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Sunday, March 31, 2024Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed NYK by 10 after three quarters and won 113–112.

Final
CLE101
DEN130
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +29
Final
LAL116
BKN104
Q1 LAL +20; Q2 LAL +23; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +12
Final
LAC130
CHA118
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +12
Final
PHI135
TOR120
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +15
Final
MIA119
WAS107
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +12
Final
DAL125
HOU107
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +18
Final
CHI109
MIN101
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +8
Final
OKC113
NYK112
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC -10; Q4 OKC +1
Final
GSW117
SAS113
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +4
Final
UTA106
SAC127
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +21
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 31, 2023: 13 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK @ CLE), 48 points.
The lead · OKC @ NYK

Jalen Williams scores 33 as OKC wins in New York

Final: 113–112. Jalen Williams made 14 of 18 shots from the field.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-5+4-10+1OKC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC17332538113
NYK22243927112
Who led
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 27, 23, 18, 20, 18, 26, 23, 16, 33OKC33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 30, 31, 20, 31, 23, 12, 24, 19OKC19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 45, 42, 34, 26, 17, 28, 26, 61, 30NYK30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Miles McBridePoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 0, 29, 11, 26, 13, 29, 7, 19NYK19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Cleveland by 29, the widest margin of 10 games.

OKC over NYK1GSW over SAS4CHI over MIN8LAL over BKN12LAC over CHA12MIA over WAS12PHI over TOR15DAL over HOU18SAC over UTA21DEN over CLE29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 48 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 47

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: 39, 27, 21, 37, 18, 34, 29, 28, 26, 47DAL @ HOU · W
34.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, May 9, 2009: 47 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
47 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 26, 27, 31, 18, 26, 22, 12, 41LAC @ CHA · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anfernee Hardaway ORL, May 1, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Season high41 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 18, 40, 25, 20, 26, 23, 16, 40LAL @ BKN · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Peeler VAN, Feb 4, 1997: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 27, 23, 18, 20, 18, 26, 23, 16, 33OKC @ NYK · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 17, 14, 16, 27, 13, 17, 22, 33CHA vs LAC · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 27, 14, 25, 31, 17, 17, 23, 33GSW @ SAS · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 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
Jalen GreenHOU+9.9 29.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+8.9 22.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+7.2 19.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.8 20.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Deandre AytonPOR+6.7 22.5 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−9.5 6.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−6.9 19.9 last 10 · 26.8 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.4 8.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC−5.3 25.0 last 10 · 30.3 season