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Wednesday, March 5, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 116–110.

Final
POR118
BOS128
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +10
Final
MIN125
CHA110
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +15
Final
MIA107
CLE112
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +5
Final
UTA122
WAS125
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DAL107
MIL137
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +27; Q4 MIL +30
Final
SAC110
DEN116
Q1 DEN -13; Q2 DEN -10; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN +6
Final
OKC120
MEM103
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +13; Q4 OKC +17
Final
DET115
LAC123
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +8
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 5, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Alperen Sengun (HOU vs SAS), 45 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Denver climbs out of a 13-point hole against Sacramento

Down 13 after one, the Nuggets won the fourth quarter 32–17 and the game 116–110. Russell Westbrook led Denver with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. DeMar DeRozan scored 35 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-13-10-9+6DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC42232817110
DEN29262932116
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 4, 8, 17, 7, 10, 8, 12, 25DEN25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 55, 34, 19, 16, 20, 31, 26, 24DEN24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 42, 24, 20, 34, 18, 19, 21, 20, 35SAC35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 23, 32, 13, 42, 22, 20, 22, 20SAC20 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · UTA @ WAS

Washington holds off Utah, 125–122

Washington led 96–91 after three and held on to win by three. KyShawn George led Washington with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over UTA3CLE over MIA5DEN over SAC6LAC over DET8BOS over POR10MIN over CHA15OKC over MEM17MIL over DAL30Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 50

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 24, 31, 18, 30, 18, 13, 21, 50LAC vs DET · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +28.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Mashburn NOH, Feb 21, 2003: 50 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Season high50 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 5, 10, 28, 3, 20, 18, 6, 11, 43BOS vs POR · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +29.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Feb 2, 2011: 43 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Career high43 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 21, 37, 39, 27, 31, 31, 51, 41OKC @ MEM · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Mar 30, 2022: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 19, 16, 19, 22, 18, 16, 17, 41BOS vs POR · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Apr 5, 1997: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 25, 38, 32, 21, 11, 15, 29, 37DET @ LAC · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 42, 24, 20, 34, 18, 19, 21, 20, 35SAC @ DEN · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Jaden McDanielsMIN+6.5 19.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+6.5 18.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+6.0 19.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.8 27.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Caris LeVertATL+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−8.3 17.9 last 10 · 26.2 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−6.1 20.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
Gradey DickTOR−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Domantas SabonisSAC−4.9 14.6 last 10 · 19.5 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−4.6 14.5 last 10 · 19.1 season