, 103–101

Houston led 76–72 after three and held on to win by two. Fred VanVleet led Houston with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over SAS2IND over OKC10MEM over WAS12BOS over UTA16MIN over LAC18NYK over PHI27SAC over MIL35Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jayson Tatum leads the day with 38

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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 29, 32, 27, 26, 15, 29, 26, 38BOS @ UTA · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 34, 34, 11, 27, 13, 44, 19, 25, 37MIN @ LAC · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 30, 24, 24, 46, 23, 34, 34, 30MIL @ SAC · L
30.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 31, 31, 35, 20, 37, 37, 23, 30OKC vs IND · L
31.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 28, 33, 27, 20, 44, 33, 18, 29SAC vs MIL · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 12, 7, 8, 13, 10, 4, 15, 28MIN @ LAC · W
7.7 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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+7.0 16.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+6.3 18.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.0 15.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+4.7 13.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Immanuel QuickleyTOR+4.6 21.0 last 10 · 16.4 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardOKC−6.9 4.4 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