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Friday, March 21, 2025Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIA by 8 at halftime and won 102–98.

Final
ORL120
WAS105
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +15
Final
HOU102
MIA98
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +4
Final
NOP93
MIN134
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +25; Q4 MIN +41
Final
CHA106
OKC141
Q1 OKC +20; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +35
Final
PHI120
SAS128
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +8
Final
DET117
DAL123
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +6
Final
BOS121
UTA99
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +22
Final
CLE112
PHX123
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +11
Final
DEN109
POR128
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +19
Final
MEM108
LAC128
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +20
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 21, 2024: 7 games. Top scorer: Ayo Dosunmu (CHI @ HOU), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIA

Fred VanVleet hits nine threes, Houston tops Miami

37 points for Fred VanVleet. Final: 102–98.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8-2+4HOU AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU23282724102
MIA2732211898
Who led
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 3, 3, 10, 8, 23, 3, 19, 37HOU37 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Amen ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 22, 9, 25, 6, 13, 21, 15, 18HOU18 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 23, 15, 22, 19, 22, 23, 8, 30MIA30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kel'el WarePoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 7, 2, 4, 7, 19, 10, 14, 16MIA16 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 65 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 56 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Minnesota by 41.

HOU over MIA4DAL over DET6SAS over PHI8PHX over CLE11ORL over WAS15POR over DEN19LAC over MEM20BOS over UTA22OKC over CHA35MIN over NOP41Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 42

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 21, 35, 19, 22, 21, 14, 26, 42PHX vs CLE · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen SEA, Jan 5, 2004: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 3, 3, 10, 8, 23, 3, 19, 37HOU @ MIA · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 30, 9, 12, 34, 27, 19, 15, 31, 36POR vs DEN · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 31, 28, 27, 38, 11, 24, 25, 35DET @ DAL · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 10, 4, 28, 14, 20, 18, 17, 31DAL vs DET · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 51, 41, 40, 25, 34, 48, 31, 30OKC vs CHA · W
32.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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+13.0 26.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Naji MarshallDAL+9.3 22.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+9.1 23.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Coby WhiteCHI+8.6 28.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Aaron GordonDEN+6.9 21.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
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
Jaylen WellsMEM−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season