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Sunday, March 16, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CLE by 13 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final
ORL108
CLE103
Q1 ORL -13; Q2 ORL -13; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +5
Final
PHI130
DAL125
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +5
Final
PHX96
LAL107
Q1 LAL +16; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +11
Final
ATL114
BKN122
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN -6; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN +8
Final
TOR102
POR105
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +3
Final
CHA88
LAC123
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +24; Q3 LAC +33; Q4 LAC +35
Final
UTA102
MIN128
Q1 MIN +14; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +26
Final
OKC121
MIL105
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +16
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 16, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK @ SAC), 42 points.
The lead · ORL @ CLE

Orlando fights back from 13 down against Cleveland

Final: 108–103, after trailing by 13 after one. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-13-13-1+5ORL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL25223526108
CLE38222320103
Who led
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 23, 41, 20, 29, 25, 34, 43, 24ORL24 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 25, 28, 18, 18, 15, 27, 16, 22ORL22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 33, 11, 41, 28, 26, 24, 15, 23CLE23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 12, 25, 4, 14, 11, 23, 16, 20CLE20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · TOR @ POR

Portland turns it around against Toronto

From 8 down after one to a 3-point win: 105–102. Anfernee Simons led Portland with 22 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs TOR
Anfernee Simons · PORJakob Poeltl · TORPTS2219REB18AST43Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 41

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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 44, 18, 29, 13, 25, 29, 28, 41MIN vs UTA · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 10, 1997: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 31, 29, 30, 32, 34, 22, 45, 33LAL vs PHX · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 21, 50, 27, 29, 25, 24, 25, 31LAC vs CHA · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 31, 51, 41, 40, 25, 34, 48, 31OKC @ MIL · W
33.0 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 25, 22, 6, 24, 17, 0, 4, 29DAL vs PHI · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 19, 12, 28, 22, 36, 35, 17, 28ATL @ BKN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 12 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
Quentin GrimesPHI+9.6 22.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+8.7 22.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Stephon CastleSAS+6.8 20.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Naji MarshallDAL+6.6 19.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Coby WhiteCHI+6.3 25.7 last 10 · 19.4 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−6.7 18.7 last 10 · 25.4 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−6.1 17.4 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−6.1 20.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
Domantas SabonisSAC−5.7 13.7 last 10 · 19.4 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−5.6 13.1 last 10 · 18.7 season