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Wednesday, March 12, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 126–116.

Final
CHA110
ATL123
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +13
Final
OKC118
BOS112
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +6
Final
PHI105
TOR118
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +13
Final
PHX104
HOU111
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +7
Final
UTA115
MEM122
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +7
Final
LAC119
MIA104
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +15
Final
DAL116
SAS126
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MIN115
DEN95
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +20
Final · OT
NYK114
POR113
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +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 12, 2024: 7 games. Top scorer: Jayson Tatum (BOS @ UTA), 38 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 8 down to beat Dallas

Trailing by 8 after one, San Antonio outscored the Mavericks 106–88 the rest of the way. Final: 126–116. De'Aaron Fox led San Antonio with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-8+2+10+10SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL28342529116
SAS20443329126
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 7, 20, 20, 15, 16, 22, 14, 32SAS32 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Jeremy SochanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 12, 7, 18, 17, 2, 9, 5, 18SAS18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Brandon WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 6, 12, 11, 5, 14, 31, 13, 19DAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dante ExumPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 8, 12, 4, 5, 3, 12, 10, 17DAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Minnesota by 20.

NYK over POR1OKC over BOS6HOU over PHX7MEM over UTA7SAS over DAL10ATL over CHA13TOR over PHI13LAC over MIA15MIN over DEN20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 61 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 35

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 38, 38, 11, 17, 19, 12, 28, 22, 36, 35ATL vs CHA · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 32, 23, 20, 22, 31, 24, 35, 34DEN vs MIN · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 39, 27, 31, 31, 51, 41, 40, 25, 34OKC @ BOS · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 25, 19, 27, 46, 16, 35, 40, 33BOS vs OKC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 28, 15, 5, 15, 6, 22, 15, 33NYK @ POR · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 7, 20, 20, 15, 16, 22, 14, 32SAS vs DAL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 11 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+8.7 22.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+8.7 21.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN+5.7 18.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Miles BridgesCHA+5.2 26.6 last 10 · 21.4 season
Caris LeVertATL+5.1 17.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−7.9 17.6 last 10 · 25.5 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−6.1 17.4 last 10 · 23.5 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