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Monday, March 16, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 119–115.

Final
ORL112
ATL124
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +12
Final
GSW125
WAS117
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +8
Final
POR114
BKN95
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +24; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +19
Final
PHX112
BOS120
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MEM107
CHI132
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +25
Final
DAL111
NOP129
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +17; Q4 NOP +18
Final
LAL100
HOU92
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +8
Final
SAS119
LAC115
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +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 · 2024–25Mar 16, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (MIN vs UTA), 41 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAC

San Antonio climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 8 after one. San Antonio won it 119–115. Stephon Castle led San Antonio with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-8+14+10+4SAS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS29372627119
LAC37153033115
Who led
Stephon CastlePoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 15, 11, 6, 23, 18, 30, 15, 23SAS23 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 25, 10, 38, 27, 29, 39, 32, 21SAS21 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 20, 12, 12, 21, 23, 21, 25, 25LAC25 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Jordan MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 4, 11, 14, 2, 14, 14, 6, 22LAC22 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ HOU

Lakers make it six straight

Lakers beat Houston 100–92 and moved to 43–25. Luka Doncic led Lakers with 36 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
W@ GSW129–101Wvs SAC128–104Wvs NOP110–101L@ DEN113–120Wvs IND128–117Wvs NYK110–97Wvs MIN120–106Wvs CHI142–130Wvs DEN127–125W@ HOU100–92LAL: last 10 games through Mar 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 67 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown 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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 27, 20, 24, 23, 8, 34, 16, 41BOS vs PHX · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 3, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 16, 15, 23, 24, 29, 18, 20, 41ATL vs ORL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jayson Tatum BOS, Dec 25, 2022: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Career high41 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 17, 27, 32, 30, 27, 43, 31, 40PHX @ BOS · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Jan 6, 2017: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 27, 27, 44, 35, 31, 51, 30, 36LAL @ HOU · W
32.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Naji MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 36, 4, 6, 13, 8, 14, 5, 17, 25, 32DAL @ NOP · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 4, 9, 13, 12, 9, 17, 20, 30GSW @ WAS · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
Bam AdebayoMIA+8.7 28.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Precious AchiuwaSAC+7.6 16.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Matas BuzelisCHI+6.7 22.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−7.7 16.3 last 10 · 24.0 season
Cam ThomasMIL−6.4 7.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Julius RandleMIN−5.9 15.2 last 10 · 21.1 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Mikal BridgesNYK−4.8 10.0 last 10 · 14.8 season