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Monday, March 30, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 113–111.

Final · Box score
Celtics116
Hornets104
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +12
Final · OT · Box score
Lakers113
Sixers111
Q1 LAL -11; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 Lakers 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final · Box score
Bucks88
Hawks101
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +13
Final · Box score
Rockets96
Raptors99
Q1 Raptors 0; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +3
Final · Box score
Kings83
Grizzlies97
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +14
Final · Box score
Jazz104
Wolves84
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +20
Final · Box score
Suns86
Blazers109
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +27; Q4 POR +23
On this day · 2013–14Mar 30, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: D.J. Augustin (Bulls-Celtics), 33 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Sixers

Lakers need overtime to survive Philadelphia

DeMar DeRozan goes for 42 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11+1+50+2LAL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Lakers1734252611113
Sixers282221319111
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 17, 8, 8, 30, 20, 14, 18, 26LAL26 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jabari BrownPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 5, 7, 10, 7, 9, 7, 11, 22LAL22 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Nerlens NoelPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 11, 23, 9, 14, 14, 30, 8, 19PHI19 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah CanaanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 9, 12, 3, 13, 15, 9, 8, 18PHI18 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Rockets-Raptors

Toronto takes over late to edge Houston

Down 2 after three, Toronto won the fourth 25–20. Final: 99–96. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 42 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over PHI2TOR over HOU3BOS over CHA12ATL over MIL13MEM over SAC14UTA over MIN20POR over PHX23Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over HOU.
Lead changes
Rockets-Raptors13
Lakers-Sixers7
Jazz-Wolves4
Celtics-Hornets3
Suns-Blazers1
Kings-Grizzlies0
Shot of the night

Clarkson's layup at the buzzer of OT breaks the tie, 113-111 final

The night in charts
Lakers-Sixers combined for 224, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-SixersLakers 113, Sixers 111
224
Celtics-HornetsCeltics 116, Hornets 104
220
Suns-BlazersSuns 86, Blazers 109
195
Rockets-RaptorsRockets 96, Raptors 99
195
Bucks-HawksBucks 88, Hawks 101
189
Jazz-WolvesJazz 104, Wolves 84
188
Kings-GrizzliesKings 83, Grizzlies 97
180
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-SixersLakers 113, Sixers 111
+2 LAL
Rockets-RaptorsRockets 96, Raptors 99
+3 TOR
Celtics-HornetsCeltics 116, Hornets 104
+12 BOS
Bucks-HawksBucks 88, Hawks 101
+13 ATL
Kings-GrizzliesKings 83, Grizzlies 97
+14 MEM
Jazz-WolvesJazz 104, Wolves 84
+20 UTA
Suns-BlazersSuns 86, Blazers 109
+23 POR
LAL erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-SixersLAL won · Lakers 113, Sixers 111
11 pts
Rockets-RaptorsTOR won · Rockets 96, Raptors 99
4 pts
Pachulia shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PachuliaMIL · 17 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
Jabari BrownLAL · 22 PTS, 3 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
CarrollATL · 23 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 BLK
69% (9-13)
BookerUTA · 17 PTS, 13 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
TurnerBOS · 15 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Lakers-Sixers
Lakers 113Sixers 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Lakers1734252611113
Sixers282221319111
The story
Jordan Clarkson had 26 points and 11 assists as Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 113-111 in OT

Nerlens Noel led Philadelphia with 19 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST 26 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB, 3 STL · 9-15 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

Down 11 after the first, the Lakers took the second 34-22.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −11+1+50+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Rockets-Raptors
Rockets 96Raptors 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2725242096
Raptors2721262599
The story
Jonas Valanciunas' 15 points carried Toronto past Houston, 99-96

For Houston, Trevor Ariza had 15 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST 15 PTS, 9 REB, 5 BLK, 1 AST · 5-9 FG

The swing

The Raptors trailed by 2 going into the fourth, then won it 25-20.

TOR lead by quarter
200 0−4−2+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Hornets
Celtics 116Hornets 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics26302931116
Hornets24202535104
The story
Boston beat Charlotte 116-104 behind 30 points from Avery Bradley

Al Jefferson paced Charlotte: 12 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 30 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 12-23 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

A 30-20 second quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +2+12+16+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kemba Walker topped the game at 56.6 FPTS: 28 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 50 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg43.4Today

43 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 42

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 22, 21, 27, 23, 22, 20, 6, 42Raptors-Rockets · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Amar'e Stoudemire PHX, Feb 18, 2009: 42 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Career high42 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 17, 50, 16, 44, 25, 33, 24, 31Rockets-Raptors · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 13, 16, 10, 20, 12, 10, 5, 30Celtics-Hornets · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 15, 18, 16, 29, 11, 9, 21, 28Hornets-Celtics · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 17, 8, 8, 30, 20, 14, 18, 26Lakers-Sixers · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 24, 23, 33, 26, 21, 14, 18, 24Kings-Grizzlies · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Zach LaVineMIN+8.0 16.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jameer NelsonDEN+6.8 15.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Randy FoyeDEN+6.4 14.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nerlens NoelPHI+6.3 16.3 last 10 · 10.0 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.9 17.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
O.J. MayoMIL−4.7 6.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Nick YoungLAL−3.9 9.5 last 10 · 13.4 season