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Saturday, March 1, 2025Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by WAS (vs CHA) and MIL (vs DAL).

Final
WAS113
CHA100
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +13
Final
BKN94
DET115
Q1 DET +17; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +21
Final
SAC113
HOU103
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +10
Final
SAS130
MEM128
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +2
Final
MIL132
DAL117
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +22; Q4 MIL +15
Final
GSW119
PHI126
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +7
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 · 2023–24Mar 1, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL @ CHI), 46 points.
The lead · WAS @ CHA

Washington takes care of Charlotte

A 13-point win, 113–100. Khris Middleton led Washington with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-5+9+13WAS AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS24303029113
CHA25341625100
Who led
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 22, 0, 21, 20, 12, 7, 8, 17WAS17 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Bilal CoulibalyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 17, 10, 3, 7, 11, 20, 16, 17WAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mark WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 20, 23, 6, 10, 10, 12, 26, 24CHA24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 25, 7, 24, 5, 27, 5, 13, 20CHA20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 54 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 55 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Detroit by 21.

SAS over MEM2PHI over GSW7SAC over HOU10WAS over CHA13MIL over DAL15DET over BKN21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Quentin Grimes leads the day with 44

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.
Quentin GrimesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 10, 13, 30, 12, 16, 9, 3, 44PHI vs GSW · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +33.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Mar 22, 2001: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Career high44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 32, 19, 17, 13, 18, 16, 22, 28, 18, 42MEM vs SAS · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rex Chapman PHX, Apr 25, 1997: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Season high42 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 13, 30, 42, 35, 17, 35, 25, 31DAL vs MIL · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 0, 17, 10, 24, 27, 23, 9, 30HOU vs SAC · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 35, 30, 23, 18, 23, 27, 28, 29MIL @ DAL · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 38, 25, 27, 20, 30, 15, 56, 29GSW @ PHI · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 13 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
Stephen CurryGSW+7.0 31.1 last 10 · 24.1 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+6.7 19.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN+6.1 18.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Aaron WigginsOKC+5.8 17.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+4.9 16.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−9.0 17.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Dennis SchroderDET−5.7 7.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Domantas SabonisSAC−4.9 14.6 last 10 · 19.5 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.7 19.2 last 10 · 23.9 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−4.6 14.5 last 10 · 19.1 season