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Tuesday, March 7, 2017Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed OKC by 11 after the first quarter and won 126–121.

Final · Box score
Blazers126
Thunder121
Q1 POR -11; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +5
Final · Box score
Lakers111
Mavs122
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +29; Q4 DAL +11
Final · Box score
Wizards131
Suns127
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +4
On this day · 2015–16Mar 7, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (Warriors-Magic), 41 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Thunder

Portland rallies from 11 down to beat OKC

Russell Westbrook goes for 58 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-6+7+5POR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers29323827126
Thunder40272529121
Who led
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 6, 5, 4, 9, 13, 11, 8, 23POR23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 21, 13, 33, 28, 34, 33, 19, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 47, 17, 38, 17, 41, 43, 45, 48, 29, 58OKC58 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 7, 24, 14, 23, 20, 6, 21, 16OKC16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Wizards-Suns

Washington leads Phoenix wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 131–127. Best quarter: the first, 38–25. Bojan Bogdanovic led Washington with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over PHX4POR over OKC5DAL over LAL11Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over PHX.
Lead changes
Blazers-Thunder9
Lakers-Mavs1
The night in charts
Wizards-Suns combined for 258, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-SunsWizards 131, Suns 127
258
Blazers-ThunderBlazers 126, Thunder 121
247
Lakers-MavsLakers 111, Mavs 122
233
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Wizards-SunsWizards 131, Suns 127
+4 WAS
Blazers-ThunderBlazers 126, Thunder 121
+5 POR
Lakers-MavsLakers 111, Mavs 122
+11 DAL
Crabbe shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CrabbePOR · 23 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
DirkDAL · 25 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
CurryDAL · 18 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
WestbrookOKC · 58 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
54% (21-39)
WarrenPHX · 15 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST
54% (7-13)
Final · Wizards-Suns
Wizards 131Suns 127
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards38302637131
Suns25363135127
The story
John Wall's 25 points and 14 assists carried Washington past Phoenix, 131-127

For Phoenix, Eric Bledsoe had 30 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 25 PTS, 14 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 9-20 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 38-25, was where the Wizards built it.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +13+7+2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Thunder
Blazers 126Thunder 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers29323827126
Thunder40272529121
The story
Damian Lillard had 22 points and 8 assists as Portland beat Oklahoma City 126-121

Victor Oladipo led Oklahoma City with 16 PTS, 5 REB 22 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB · 8-17 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the second, the Trail Blazers took the third 38-25.

POR lead by quarter
200 −11−6+7+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Mavs
Lakers 111Mavs 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers29232237111
Mavs38323319122
The story
Dallas beat Los Angeles 122-111 behind 25 points and 11 rebounds from Dirk Nowitzki

Jordan Clarkson paced Los Angeles: 22 PTS, 2 AST 25 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST · 9-13 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

A 33-22 third quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
300 +9+18+29+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Julius Randle topped the game at 49.6 FPTS: 18 REB, 13 PTS, 10 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.7Season avg44.6Last 5

44.6 points a game over his last five games, against 31.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 58 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg10.4Last 3

10.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg22.4Today

22 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 58

Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 47, 17, 38, 17, 41, 43, 45, 48, 29, 58Thunder-Blazers · L
32.1 PPG season to date · +26.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: James Harden HOU, Oct 30, 2019: 59 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Career high58 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 25, 17, 11, 20, 14, 18, 28, 30Suns-Wizards · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 14, 2, 15, 16, 27, 6, 27, 29Wizards-Suns · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 19, 40, 22, 25, 23, 27, 32, 27Wizards-Suns · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 20, 29, 23, 12, 12, 30, 19, 25Wizards-Suns · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 24, 8, 18, 8, 11, 10, 18, 25Mavs-Lakers · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Dario SaricPHI+6.5 18.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Seth CurryDAL+6.4 19.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.2 38.3 last 10 · 32.1 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.1 17.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.6 28.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.5 9.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.5 7.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−4.2 5.7 last 10 · 9.9 season