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Wednesday, March 19, 2025Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIA by 10 after the first quarter and won 116–113.

Final
DAL131
IND135
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +4
Final
HOU116
ORL108
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +8
Final
DET116
MIA113
Q1 DET -10; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +3
Final
NOP119
MIN115
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +4
Final
PHI100
OKC133
Q1 OKC +16; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +29; Q4 OKC +33
Final
NYK105
SAS120
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +15
Final
WAS112
UTA128
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +16
Final
DEN108
LAL120
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +28; Q4 LAL +12
Final
CHI121
PHX127
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MEM99
POR115
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +16
Final
CLE119
SAC123
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +4
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 19, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Jalen Green (HOU @ WAS), 42 points.
The lead · DET @ MIA

Cade Cunningham posts 25-12-11 as Detroit tops Miami

A triple-double in a 116–113 win.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-10-2-5+3DET AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET22363028116
MIA32283320113
Who led
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 37, 31, 28, 27, 38, 11, 24, 25DET25 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 14, 17, 10, 14, 8, 15, 11, 16DET16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 34, 29, 22, 23, 6, 9, 18, 12, 30MIA30 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 22, 21, 21, 31, 19, 8, 20, 29MIA29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+20.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 64 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: OKC by 33.

DET over MIA3IND over DAL4NOP over MIN4SAC over CLE4PHX over CHI6HOU over ORL8LAL over DEN12SAS over NYK15UTA over WAS16POR over MEM16OKC over PHI33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Devin Booker 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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 34, 24, 26, 19, 22, 19, 27, 41PHX vs CHI · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan WAS, Jan 26, 2002: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Sandro MamukelashviliPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 7, 8, 3, 0, 13, 10, 10, 34SAS vs NYK · W
5.8 PPG season to date · +28.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 19, 12, 23, 26, 21, 29, 23, 32NYK @ SAS · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 30, 9, 12, 34, 27, 19, 15, 31POR vs MEM · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 30, 32, 34, 22, 45, 33, 21, 31LAL vs DEN · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 20, 16, 19, 13, 21, 22, 17, 31CLE @ SAC · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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+15.1 28.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+9.1 23.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Naji MarshallDAL+8.2 21.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Coby WhiteCHI+7.8 27.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Stephon CastleSAS+6.4 20.4 last 10 · 14.0 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
Gradey DickTOR−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season