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Saturday, March 23, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed TOR by 4 after three quarters and won 112–109.

Final
BKN93
NYK105
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +12
Final
SAC109
ORL107
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +2
Final
CHA91
ATL132
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +25; Q4 ATL +41
Final
BOS124
CHI113
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +11
Final
UTA119
HOU147
Q1 HOU +26; Q2 HOU +30; Q3 HOU +31; Q4 HOU +28
Final
PHX131
SAS106
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +32; Q4 PHX +25
Final
TOR109
WAS112
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DEN114
POR111
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +3
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 23, 2023: 4 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (LAC vs OKC), 32 points.
The lead · TOR @ WAS

Washington takes over late to edge Toronto

Down 4 after three, Washington won the fourth 35–28. Final: 112–109. Deni Avdija led Washington with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+3-4+3WAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR25233328109
WAS23282635112
Who led
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 16, 14, 18, 16, 16, 24, 17, 22WAS22 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 6, 10, 25, 13, 31, 13, 14, 18WAS18 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Gary Trent Jr.Points, last 10 games: 11, 9, 17, 16, 30, 23, 31, 15, 18, 31TOR31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Gradey DickPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 8, 17, 9, 8, 10, 5, 21, 17TOR17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 69 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hawks rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Charlotte by 41.

SAC over ORL2WAS over TOR3DEN over POR3BOS over CHI11NYK over BKN12PHX over SAS25HOU over UTA28ATL over CHA41Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Jalen Green leads the day with 41

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 GreenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 27, 19, 16, 37, 26, 42, 26, 41HOU vs UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 2, 2001: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 18, 22, 21, 27, 13, 7, 9, 34HOU vs UTA · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 24, 27, 23, 21, 23, 18, 30, 32PHX @ SAS · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Donte DiVincenzoPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 11, 15, 16, 12, 15, 18, 11, 31NYK vs BKN · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 44, 33, 18, 29, 21, 20, 23, 20, 25, 31SAC @ ORL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gary Trent Jr.Points, last 10 games: 11, 9, 17, 16, 30, 23, 31, 15, 18, 31TOR @ WAS · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 4 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
Jalen GreenHOU+7.7 27.2 last 10 · 19.5 season
Deandre AytonPOR+7.1 22.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+7.0 20.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.1 19.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.9 17.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−8.5 7.9 last 10 · 16.4 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−7.9 7.4 last 10 · 15.3 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.8 4.9 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jonas ValanciunasNOP−5.5 7.0 last 10 · 12.5 season