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Monday, March 2, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed NOP by 3 at halftime and won 102–93.

Final · Box score
Raptors114
Sixers103
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +11
Final · Box score
Warriors108
Nets110
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +2
Final · Box score
Suns98
Heat115
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +17
Final · Box score
Clippers110
Wolves105
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +5
Final · Box score
Pelicans93
Mavs102
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +9
On this day · 2013–14Mar 2, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (Warriors-Raptors), 34 points.
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The lead · Pelicans-Mavs

Dallas handles New Orleans by 9

Chris Paul goes for 26 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-3+9+9DAL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans3127132293
Mavs32232522102
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 7, 7, 12, 23, 20, 19, 12, 20DAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 4, 0, 5, 13, 8, 4, 8, 19DAL19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Norris ColePoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 12, 7, 12, 15, 11, 3, 10, 19NOP19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 31, 6, 11, 24, 11, 8, 20, 18, 18NOP18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Clippers-Wolves

Clippers make it three straight

Clippers beat Minnesota 110–105 and moved to 40–21. Chris Paul led Clippers with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists.

Streak strip · LAC
L@ OKC108–131W@ DAL115–98Wvs HOU110–95Wvs SAS119–115Wvs SAC126–99Lvs MEM87–90L@ HOU105–110W@ MEM97–79W@ CHI96–86W@ MIN110–105
Lead changes
Pelicans-Mavs10
Clippers-Wolves9
Warriors-Nets6
Raptors-Sixers4
Suns-Heat1
Shot of the night

Jack's jumper with 1 second left breaks the tie, 110-108 final

The night in charts
Warriors-Nets combined for 218, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-NetsWarriors 108, Nets 110
218
Raptors-SixersRaptors 114, Sixers 103
217
Clippers-WolvesClippers 110, Wolves 105
215
Suns-HeatSuns 98, Heat 115
213
Pelicans-MavsPelicans 93, Mavs 102
195
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Warriors-NetsWarriors 108, Nets 110
+2 BKN
Clippers-WolvesClippers 110, Wolves 105
+5 LAC
Pelicans-MavsPelicans 93, Mavs 102
+9 DAL
Raptors-SixersRaptors 114, Sixers 103
+11 TOR
Suns-HeatSuns 98, Heat 115
+17 MIA
DAL rallied from 3 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pelicans-MavsDAL won · Pelicans 93, Mavs 102
3 pts
Clippers-WolvesLAC won · Clippers 110, Wolves 105
2 pts
Suns-HeatMIA won · Suns 98, Heat 115
1 pt
Bogut shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BogutGSW · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK
80% (8-10)
Tyler JohnsonMIA · 26 PTS, 4 STL, 1 REB, 1 AST
77% (10-13)
Alan AndersonBKN · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
ColeNOP · 19 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
WhitesideMIA · 17 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
Final · Warriors-Nets
Warriors 108Nets 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors23282928108
Nets33242924110
The story
Brook Lopez's 26 points carried Brooklyn past Golden State, 110-108

For Golden State, Andrew Bogut had 16 PTS, 8 REB 26 PTS, 6 REB · 11-22 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 33-23, was where the Nets built it.

BKN lead by quarter
200 +10+6+6+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Stephen Curry was the fantasy play: 40.9 FPTS on 26 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB

Final · Clippers-Wolves
Clippers 110Wolves 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers36222824110
Wolves23372718105
The story
DeAndre Jordan had 18 rebounds and 12 points as Los Angeles beat Minnesota 110-105

Gary Neal led Minnesota with 19 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 18 REB, 12 PTS, 1 AST · 4-7 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Clippers won the first 36-23, their biggest quarter edge.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +13−2−1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Sixers
Raptors 114Sixers 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors26292831114
Sixers22272727103
The story
Toronto beat Philadelphia 114-103 behind 21 points from Lou Williams

Nerlens Noel paced Philadelphia: 17 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 6-15 FG, 2-9 3PT

The swing

A 26-22 first quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +4+6+7+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 45 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg27.5Today

27 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 35

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 23, 21, 10, 14, 18, 14, 13, 35Raptors-Sixers · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 12, 22, 10, 30, 22, 19, 28, 26Clippers-Wolves · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 20, 25, 25, 32, 18, 22, 37, 26Warriors-Nets · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 10, 12, 22, 19, 15, 12, 7, 26Nets-Warriors · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 3, 18, 0, 3, 14, 0, 2, 26Heat-Suns · W
7.5 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 0, 10, 12, 16, 10, 15, 23, 22Nets-Warriors · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
DeAndre JordanLAC+4.6 15.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
PJ TuckerPHX+4.3 12.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
Brandon JenningsDET+4.1 19.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Norris ColeNOP+3.9 10.8 last 10 · 6.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.9 30.4 last 10 · 26.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Kyle LowryTOR−6.1 11.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.4 14.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Terrence RossTOR−4.8 5.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Gerald GreenPHX−4.7 7.3 last 10 · 12.0 season