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Thursday, April 11, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 10 after the first quarter and won 124–121.

Final
CHI127
DET105
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +22
Final
NYK118
BOS109
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +29; Q4 NYK +9
Final
HOU121
UTA124
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +3
Final
GSW100
POR92
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +8
Final
NOP135
SAC123
Q1 NOP +11; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +12
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 11, 2023: 2 games. Top scorer: Kyle Lowry (MIA vs ATL), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Utah rallies from 10 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 10 after one, Utah outscored the Rockets 96–83 the rest of the way. Final: 124–121. Luka Samanic led Utah with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Fred VanVleet scored 42 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-10-3+2+3UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU38292925121
UTA28363426124
Who led
Luka SamanicPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 0, 0, 0, 12, 0, 0, 15, 22UTA22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 14, 6, 18, 9, 6, 25, 10, 20UTA20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 22, 10, 22, 10, 13, 24, 37, 42HOU42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Cam WhitmorePoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 10, 13, 14, 17, 12, 11, 2, 18HOU18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · GSW @ POR

Golden State never trails at a break against Portland

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 100–92. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over HOU3GSW over POR8NYK over BOS9NOP over SAC12CHI over DET22Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.7Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Fred VanVleet leads the day with 42

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.
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 22, 10, 22, 10, 13, 24, 37, 42HOU @ UTA · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Feb 24, 2016: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Season high42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 27, 31, 27, 31, 20, 30, 34, 39CHI @ DET · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 61, 30, 20, 35, 35, 43, 45, 39NYK @ BOS · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 23, 24, 20, 29, 40, 20, 33, 33SAC vs NOP · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 25, 24, 15, 36, 31, 31, 29, 31NOP @ SAC · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 36, 29, 28, 25, 30, 15, 29, 22, 31NOP @ SAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 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+8.3 22.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK+7.6 36.2 last 10 · 28.6 season
Gradey DickTOR+7.4 15.8 last 10 · 8.4 season
CJ McCollumNOP+7.0 26.8 last 10 · 19.8 season
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+6.3 21.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Donovan MitchellCLE−8.4 18.1 last 10 · 26.5 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA−4.8 6.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC−4.8 25.6 last 10 · 30.4 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season