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Monday, March 17, 2025Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHI by 21 at halftime and won 144–137.

Final
MIA95
NYK116
Q1 NYK -11; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +21
Final · OT
PHI137
HOU144
Q1 HOU -16; Q2 HOU -21; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +7
Final · OT
IND132
MIN130
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
DET127
NOP81
Q1 DET +22; Q2 DET +31; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +46
Final
CHI111
UTA97
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +14
Final
DEN114
GSW105
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +9
Final
TOR89
PHX129
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +29; Q4 PHX +40
Final
WAS97
POR112
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +15
Final
MEM122
SAC132
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +10
Final
SAS109
LAL125
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +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 17, 2024: 7 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs DEN), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ HOU

Jalen Green drops 30 in 21-point comeback win over Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 21 at the half. Final: 144–137. Quentin Grimes scored 46 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-16-2100+7HOU AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHI443424296137
HOU2829452913144
Who led
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 12, 9, 14, 15, 29, 23, 28, 30HOU30 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Jabari Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 5, 11, 12, 16, 14, 20, 8, 13, 12, 30HOU30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Quentin GrimesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 44, 14, 30, 6, 25, 35, 29, 28, 46PHI46 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Jared ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 11, 5, 15, 11, 9, 17, 8, 21PHI21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+19.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.1Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
11.62023–24 avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 2023–24 (54 games). Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat New Orleans by 46, the widest margin of 10 games.

IND over MIN2HOU over PHI7DEN over GSW9SAC over MEM10CHI over UTA14POR over WAS15LAL over SAS16NYK over MIA21PHX over TOR40DET over NOP46Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Quentin Grimes 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.
Quentin GrimesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 44, 14, 30, 6, 25, 35, 29, 28, 46PHI @ HOU · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +33.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Mar 13, 2023: 46 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Career high46 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 15, 27, 30, 10, 17, 12, 22, 44MEM @ SAC · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Nov 23, 1996: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Season high44 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 18, 24, 25, 9, 27, 5, 17, 38DEN @ GSW · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 44, 18, 29, 13, 25, 29, 28, 41, 38MIN vs IND · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Obi ToppinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 13, 3, 9, 10, 3, 11, 8, 34IND @ MIN · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 12, 9, 14, 15, 29, 23, 28, 30HOU vs PHI · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 13 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+12.8 26.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+8.7 22.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Coby WhiteCHI+7.3 26.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Stephon CastleSAS+6.8 20.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Naji MarshallDAL+6.6 19.3 last 10 · 12.7 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−5.9 13.3 last 10 · 19.2 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−5.7 12.9 last 10 · 18.6 season