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Sunday, March 17, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by DAL (vs DEN) and SAS (vs BKN).

Final
PHX129
MIL140
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +22; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +11
Final
MIA104
DET101
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +3
Final
DEN105
DAL107
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +2
Final
TOR96
ORL111
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +15
Final
BOS130
WAS104
Q1 BOS +18; Q2 BOS +28; Q3 BOS +30; Q4 BOS +26
Final · OT
BKN115
SAS122
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +7
Final
ATL110
LAC93
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +17
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 17, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (CHI vs MIN), 49 points.
The lead · DEN @ DAL

Luka Doncic scores 37, Dallas holds off Denver

Final: 107–105. Luka Doncic added 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-4-3+5+2DAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN34271826105
DAL30282623107
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 45, 30, 37, 38, 39, 35, 39, 27, 21, 37DAL37 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 28, 23, 23, 21, 14, 23, 36, 24DAL24 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 32, 6, 24, 28, 19, 37, 26, 14, 15, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 30, 25, 20, 9, 19, 19, 25, 13, 20DEN20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg1.7Last 3

1.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Washington by 26, the widest margin of 7 games.

DAL over DEN2MIA over DET3SAS over BKN7MIL over PHX11ORL over TOR15ATL over LAC17BOS over WAS26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Luka Doncic 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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 45, 30, 37, 38, 39, 35, 39, 27, 21, 37DAL vs DEN · W
34.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 17, 28, 31, 10, 27, 13, 17, 33SAS vs BKN · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 16, 41, 20, 28, 35, 10, 17, 31MIL vs PHX · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 16 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 11, 28, 20, 14, 11, 11, 8, 31MIL vs PHX · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 19, 18, 14, 31, 29, 21, 22, 31BKN @ SAS · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 32, 26, 15, 6, 10, 25, 13, 31WAS vs BOS · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Jaylen BrownBOS+5.8 28.9 last 10 · 23.1 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.3 15.8 last 10 · 10.5 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
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.2 9.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Gordon HaywardOKC−6.2 4.8 last 10 · 11.0 season