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Sunday, March 20, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed POR by 11 after the first quarter and won 132–120.

Final · OT · Box score
Blazers120
Mavs132
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 Mavs 0; OT1 DAL +12
Final · Box score
Magic100
Raptors105
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +5
Final · Box score
Clippers105
Pelicans109
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +4
Final · Box score
Celtics120
Sixers105
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +15
Final · Box score
Jazz94
Bucks85
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +9
Final · Box score
Kings88
Knicks80
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +8
On this day · 2014–15Mar 20, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (Thunder-Hawks), 36 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Mavs

Dirk Nowitzki scores 40 as Dallas beats Portland

Deron Williams goes for 31 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11+3+80+12DAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Blazers361927317120
Mavs2533322319132
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 30, 22, 25, 30, 23, 20, 24, 40DAL40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 17, 9, 8, 13, 15, 4, 11, 31DAL31 PTS · 3 REB · 16 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 50, 26, 41, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33, 26POR26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 6, 8, 11, 18, 2, 4, 1, 24POR24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Jazz-Bucks11
Clippers-Pelicans6
Kings-Knicks2
Celtics-Sixers1
The night in charts
Blazers-Mavs combined for 252, 27 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-MavsBlazers 120, Mavs 132
252
Celtics-SixersCeltics 120, Sixers 105
225
Clippers-PelicansClippers 105, Pelicans 109
214
Magic-RaptorsMagic 100, Raptors 105
205
Jazz-BucksJazz 94, Bucks 85
179
Kings-KnicksKings 88, Knicks 80
168
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-PelicansClippers 105, Pelicans 109
+4 NOP
Magic-RaptorsMagic 100, Raptors 105
+5 TOR
Kings-KnicksKings 88, Knicks 80
+8 SAC
Jazz-BucksJazz 94, Bucks 85
+9 UTA
Blazers-MavsBlazers 120, Mavs 132
+12 DAL
Celtics-SixersCeltics 120, Sixers 105
+15 BOS
DAL erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-MavsDAL won · Blazers 120, Mavs 132
11 pts
Clippers-PelicansNOP won · Clippers 105, Pelicans 109
3 pts
Magic-RaptorsTOR won · Magic 100, Raptors 105
2 pts
Amir Johnson shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amir JohnsonBOS · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK
90% (9-10)
RedickLAC · 24 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
Hollis ThompsonPHI · 18 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
DirkDAL · 40 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
62% (16-26)
Deron WilliamsDAL · 31 PTS, 16 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
61% (11-18)
Final · Clippers-Pelicans
Clippers 105Pelicans 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers24321633105
Pelicans21332431109
The story
Jrue Holiday's 22 points and 8 assists carried New Orleans past LA, 109-105

For LA, JJ Redick had 24 PTS, 2 REB 22 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB · 7-17 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The Pelicans trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 24-16.

NOP lead by quarter
200 −3−2+6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Chris Paul was the fantasy play: 63.2 FPTS on 24 PTS, 13 AST, 6 REB

Final · Magic-Raptors
Magic 100Raptors 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic25302718100
Raptors30232725105
The story
Toronto beat Orlando 105-100 behind 25 points from DeMar DeRozan

Victor Oladipo paced Orlando: 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 6-16 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 25-18 fourth quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +5−2−2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Bismack Biyombo topped the game at 43.7 FPTS: 12 PTS, 11 REB

Final · Blazers-Mavs
Blazers 120Mavs 132
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Blazers361927317120
Mavs2533322319132
The story
Salah Mejri had 14 rebounds and 13 points as Dallas beat Portland 132-120 in OT

Mason Plumlee led Portland with 19 REB, 14 PTS, 2 AST 14 REB, 13 PTS, 6 BLK, 1 AST · 4-6 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the first, the Mavericks took the second 33-19.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −11+3+80+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.9Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 63 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg7.2Last 3

7.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Clippers-Pelicans

New Orleans upsets Clippers

New Orleans (25–43) beat Clippers (43–25) 109–105. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over LAC4TOR over ORL5SAC over NYK8UTA over MIL9DAL over POR12BOS over PHI15Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over LAC.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 40

Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 30, 22, 25, 30, 23, 20, 24, 40Mavs-Blazers · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, Nov 20, 1999: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 17, 9, 8, 13, 15, 4, 11, 31Mavs-Blazers · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 16 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 32, 27, 22, 30, 21, 29, 20, 26Celtics-Sixers · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 50, 26, 41, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33, 26Blazers-Mavs · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 18, 6, 16, 18, 10, 0, 4, 26Sixers-Celtics · L
8.3 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 19, 25, 30, 38, 27, 28, 15, 25Raptors-Magic · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Devin BookerPHX+9.3 21.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.5 18.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.3 24.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.1 24.9 last 10 · 18.8 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.9 21.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kevin MartinSAS−4.9 4.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season