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Sunday, March 9, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed NOP by 7 at halftime and won 107–104.

Final
DEN103
OKC127
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +24
Final
PHX125
DAL116
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +9
Final
MEM107
NOP104
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +3
Final
UTA122
PHI126
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +4
Final
CLE112
MIL100
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +12
Final
SAS124
MIN141
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +17
Final
DET119
POR112
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +7
Final · OT
SAC110
LAC111
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +1
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 9, 2024: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (PHX vs BOS), 45 points.
The lead · MEM @ NOP

Ja Morant scores 32 as Memphis wins in New Orleans

Final: 107–104. Ja Morant made 11 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-7+10+3MEM AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM26313218107
NOP27371525104
Who led
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 12, 23, 21, 29, 25, 24, 31, 32MEM32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 16, 7, 25, 24, 35, 15, 27, 30MEM30 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 24, 18, 10, 20, 19, 26, 13, 27NOP27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Karlo MatkovicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 8, 17, 2, 6, 5, 6, 11, 13NOP13 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: OKC by 24.

LAC over SAC1MEM over NOP3PHI over UTA4DET over POR7PHX over DAL9CLE over MIL12MIN over SAS17OKC over DEN24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 40

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 37, 39, 27, 31, 31, 51, 41, 40OKC vs DEN · W
32.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1998: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Naji MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 9, 9, 3, 7, 18, 22, 29, 34DAL vs PHX · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 28, 16, 14, 27, 34, 30, 14, 34POR vs DET · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 12, 23, 21, 29, 25, 24, 31, 32MEM @ NOP · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 34, 18, 19, 21, 20, 35, 22, 31SAC @ LAC · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 16, 7, 25, 24, 35, 15, 27, 30MEM @ NOP · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 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
Josh GiddeyCHI+7.2 20.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+7.1 18.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN+6.2 18.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+5.7 17.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Caris LeVertATL+5.7 17.5 last 10 · 11.8 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 18.1 last 10 · 23.6 season
Gradey DickTOR−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN−5.1 23.7 last 10 · 28.8 season