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Thursday, March 7, 2019Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed POR by 3 at halftime and won 129–121.

Final · Box score
Pacers98
Bucks117
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +19
Final · OT · Box score
Thunder129
Blazers121
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 Thunder 0; OT1 OKC +8
On this day · 2017–18Mar 7, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (Raptors-Pistons), 42 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Blazers

Russell Westbrook scores 37, OKC wins in overtime

Damian Lillard goes for 51 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1-3+20+8OKC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Thunder3127272816129
Blazers303122308121
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 44, 43, 41, 22, 23, 19, 22, 38, 37OKC37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 45, 47, 28, 45, 14, 25, 25, 32OKC32 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 13, 17, 21, 33, 24, 23, 24, 51POR51 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 21, 15, 35, 14, 35, 6, 27, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Pacers-Bucks

Milwaukee leads Indiana wire to wire

Milwaukee was ahead at every break and won 117–98. Best quarter: the fourth, 33–26. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bucks-Pacers
Giannis Antetokounmpo · MILMyles Turner · INDPTS2922REB1217AST53Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Thunder-Blazers23
The night in charts
Thunder-Blazers combined for 250, 35 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-BlazersThunder 129, Blazers 121 · OT
250
Pacers-BucksPacers 98, Bucks 117
215
OKC won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Thunder-BlazersThunder 129, Blazers 121 · OT
+8 OKC
Pacers-BucksPacers 98, Bucks 117
+19 MIL
Bledsoe shot 6-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BledsoeMIL · 12 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
GiannisMIL · 29 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 1 BLK
59% (10-17)
AdamsOKC · 12 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
55% (6-11)
DamePOR · 51 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB, 2 BLK
54% (15-28)
MiddletonMIL · 27 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB
53% (8-15)
Final · Thunder-Blazers
Thunder 129Blazers 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Thunder3127272816129
Blazers303122308121
The story
Paul George had 32 points and 14 rebounds as Oklahoma City beat Portland 129-121 in OT

Jusuf Nurkic led Portland with 17 REB, 13 PTS, 3 AST 32 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL · 7-23 FG, 1-9 3PT

The swing

The Thunder won the overtime 16-8.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +1−3+20+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Pacers-Bucks
Pacers 98Bucks 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers2426222698
Bucks32223033117
The story
Giannis Antetokounmpo's 29 points and 12 rebounds carried Milwaukee past Indiana, 117-98

For Indiana, Bojan Bogdanovic had 17 PTS, 5 REB 29 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST · 10-17 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 32-24, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +8+4+12+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Myles Turner was the fantasy play: 58.9 FPTS on 22 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 65 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.3Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 35.3 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 51 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 51

Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 13, 17, 21, 33, 24, 23, 24, 51Blazers-Thunder · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James CLE, Jan 21, 2006: 51 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Season high51 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 44, 43, 41, 22, 23, 19, 22, 38, 37Thunder-Blazers · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 45, 47, 28, 45, 14, 25, 25, 32Thunder-Blazers · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 33, 30, 27, 17, 16, 43, 21, 29Bucks-Pacers · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 15, 28, 22, 21, 18, 29, 6, 27Bucks-Pacers · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 21, 15, 35, 14, 35, 6, 27, 25Blazers-Thunder · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Trae YoungATL+8.3 26.6 last 10 · 18.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+8.1 31.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Avery BradleyMEM+7.4 17.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+7.2 31.4 last 10 · 24.2 season
Kelly OlynykMIA+6.6 16.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−10.2 16.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Garrett TempleLAC−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−4.8 1.9 last 10 · 6.7 season
Alec BurksSAC−4.4 5.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Caris LeVertBKN−4.4 10.5 last 10 · 14.9 season