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Monday, March 18, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed UTA by 12 after the first quarter and won 114–104.

Final
CLE108
IND103
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +5
Final
DET94
BOS119
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +25
Final
MIA91
PHI98
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +7
Final
POR107
CHI110
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +3
Final
MIN114
UTA104
Q1 MIN -12; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +10
Final
NYK119
GSW112
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +7
Final · OT
MEM111
SAC121
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +10
Final
ATL105
LAL136
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +25; Q4 LAL +31
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 18, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Kyle Kuzma (WAS vs SAC), 33 points.
The lead · MIN @ UTA

Anthony Edwards scores 32 in Minnesota win over Utah

Final: 114–104. Anthony Edwards added 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-60+10MIN AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN25283031114
UTA37222421104
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 27, 13, 44, 19, 25, 37, 31, 32MIN32 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 3, 12, 13, 34, 25, 6, 22, 17MIN17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 18, 29, 24, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24UTA24 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 16, 20, 21, 26, 11, 18, 25, 22UTA22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CLE @ IND

Cleveland rallies from 9 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 9 after one, Cleveland outscored the Pacers 83–69 the rest of the way. Final: 108–103. Caris LeVert led Cleveland with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs IND
Caris LeVert · CLEPascal Siakam · INDPTS2319REB812AST111Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 34 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 42 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 34

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: 34, 35, 27, 0, 26, 19, 20, 45, 42, 34NYK @ GSW · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 27, 13, 44, 19, 25, 37, 31, 32MIN @ UTA · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 25, 29, 21, 41, 27, 27, 37, 31BOS vs DET · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 24, 32, 33, 24, 17, 30, 30, 30PHI vs MIA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 34, 29, 23, 23, 17, 36, 25, 30POR @ CHI · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Miles McBridePoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 16, 11, 14, 0, 13, 6, 0, 29NYK @ GSW · W
6.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 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
Jaylen BrownBOS+6.6 29.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Deandre AytonPOR+6.4 22.3 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jalen GreenHOU+6.0 24.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+5.6 18.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.3 15.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−7.3 9.7 last 10 · 17.0 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
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−6.2 4.5 last 10 · 10.7 season