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Saturday, March 21, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 12 at halftime and won 107–91.

Final · Box score
Nets123
Pacers111
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +12
Final · Box score
Bulls91
Pistons107
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET -12; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +16
Final · Box score
Suns117
Rockets102
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +15
Final · Box score
Blazers86
Grizzlies97
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +11
Final · Box score
Jazz91
Warriors106
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +15
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The lead · Bulls-Pistons

Detroit climbs out of a 12-point hole against Chicago

Eric Bledsoe goes for 34 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-12+1+16DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2036231291
Pistons30143627107
Who led
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 25, 2, 14, 11, 10, 23, 11, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 0, 2, 4, 11, 2, 3, 7, 20DET20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 23, 13, 27, 18, 20, 19, 11, 27CHI27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 22, 15, 31, 24, 11, 13, 11, 19CHI19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Lead changes
Suns-Rockets7
Nets-Pacers6
Blazers-Grizzlies6
Bulls-Pistons4
Jazz-Warriors1
The night in charts
Nets-Pacers combined for 234, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-PacersNets 123, Pacers 111
234
Suns-RocketsSuns 117, Rockets 102
219
Bulls-PistonsBulls 91, Pistons 107
198
Jazz-WarriorsJazz 91, Warriors 106
197
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 86, Grizzlies 97
183
MEM won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 86, Grizzlies 97
+11 MEM
Nets-PacersNets 123, Pacers 111
+12 BKN
Suns-RocketsSuns 117, Rockets 102
+15 PHX
Jazz-WarriorsJazz 91, Warriors 106
+15 GSW
Bulls-PistonsBulls 91, Pistons 107
+16 DET
DET erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bulls-PistonsDET won · Bulls 91, Pistons 107
12 pts
Suns-RocketsPHX won · Suns 117, Rockets 102
4 pts
Barbosa shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BarbosaGSW · 19 PTS, 3 STL, 2 REB, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
Brook LopezBKN · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 BLK
79% (11-14)
ConleyMEM · 21 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
TuckerPHX · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
HoodUTA · 19 PTS, 1 REB
64% (9-14)
Final · Nets-Pacers
Nets 123Pacers 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets31322535123
Pacers29273124111
The story
Brook Lopez's 26 points carried Brooklyn past Indiana, 123-111

For Indiana, George Hill had 18 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB 26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 BLK · 11-14 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 35-24, was where the Nets built it.

BKN lead by quarter
200 +2+7+1+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Rockets
Suns 117Rockets 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns33293718117
Rockets37242516102
The story
Phoenix beat Houston 117-102 behind 17 points and 10 rebounds from Marcus Morris

Donatas Motiejunas paced Houston: 18 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 17 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 7-13 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 37-25 third quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −4+1+13+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Pistons
Bulls 91Pistons 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2036231291
Pistons30143627107
The story
Reggie Jackson had 22 points and 11 assists as Detroit beat Chicago 107-91

Pau Gasol led Chicago with 27 PTS, 10 REB 22 PTS, 11 AST, 3 REB · 9-16 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Pistons won the fourth 27-12, their biggest quarter edge.

DET lead by quarter
200 +10−12+1+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg2.3Last 3

2.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Suns-Rockets

Phoenix beats Houston, 117–102

Phoenix led 99–86 after three and won by 15. Eric Bledsoe led Phoenix with 34 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over POR11BKN over IND12PHX over HOU15GSW over UTA15DET over CHI16Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over HOU.
Top performances

Eric Bledsoe leads the day with 34

Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 19, 7, 19, 18, 21, 21, 5, 34Suns-Rockets · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 23, 13, 27, 18, 20, 19, 11, 27Bulls-Pistons · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 32, 14, 28, 23, 14, 17, 18, 27Blazers-Grizzlies · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 19, 15, 15, 10, 16, 10, 32, 26Nets-Pacers · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 12, 36, 9, 25, 19, 16, 16, 24Warriors-Jazz · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 19, 11, 8, 15, 6, 21, 15, 23Grizzlies-Blazers · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.9 34.7 last 10 · 27.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+6.4 19.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
JJ RedickLAC+6.3 22.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.3 17.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−5.1 3.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.0 11.7 last 10 · 15.7 season