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Tuesday, April 1, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DAL by 9 at halftime and won 122–120.

Final · Box score
Rockets96
Nets105
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +9
Final · OT · Box score
Warriors122
Mavs120
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW -9; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 Warriors 0; OT1 GSW +2
Final · Box score
Blazers124
Lakers112
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +12
On this day · 2012–13Apr 1, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: Rudy Gay (Raptors-Pistons), 34 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Mavs

Golden State rallies from nine down at the half, wins in overtime

LaMarcus Aldridge goes for 31 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+9-9+40+2GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Warriors3023322314122
Mavs2141192712120
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 26, 27, 20, 29, 16, 14, 15, 27GSW27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 27, 37, 23, 31, 20, 33, 32, 23GSW23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 19, 27, 21, 10, 32, 21, 19, 33DAL33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 17, 22, 26, 32, 17, 12, 17, 27DAL27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Rockets-Nets

Brooklyn leads Houston wire to wire

Brooklyn was ahead at every break and won 105–96. Best quarter: the first, 29–24. Joe Johnson led Brooklyn with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over DAL2BKN over HOU9POR over LAL12Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over HOU.
Lead changes
Warriors-Mavs8
Blazers-Lakers8
Rockets-Nets2
Shot of the night

Steph's jumper at the buzzer of OT breaks the tie, 122-120 final

The night in charts
Warriors-Mavs combined for 242, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-MavsWarriors 122, Mavs 120
242
Blazers-LakersBlazers 124, Lakers 112
236
Rockets-NetsRockets 96, Nets 105
201
GSW won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Warriors-MavsWarriors 122, Mavs 120
+2 GSW
Rockets-NetsRockets 96, Nets 105
+9 BKN
Blazers-LakersBlazers 124, Lakers 112
+12 POR
O'Neal shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
O'NealGSW · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
CrawfordGSW · 19 PTS, 4 REB
70% (7-10)
Joe JohnsonBKN · 32 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
62% (13-21)
DirkDAL · 33 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
62% (13-21)
AldridgePOR · 31 PTS, 15 REB, 6 AST, 2 BLK
60% (12-20)
Final · Warriors-Mavs
Warriors 122Mavs 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Warriors3023322314122
Mavs2141192712120
The story
Stephen Curry had 23 points and 10 assists as Golden State beat Dallas 122-120 in OT

Monta Ellis led Dallas with 27 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 23 PTS, 10 AST, 3 REB · 10-17 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the second, the Warriors took the third 32-19.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +9−9+40+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Dirk Nowitzki led the game in fantasy with 62.7 FPTS (33 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Rockets-Nets
Rockets 96Nets 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2427281796
Nets29252922105
The story
Brooklyn beat Houston 105-96 behind 32 points from Joe Johnson

James Harden paced Houston: 26 PTS, 9 AST 32 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 13-21 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

A 29-24 first quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

BKN lead by quarter
200 +5+3+4+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Omer Asik topped the game at 45.6 FPTS: 23 REB, 12 PTS

Final · Blazers-Lakers
Blazers 124Lakers 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers29342833124
Lakers27342229112
The story
Damian Lillard's 34 points and 8 assists carried Portland past Los Angeles, 124-112

For Los Angeles, Chris Kaman had 12 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 34 PTS, 8 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 10-22 FG, 5-10 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 28-22, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 +2+2+8+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 72 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 73 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Nick Young leads the day with 40

Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 10, 21, 26, 20, 17, 11, 11, 40Lakers-Blazers · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Reggie Miller IND, Jan 23, 1996: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 23, 20, 19, 17, 21, 16, 13, 34Blazers-Lakers · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 19, 27, 21, 10, 32, 21, 19, 33Mavs-Warriors · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 20, 27, 22, 15, 18, 14, 19, 32Nets-Rockets · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 30, 28, 19, 14, 25, 5, 28, 31Blazers-Lakers · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 26, 27, 20, 29, 16, 14, 15, 27Warriors-Mavs · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.0 17.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.6 17.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dion WaitersCLE+5.5 20.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.0 26.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+4.9 17.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−9.0 5.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.8 3.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.7 13.0 last 10 · 17.7 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.5 4.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season