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Saturday, March 7, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MEM by 18 after the first quarter and won 123–120.

Final
ORL119
MIN92
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +27
Final
PHI116
ATL125
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +9
Final
BKN107
DET105
Q1 BKN -13; Q2 BKN -16; Q3 BKN -11; Q4 BKN +2
Final
LAC123
MEM120
Q1 LAC -18; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +3
Final
UTA99
MIL113
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +14
Final
GSW97
OKC104
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +7
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 · 2024–25Mar 7, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: Miles Bridges (CHA vs CLE), 46 points.
The lead · LAC @ MEM

Clippers overcome 18-point deficit, beat Memphis 123–120

The Clippers trailed by 18 after one and finished 100–79. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-1-1+3LAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC23353134123
MEM41183130120
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23, 29, 30, 28LAC28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 38, 26, 21, 14, 9, 17, 23, 8, 21LAC21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Ty JeromePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 28, 13, 19, 19, 17, 22, 14, 23MEM23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Taylor HendricksPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 9, 4, 12, 14, 11, 19, 8, 18MEM18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 53 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two comebacks from 15 or more down

Winners erased deficits of 15 or more points at a quarter break two times in 6 games.

BKN over DET2LAC over MEM3OKC over GSW7ATL over PHI9MIL over UTA14ORL over MIN27Final margin, points. Pink = winner came back from 15+ down at a break.
Top performances

Jalen Johnson 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.
Jalen JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 19, 32, 16, 26, 5, 8, 20, 35ATL vs PHI · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 40, 28, 34, 31, 21, 41, 22, 34MIN vs ORL · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 27, 39, 32, 28, 33, 21, 25, 31PHI @ ATL · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 22, 18, 26, 25, 18, 26, 9, 27, 30BKN @ DET · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 34, 36, 22, 30, 17, 25, 14, 30ORL @ MIN · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23, 29, 30, 28LAC @ MEM · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Precious AchiuwaSAC+6.8 15.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+6.0 26.3 last 10 · 20.3 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.4 16.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Austin ReavesLAL−6.1 17.4 last 10 · 23.5 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK−6.0 20.2 last 10 · 26.2 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−4.9 12.8 last 10 · 17.7 season