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Saturday, March 16, 2024Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed LAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 128–121.

Final
CLE103
HOU117
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +14
Final
BKN100
IND121
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +21
Final
POR107
NOP126
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +5; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +19
Final
CHA98
PHI109
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +11
Final
WAS98
CHI127
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +22; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +29
Final
OKC118
MEM112
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +13; Q4 OKC +6
Final
GSW128
LAL121
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +7
Final
MIN119
UTA100
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +19
Final
NYK98
SAC91
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +7
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 16, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN @ DET), 30 points.
The lead · GSW @ LAL

Stephen Curry scores 31 as Golden State wins in Los Angeles

Final: 128–121. Stephen Curry made 12 of 24 shots from the field. LeBron James scored 40 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+9+7GSW AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW30373526128
LAL36302728121
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 20, 18, 31, 25, 4, 29, 15, 31GSW31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 14, 6, 10, 25, 27, 21, 8, 26GSW26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 34, 31, 26, 19, 31, 29, 18, 40LAL40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 22, 17, 26, 10, 44, 13, 6, 23LAL23 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Second story · BKN @ IND

Indiana routs Brooklyn by 21

Indiana led by 2 at halftime and won 121–100. Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over MEM6GSW over LAL7NYK over SAC7PHI over CHA11HOU over CLE14NOP over POR19MIN over UTA19IND over BKN21CHI over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = IND over BKN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 44 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 42

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 35, 27, 0, 26, 19, 20, 45, 42NYK @ SAC · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rex Chapman PHX, Apr 25, 1997: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
42 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 34, 31, 26, 19, 31, 29, 18, 40LAL vs GSW · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 9, 1997: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Ayo DosunmuPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 20, 8, 14, 13, 9, 20, 7, 34CHI vs WAS · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 11, 27, 13, 44, 19, 25, 37, 31MIN @ UTA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 20, 18, 31, 25, 4, 29, 15, 31GSW @ LAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 2, 23, 14, 11, 10, 20, 8, 11, 30NOP vs POR · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 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
Deandre AytonPOR+6.3 22.0 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jalen GreenHOU+6.0 24.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+6.0 18.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jaylen BrownBOS+5.8 28.9 last 10 · 23.1 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−6.7 10.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−6.3 4.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Gordon HaywardOKC−6.2 4.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.1 9.8 last 10 · 15.9 season