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Tuesday, March 17, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHX by 3 after the first quarter and won 116–104.

Final
MIA106
CHA136
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +30
Final
OKC113
ORL108
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +5
Final
DET130
WAS117
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +13
Final
IND110
NYK136
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +26
Final
CLE123
MIL116
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +7
Final
PHX104
MIN116
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +12
Final
PHI96
DEN124
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +32; Q3 DEN +29; Q4 DEN +28
Final
SAS132
SAC104
Q1 SAS +17; Q2 SAS +31; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +28
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 17, 2025: 10 games. Top scorer: Quentin Grimes (PHI @ HOU), 46 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIN

Julius Randle scores 32 in Minnesota win over Phoenix

Final: 116–104. Julius Randle added 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+1+6+12MIN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX39242318104
MIN36282824116
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 23, 17, 14, 14, 11, 10, 32, 32MIN32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Nah'Shon HylandPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 6, 3, 9, 11, 10, 11, 3, 22MIN22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 27, 32, 30, 27, 43, 31, 40, 34PHX34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Oso IghodaroPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 10, 13, 2, 8, 6, 5, 4, 16PHX16 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CLE @ MIL

Cleveland handles Milwaukee by 7

The Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 38–29. Final: 123–116. Evan Mobley led Cleveland with 27 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over ORL5CLE over MIL7MIN over PHX12DET over WAS13NYK over IND26DEN over PHI28SAS over SAC28CHA over MIA30Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.7Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 40

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 36, 30, 26, 27, 35, 35, 20, 40OKC @ ORL · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Redd MIL, Apr 29, 2006: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jalen DurenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 7, 17, 24, 26, 14, 30, 20, 36DET @ WAS · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 27, 32, 30, 27, 43, 31, 40, 34PHX @ MIN · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Josh HartPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 10, 12, 10, 18, 8, 12, 7, 33NYK vs IND · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 16, 25, 33, 25, 18, 27, 18, 32ORL vs OKC · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Maxime RaynaudPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 22, 10, 26, 18, 4, 23, 8, 32SAC vs SAS · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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+8.0 17.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+6.7 18.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Matas BuzelisCHI+6.7 22.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−7.7 16.3 last 10 · 24.0 season
Cam ThomasMIL−6.4 7.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Mikal BridgesNYK−4.8 10.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−4.7 23.3 last 10 · 28.0 season