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Sunday, April 7, 2024Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed CLE by 21 at halftime and won 120–118.

Final · OT
HOU136
DAL147
Q1 DAL -15; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -8; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +11
Final
CLE118
LAC120
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -21; Q3 LAC -12; Q4 LAC +2
Final
MIA115
IND117
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +2
Final
POR107
BOS124
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +17
Final
OKC121
CHA118
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +3
Final
CHI98
ORL113
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +15
Final
NOP113
PHX105
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +8
Final
WAS122
TOR130
Q1 TOR +25; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +8
Final
NYK122
MIL109
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -11; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +13
Final · 2OT
PHI133
SAS126
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI 0; OT2 PHI +7
Final
SAC107
BKN77
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +25; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +30
Final
UTA110
GSW118
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +8
Final
MIN127
LAL117
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +10
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 · 2022–23Apr 7, 2023: 11 games. Top scorer: Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM @ MIL), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ LAC

Paul George posts 39 and 11 as Clippers beat Cleveland

39 points and 11 rebounds in a 120–118 win.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-21-12+2LAC AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE40401820118
LAC33262734120
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 26, 22, 12, 41, 18, 28, 14, 39LAC39 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 11, 16, 11, 6, 6, 20, 13, 22LAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 15, 14, 14, 5, 8, 15, 26, 28CLE28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Max StrusPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 6, 19, 15, 9, 15, 9, 5, 20CLE20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat Brooklyn by 30, the widest margin of 13 games.

LAC over CLE2IND over MIA2OKC over CHA3PHI over SAS7NOP over PHX8TOR over WAS8GSW over UTA8MIN over LAL10DAL over HOU11NYK over MIL13ORL over CHI15BOS over POR17SAC over BKN30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Tyrese Maxey leads the day with 52

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.
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 6, 27, 24, 29, 26, 16, 37, 7, 52PHI @ SAS · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +26.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Brandon Roy POR, Dec 18, 2008: 52 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Career high52 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 27, 24, 30, 24, 27, 26, 26, 48DAL vs HOU · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter ORL, Feb 8, 2010: 48 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Season high48 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 28, 26, 61, 30, 20, 35, 35, 43NYK @ MIL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Devin Booker PHX, Jan 16, 2018: 43 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
43 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 26, 22, 12, 41, 18, 28, 14, 39LAC vs CLE · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 37, 18, 34, 29, 28, 26, 47, 30, 25, 37DAL vs HOU · W
33.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 31, 13, 19, 40, 32, 23, 17, 33SAS vs PHI · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 6 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
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+9.1 22.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Deandre AytonPOR+7.0 23.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+6.7 22.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.1 18.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Josh GiddeyOKC+6.1 18.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Donovan MitchellCLE−8.2 18.2 last 10 · 26.4 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.1 8.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−5.8 9.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC−5.3 25.0 last 10 · 30.3 season