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Friday, March 7, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 122–111.

Final
CLE118
CHA117
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +1
Final
MEM122
DAL111
Q1 MEM -9; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +11
Final
UTA109
TOR118
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +9
Final
MIN106
MIA104
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +2
Final
POR89
OKC107
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +18
Final · OT
PHX141
DEN149
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +8
Final
SAS109
SAC127
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +18
Final
NYK95
LAC105
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +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 · 2023–24Mar 7, 2024: 7 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (MIN @ IND), 44 points.
The lead · MEM @ DAL

Ja Morant scores 31, Memphis rallies past Dallas

Memphis trailed by 9 after one and won 122–111.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-9-3-5+11MEM AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM22283933122
DAL31224117111
Who led
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 26, 12, 23, 21, 29, 25, 24, 31MEM31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 23, 16, 7, 25, 24, 35, 15, 27MEM27 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Brandon WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 0, 0, 6, 12, 11, 5, 14, 31DAL31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Naji MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 15, 9, 9, 3, 7, 18, 22, 29DAL29 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ SAC

Sacramento beats San Antonio, 127–109

Sacramento led 95–76 after three and won by 18. Zach LaVine led Sacramento with 36 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over CHA1MIN over MIA2DEN over PHX8TOR over UTA9LAC over NYK10MEM over DAL11OKC over POR18SAC over SAS18Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 59 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 61 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Miles Bridges leads the day with 46

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.
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 17, 23, 9, 20, 18, 35, 23, 46CHA vs CLE · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Blake Griffin LAC, Dec 8, 2014: 45 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Career high46 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 32, 13, 42, 22, 20, 22, 20, 36SAC vs SAS · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 29, 31, 28, 36, 17, 17, 17, 34PHX @ DEN · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Immanuel QuickleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 23, 23, 10, 18, 23, 24, 15, 34TOR vs UTA · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 26, 29, 12, 18, 32, 23, 20, 22, 31DEN vs PHX · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Apr 3, 2025: 35 PTS · 17 REB · 20 AST
31 PTS · 21 REB · 22 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 26, 12, 23, 21, 29, 25, 24, 31MEM @ DAL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 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
Jaden McDanielsMIN+6.8 19.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+6.2 17.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+5.9 19.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
Bam AdebayoMIA+5.7 23.4 last 10 · 17.7 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+5.3 16.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−9.1 16.7 last 10 · 25.8 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−6.1 20.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−5.4 18.2 last 10 · 23.6 season
Gradey DickTOR−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Domantas SabonisSAC−4.9 14.6 last 10 · 19.5 season