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Saturday, March 19, 2022Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed LAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 127–119.

Final · Box score
Bucks119
Wolves138
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +19
Final · Box score
Mavs108
Hornets129
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +22; Q4 CHA +21
Final · Box score
Pistons109
Cavs113
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final · Box score
Lakers119
Wizards127
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +8
On this day · 2020–21Mar 19, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (Nets-Magic), 43 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Wizards

Washington rallies from 10 down to beat Lakers

LeBron James goes for 38 points

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-9-6+8WAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers36313220119
Wizards26323534127
Who led
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 5, 25, 19, 14, 25, 16, 18, 27WAS27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 19, 16, 4, 26, 19, 12, 9, 18WAS18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38LAL38 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 17, 30, 5, 13, 14, 15, 22, 22LAL22 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Pistons-Cavs

Cleveland beats Detroit, 113–109

Cleveland led 82–81 after three and won by 4. Darius Garland led Cleveland with 24 points, 1 rebound and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over DET4WAS over LAL8MIN over MIL19CHA over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over DET.
Lead changes
Pistons-Cavs7
Lakers-Wizards7
Mavs-Hornets6
Bucks-Wolves5
The night in charts
Bucks-Wolves combined for 257, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-WolvesBucks 119, Wolves 138
257
Lakers-WizardsLakers 119, Wizards 127
246
Mavs-HornetsMavs 108, Hornets 129
237
Pistons-CavsPistons 109, Cavs 113
222
CLE won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Pistons-CavsPistons 109, Cavs 113
+4 CLE
Lakers-WizardsLakers 119, Wizards 127
+8 WAS
Bucks-WolvesBucks 119, Wolves 138
+19 MIN
Mavs-HornetsMavs 108, Hornets 129
+21 CHA
WAS erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-WizardsWAS won · Lakers 119, Wizards 127
10 pts
Pistons-CavsCLE won · Pistons 109, Cavs 113
5 pts
Rozier shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RozierCHA · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
WestbrookLAL · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
LukaDAL · 37 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
65% (13-20)
OsmanCLE · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Brook LopezMIL · 15 PTS, 4 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Pistons-Cavs
Pistons 109Cavs 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons27332128109
Cavs28272731113
The story
Darius Garland had 24 points and 12 assists as Cleveland beat Detroit 113-109

Saddiq Bey led Detroit with 20 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 12 AST, 1 REB · 8-18 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the second, the Cavaliers took the third 27-21.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +1−5+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Wizards
Lakers 119Wizards 127
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers36313220119
Wizards26323534127
The story
Kristaps Porzingis' 27 points carried Washington past Los Angeles, 127-119

For Los Angeles, Stanley Johnson had 12 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 9-17 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Wizards trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 34-20.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −10−9−6+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Wolves
Bucks 119Wolves 138
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks28282637119
Wolves34343832138
The story
Minnesota beat Milwaukee 138-119 behind 25 points and 11 rebounds from Karl-Anthony Towns

Khris Middleton paced Milwaukee: 15 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST 25 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST · 6-12 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 38-26 third quarter did the most damage for the Timberwolves.

MIN lead by quarter
300 +6+12+24+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Jerami Grant leads the day with 40

Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 26, 8, 23, 12, 20, 21, 22, 40Pistons-Cavs · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Lou Williams LAL, Dec 3, 2016: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 56, 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38Lakers-Wizards · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 41, 35, 31, 30, 26, 37, 17, 37Mavs-Hornets · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 5, 25, 19, 14, 25, 16, 18, 27Wizards-Lakers · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 39, 20, 36, 27, 13, 21, 15, 60, 30, 25Wolves-Bucks · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 15, 17, 16, 25, 15, 5, 27, 25Wolves-Bucks · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Bruce BrownBKN+6.4 14.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jayson TatumBOS+6.0 32.8 last 10 · 26.8 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.8 19.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−6.8 4.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−5.5 15.6 last 10 · 21.1 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Shake MiltonPHI−5.0 3.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derrick WhiteBOS−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season