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Thursday, March 19, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MIA by 13 after the first quarter and won 134–126.

Final
ORL111
CHA130
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +19; Q3 CHA +33; Q4 CHA +19
Final
DET117
WAS95
Q1 DET +21; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +22
Final
CLE115
CHI110
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +5
Final
LAL134
MIA126
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +8
Final
LAC99
NOP105
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +6
Final
PHX100
SAS101
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS +1
Final
MIL96
UTA128
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +32
Final
PHI139
SAC118
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +21
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 19, 2025: 11 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs CHI), 41 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIA

Luka Doncic scores 60 as Lakers beat Miami

Lakers won 134–126. Luka Doncic: 60 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-13-6+9+8LAL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL29303837134
MIA42232338126
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 44, 35, 31, 51, 30, 36, 40, 60LAL60 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 24, 21, 16, 18, 17, 18, 30, 19LAL19 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 23, 21, 24, 24, 83, 21, 20, 28MIA28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 18, 22, 25, 33, 25, 10, 20, 21MIA21 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg35.2Last 5

35.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 69 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · PHX @ SAS

San Antonio takes over late to edge Phoenix

Down 6 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 28–21. Final: 101–100. Victor Wembanyama led San Antonio with 34 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over PHX1CLE over CHI5NOP over LAC6LAL over MIA8CHA over ORL19PHI over SAC21DET over WAS22UTA over MIL32Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over PHX.
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 60

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 44, 35, 31, 51, 30, 36, 40, 60LAL @ MIA · W
33.4 PPG season to date · +27.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kemba Walker CHA, Nov 17, 2018: 60 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Season high60 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
VJ EdgecombePoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 23, 6, 21, 10, 16, 18, 9, 38PHI @ SAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 18, 19, 21, 30, 17, 13, 27, 36CLE @ CHI · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 38, 27, 29, 39, 32, 21, 18, 34SAS vs PHX · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Airious BaileyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 18, 12, 32, 9, 21, 8, 17, 33UTA vs MIL · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Justin EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 5, 14, 0, 12, 19, 21, 11, 32PHI @ SAC · W
6.3 PPG season to date · +26.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 0 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+9.5 29.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+7.2 18.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+7.0 14.3 last 10 · 7.3 season
Precious AchiuwaSAC+6.2 15.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Will RileyWAS+6.1 15.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−5.8 18.4 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.7 8.0 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