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Monday, March 31, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MEM by 7 after the first quarter and won 117–103.

Final
UTA106
CHA110
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +4
Final
SAC109
IND111
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +2
Final
LAC96
ORL87
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +9
Final
MIA120
WAS94
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +26
Final
BOS117
MEM103
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +14
Final
CHI117
OKC145
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +34; Q3 OKC +40; Q4 OKC +28
Final
BKN113
DAL109
Q1 BKN -4; Q2 BKN -5; Q3 BKN -3; Q4 BKN +4
Final
HOU98
LAL104
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +6
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 31, 2024: 10 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL @ HOU), 47 points.
The lead · BOS @ MEM

Boston makes it nine straight

Boston beat Memphis 117–103 and moved to 56–19. Al Horford led Boston with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+5+7+14BOS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS25412625117
MEM32292418103
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 14, 18, 9, 4, 5, 14, 16, 26BOS26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 35, 40, 33, 28, 20, 26, 30, 25, 29, 25BOS25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 24, 31, 32, 29, 28, 44, 22, 26MEM26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Santi AldamaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 15, 6, 16, 16, 9, 10, 8, 21MEM21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Chicago by 28.

IND over SAC2CHA over UTA4BKN over DAL4LAL over HOU6LAC over ORL9BOS over MEM14MIA over WAS26OKC over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 72 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jordan Poole 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.
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 2, 18, 25, 23, 18, 18, 12, 35WAS vs MIA · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 27, 22, 22, 20, 10, 21, 21, 31SAC @ IND · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Isaiah JoePoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 19, 21, 14, 0, 14, 7, 19, 31OKC vs CHI · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 12, 30, 16, 11, 27, 12, 16, 28MIA @ WAS · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 48, 31, 30, 26, 32, 37, 33, 27OKC vs CHI · W
32.8 PPG season to date · −5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 0 REB · 12 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 20, 29, 8, 29, 20, 36, 30, 27MIA @ WAS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+14.0 27.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+9.0 25.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Coby WhiteCHI+6.8 27.0 last 10 · 20.2 season
Ja MorantMEM+6.6 29.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
OG AnunobyNYK+6.3 23.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Domantas SabonisSAC−6.7 12.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−6.1 17.4 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−6.1 20.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
Norman PowellLAC−5.5 17.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Zach LaVineSAC−5.5 17.4 last 10 · 22.9 season