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Thursday, March 19, 2015Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAL by 3 at halftime and won 80–73.

Final · OT · Box score
Wolves95
Knicks92
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 Wolves 0; Q4 Wolves 0; OT1 MIN +3
Final · Box score
Nuggets108
Rockets118
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +10
Final · Box score
Pelicans72
Suns74
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +2
Final · Box score
Jazz80
Lakers73
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +7
On this day · 2013–14Mar 19, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (Wolves-Mavs), 35 points.
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The lead · Jazz-Lakers

Lakers' skid reaches four

James Harden goes for 50 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-3+3+7UTA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz1815252280
Lakers1620191873
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 13, 25, 24, 29, 12, 18, 26, 22UTA22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 10, 12, 5, 0, 9, 8, 14, 17UTA17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tarik BlackPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 0, 3, 6, 10, 10, 7, 4, 13LAL13 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Wesley JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 13, 4, 8, 16, 12LAL12 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Pelicans-Suns

Phoenix leads New Orleans wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 74–72. Best quarter: the second, 22–19. Markieff Morris led Phoenix with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over NOP2MIN over NYK3UTA over LAL7HOU over DEN10Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over NOP.
Lead changes
Jazz-Lakers17
Wolves-Knicks12
Nuggets-Rockets5
Pelicans-Suns5
The night in charts
Nuggets-Rockets combined for 226, 39 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-RocketsNuggets 108, Rockets 118
226
Wolves-KnicksWolves 95, Knicks 92
187
Jazz-LakersJazz 80, Lakers 73
153
Pelicans-SunsPelicans 72, Suns 74
146
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pelicans-SunsPelicans 72, Suns 74
+2 PHX
Wolves-KnicksWolves 95, Knicks 92
+3 MIN
Jazz-LakersJazz 80, Lakers 73
+7 UTA
Nuggets-RocketsNuggets 108, Rockets 118
+10 HOU
Dieng shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DiengMIN · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 6 BLK, 2 STL
90% (9-10)
Brandan WrightPHX · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 7 BLK
80% (8-10)
FariedDEN · 19 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
BurkeUTA · 17 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
ChandlerDEN · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
59% (10-17)
Final · Pelicans-Suns
Pelicans 72Suns 74
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans1519191972
Suns2122121974
The story
Brandan Wright's 16 points carried Phoenix past New Orleans, 74-72

For New Orleans, Omer Asik had 14 REB, 6 PTS 16 PTS, 8 REB, 7 BLK · 8-10 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 21-15, was where the Suns built it.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +6+9+2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Knicks
Wolves 95Knicks 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Wolves292515161095
Knicks26202316792
The story
Gorgui Dieng had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Minnesota beat New York 95-92 in OT

Langston Galloway led New York with 21 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 11 REB, 6 BLK, 1 AST · 9-10 FG

The swing

The Timberwolves won the second 25-20, their biggest quarter edge.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +3+800+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nuggets-Rockets
Nuggets 108Rockets 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets27222435108
Rockets33322528118
The story
Houston beat Denver 118-108 behind 17 points from Trevor Ariza

Randy Foye paced Denver: 23 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 17 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 6-13 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 32-22 second quarter did the most damage for the Rockets.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +6+16+17+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 68 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg43.4Today

43 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 50

James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 18, 38, 28, 18, 15, 34, 17, 50Rockets-Nuggets · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Devin Booker PHX, Mar 27, 2019: 50 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Career high50 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 10, 3, 20, 7, 11, 20, 16, 23Nuggets-Rockets · L
7.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 9, 16, 26, 17, 8, 10, 13, 23Nuggets-Rockets · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 13, 25, 24, 29, 12, 18, 26, 22Jazz-Lakers · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 29, 10, 16, 14, 19, 23, 37, 22Wolves-Knicks · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Langston GallowayPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 5, 14, 4, 12, 10, 7, 22, 21Knicks-Wolves · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Russell WestbrookOKC+7.4 35.0 last 10 · 27.6 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.3 17.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.5 18.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
JJ RedickLAC+5.1 20.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Cory JosephSAS−4.6 2.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.3 11.5 last 10 · 15.8 season