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Tuesday, March 1, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Suns92
Hornets126
Q1 CHA +17; Q2 CHA +26; Q3 CHA +37; Q4 CHA +34
Final · Box score
Bulls111
Heat129
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +18
Final · Box score
Blazers104
Knicks85
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +19
Final · Box score
Magic108
Mavs121
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +13
Final · OT · Box score
Hawks105
Warriors109
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 Warriors 0; OT1 GSW +4
Final · Box score
Nets101
Lakers107
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +6
On this day · 2014–15Mar 1, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Rockets), 37 points.
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The lead · Hawks-Warriors

Golden State needs overtime to survive Atlanta

Hassan Whiteside goes for 26 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+6+11+50+4GSW AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Hawks262222278105
Warriors3227162212109
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 24, 23, 32, 27, 33, 9, 32, 26GSW26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 13, 4, 2, 3, 2, 12, 4, 19GSW19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 22, 15, 12, 27, 11, 12, 13, 19ATL19 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 27, 16, 14, 17, 23, 18, 13, 17ATL17 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Nets-Lakers

Lakers lead Brooklyn wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 107–101. Best quarter: the second, 34–31. D'Angelo Russell led Lakers with 39 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over ATL4LAL over BKN6DAL over ORL13MIA over CHI18POR over NYK19CHA over PHX34Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over BKN.
Lead changes
Hawks-Warriors13
Blazers-Knicks7
Bulls-Heat5
Nets-Lakers5
Magic-Mavs3
The night in charts
Bulls-Heat combined for 240, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-HeatBulls 111, Heat 129
240
Magic-MavsMagic 108, Mavs 121
229
Suns-HornetsSuns 92, Hornets 126
218
Hawks-WarriorsHawks 105, Warriors 109
214
Nets-LakersNets 101, Lakers 107
208
Blazers-KnicksBlazers 104, Knicks 85
189
GSW won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Hawks-WarriorsHawks 105, Warriors 109
+4 GSW
Nets-LakersNets 101, Lakers 107
+6 LAL
Magic-MavsMagic 108, Mavs 121
+13 DAL
Bulls-HeatBulls 111, Heat 129
+18 MIA
Blazers-KnicksBlazers 104, Knicks 85
+19 POR
Suns-HornetsSuns 92, Hornets 126
+34 CHA
Deng shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DengMIA · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
Joe JohnsonMIA · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
77% (10-13)
WhitesideMIA · 26 PTS, 14 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
IlyasovaORL · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
RussellLAL · 39 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (14-21)
Final · Hawks-Warriors
Hawks 105Warriors 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Hawks262222278105
Warriors3227162212109
The story
Draymond Green had 15 points and 13 rebounds as Golden State beat Atlanta 109-105 in OT

Paul Millsap led Atlanta with 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 15 PTS, 13 REB, 9 AST, 4 STL · 6-15 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Warriors won the first 32-26, their biggest quarter edge.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +6+11+50+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nets-Lakers
Nets 101Lakers 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets19312427101
Lakers24342128107
The story
Jordan Clarkson's 16 points carried Los Angeles past Brooklyn, 107-101

For Brooklyn, Brook Lopez had 23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 16 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 6-15 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 24-19, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5+8+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Heat
Bulls 111Heat 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls30322029111
Heat36293034129
The story
Miami beat Chicago 129-111 behind 24 points from Joe Johnson

Pau Gasol paced Chicago: 15 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 10-13 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 30-20 third quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +6+3+13+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.6Season avg22.8Today

23 minutes today, against 2.6 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

D'Angelo Russell leads the day with 39

D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 16, 15, 8, 15, 9, 22, 22, 39Lakers-Nets · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 31, 51, 30, 34, 23, 31, 33, 30Blazers-Knicks · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 10, 14, 25, 19, 21, 13, 16, 26Heat-Bulls · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 30, 25, 25, 28, 20, 22, 9, 26Hornets-Suns · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 24, 23, 32, 27, 33, 9, 32, 26Warriors-Hawks · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 14, 21, 31, 34, 20, 6, 19, 25Blazers-Knicks · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Damian LillardPOR+6.3 31.7 last 10 · 25.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.0 36.7 last 10 · 30.7 season
Doug McDermottCHI+5.9 15.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.3 22.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+5.3 19.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Luis ScolaTOR−4.2 4.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.8 5.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Al JeffersonCHA−3.6 8.7 last 10 · 12.3 season