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Friday, March 29, 2024Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed UTA by 10 after the first quarter and won 101–100.

Final
GSW115
CHA97
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +18
Final
LAL90
IND109
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +19
Final
LAC100
ORL97
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +3
Final
DET96
WAS87
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +9
Final
CHI108
BKN125
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN -5; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +17
Final
PHI114
CLE117
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +3
Final
POR82
MIA142
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +34; Q3 MIA +44; Q4 MIA +60
Final
PHX103
OKC128
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +25
Final · OT
NYK126
SAS130
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final
MIN111
DEN98
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +13
Final
HOU101
UTA100
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +1
Final
DAL107
SAC103
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -9; Q4 DAL +4
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 29, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Jrue Holiday (MIL @ IND), 51 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Jalen Green scores 34, Houston rallies past Utah

Houston trailed by 10 after one and won 101–100.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-10-6-3+1HOU AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU13282832101
UTA23242528100
Who led
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 37, 26, 42, 26, 41, 27, 37, 34HOU34 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 27, 13, 7, 9, 34, 15, 13, 22HOU22 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 10, 18, 11, 16, 25, 21, 18, 30UTA30 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 20, 20, 20, 26, 29UTA29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 72 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Miami by 60.

HOU over UTA1LAC over ORL3CLE over PHI3SAS over NYK4DAL over SAC4DET over WAS9MIN over DEN13BKN over CHI17GSW over CHA18IND over LAL19OKC over PHX25MIA over POR60Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 61

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: 19, 20, 45, 42, 34, 26, 17, 28, 26, 61NYK @ SAS · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +33.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 12, 2005: 60 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Career high61 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 13, 17, 33, 12, 31, 13, 19, 40SAS vs NYK · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Mar 1, 2020: 41 PTS · 20 REB · 6 AST
Career high40 PTS · 20 REB · 7 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 37, 26, 42, 26, 41, 27, 37, 34HOU @ UTA · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 22, 19, 11, 17, 23, 15, 32, 33DET @ WAS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 12, 31, 16, 35, 30, 29, 22, 32DEN vs MIN · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 46, 21, 13, 28, 16, 28, 27, 27, 31CHI @ BKN · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 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+10.5 30.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+8.5 21.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.8 18.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Deandre AytonPOR+6.7 22.5 last 10 · 15.8 season
Amen ThompsonHOU+6.4 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−9.2 6.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−5.8 21.3 last 10 · 27.1 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−5.7 9.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Jonas ValanciunasNOP−5.0 7.5 last 10 · 12.5 season