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Thursday, March 23, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by TOR (vs MIA) and BKN (vs PHX).

Final · Box score
Suns98
Nets126
Q1 BKN -10; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +28
Final · Box score
Raptors101
Heat84
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +17
Final · Box score
Clippers95
Mavs97
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +2
Final · Box score
Grizzlies90
Spurs97
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +7
Final · Box score
Knicks95
Blazers110
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +15
On this day · 2015–16Mar 23, 2016: 12 games. Top scorer: Nikola Mirotic (Bulls-Knicks), 35 points.
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The lead · Raptors-Heat

DeMar DeRozan scores 40 as Toronto wins in Miami

Damian Lillard goes for 30 points

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-2+7+17TOR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors23223026101
Heat3314211684
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 28, 17, 25, 22, 14, 22, 42, 40TOR40 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 12, 14, 19, 13, 11, 11, 9, 14TOR14 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 10, 12, 26, 20, 23, 17, 23, 16MIA16 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 21, 22, 15, 33, 19, 17, 16, 13MIA13 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Suns-Nets

Brooklyn rallies from 10 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 10 after one, Brooklyn outscored the Suns 104–66 the rest of the way. Final: 126–98. Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nets-Suns
Brook Lopez · BKNDevin Booker · PHXPTS1928REB62AST00Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Clippers-Mavs11
Raptors-Heat3
Grizzlies-Spurs2
Knicks-Blazers0
The night in charts
Suns-Nets combined for 224, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-NetsSuns 98, Nets 126
224
Knicks-BlazersKnicks 95, Blazers 110
205
Clippers-MavsClippers 95, Mavs 97
192
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 90, Spurs 97
187
Raptors-HeatRaptors 101, Heat 84
185
DAL won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Clippers-MavsClippers 95, Mavs 97
+2 DAL
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 90, Spurs 97
+7 SAS
Knicks-BlazersKnicks 95, Blazers 110
+15 POR
Raptors-HeatRaptors 101, Heat 84
+17 TOR
Suns-NetsSuns 98, Nets 126
+28 BKN
TOR erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Raptors-HeatTOR won · Raptors 101, Heat 84
10 pts
Suns-NetsBKN won · Suns 98, Nets 126
10 pts
Clippers-MavsDAL won · Clippers 95, Mavs 97
6 pts
Curry shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CurryDAL · 23 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
64% (9-14)
AldridgeSAS · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
63% (10-16)
WhitesideMIA · 16 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
DirkDAL · 14 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
58% (7-12)
DeRozanTOR · 40 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
56% (14-25)
Final · Clippers-Mavs
Clippers 95Mavs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2430212095
Mavs2919292097
The story
Seth Curry's 23 points carried Dallas past LA, 97-95

For LA, Chris Paul had 15 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST 23 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 9-14 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 6 going into the third, then won it 29-21.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +5−6+2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

DeAndre Jordan was the fantasy play: 43.1 FPTS on 18 REB, 14 PTS

Final · Raptors-Heat
Raptors 101Heat 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors23223026101
Heat3314211684
The story
Delon Wright had 13 points as Toronto beat Miami 101-84

Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 16 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 4-7 FG

The swing

The Raptors won the fourth 26-16, their biggest quarter edge.

TOR lead by quarter
200 −10−2+7+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Nets
Suns 98Nets 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns3218153398
Nets22303242126
The story
Brooklyn beat Phoenix 126-98 behind 16 points from KJ McDaniels

Devin Booker paced Phoenix: 28 PTS, 2 REB 16 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 6-9 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 32-15 third quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

BKN lead by quarter
300 −10+2+19+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Marquese Chriss topped the game at 45.7 FPTS: 23 PTS, 11 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 71 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 40

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 28, 17, 25, 22, 14, 22, 42, 40Raptors-Heat · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Nov 28, 2001: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 33, 39, 29, 36, 27, 49, 31, 30Blazers-Knicks · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 25, 23, 36, 28, 19, 10, 11, 28Suns-Nets · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Marquese ChrissPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 18, 5, 8, 17, 13, 16, 24, 23Suns-Nets · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 18, 15, 17, 19, 21, 18, 26, 23Spurs-Grizzlies · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 18, 3, 5, 19, 7, 8, 10, 23Mavs-Clippers · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Dario SaricPHI+6.8 19.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.9 16.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Marquese ChrissPHX+5.4 14.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.1 32.0 last 10 · 26.9 season
Kyrie IrvingCLE+5.0 30.6 last 10 · 25.6 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsHOU−6.1 11.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
Myles TurnerIND−5.9 8.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.8 8.2 last 10 · 14.0 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.0 6.0 last 10 · 11.0 season