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Thursday, March 31, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed HOU by 9 after three quarters and won 103–100.

Final · Box score
Nets87
Cavs107
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +24; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +20
Final · Box score
Bulls103
Rockets100
Q1 Bulls 0; Q2 Bulls 0; Q3 CHI -9; Q4 CHI +3
Final · Box score
Magic114
Pacers94
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +20
Final · Box score
Nuggets95
Pelicans101
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP -1; Q4 NOP +6
Final · Box score
Clippers117
Thunder119
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +2
Final · Box score
Celtics109
Blazers116
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +7
On this day · 2014–15Mar 31, 2015: 4 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (Clippers-Warriors), 40 points.
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The lead · Bulls-Rockets

Chicago climbs out of a 9-point hole against Houston

Russell Westbrook goes for 26 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final000-9+3CHI AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls24281932103
Rockets24282820100
Who led
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 15, 6, 35, 8, 4, 5, 28, 28CHI28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 13, 11, 7, 19, 12, 15, 14, 21CHI21 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 29, 25, 24, 26, 32, 34, 27, 24HOU24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Patrick BeverleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 18, 4, 16, 5, 17, 6, 10, 22HOU22 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Clippers-Thunder

OKC takes over late to edge Clippers

Down 4 after three, OKC won the fourth 26–20. Final: 119–117. Kevin Durant led OKC with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over LAC2CHI over HOU3NOP over DEN6POR over BOS7CLE over BKN20ORL over IND20Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over LAC.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Pelicans27
Clippers-Thunder10
Magic-Pacers8
Bulls-Rockets8
Celtics-Blazers5
Nets-Cavs4
The night in charts
Clippers-Thunder combined for 236, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-ThunderClippers 117, Thunder 119
236
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 109, Blazers 116
225
Magic-PacersMagic 114, Pacers 94
208
Bulls-RocketsBulls 103, Rockets 100
203
Nuggets-PelicansNuggets 95, Pelicans 101
196
Nets-CavsNets 87, Cavs 107
194
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-ThunderClippers 117, Thunder 119
+2 OKC
Bulls-RocketsBulls 103, Rockets 100
+3 CHI
Nuggets-PelicansNuggets 95, Pelicans 101
+6 NOP
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 109, Blazers 116
+7 POR
Magic-PacersMagic 114, Pacers 94
+20 ORL
Nets-CavsNets 87, Cavs 107
+20 CLE
CHI rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bulls-RocketsCHI won · Bulls 103, Rockets 100
9 pts
Clippers-ThunderOKC won · Clippers 117, Thunder 119
4 pts
Celtics-BlazersPOR won · Celtics 109, Blazers 116
4 pts
Nuggets-PelicansNOP won · Nuggets 95, Pelicans 101
1 pt
Vucevic shot 12-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
VucevicORL · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
80% (12-15)
LeBronCLE · 24 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
FournierORL · 25 PTS, 2 STL, 1 AST
71% (10-14)
BeverleyHOU · 22 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB
69% (9-13)
ArthurDEN · 24 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
67% (10-15)
Final · Clippers-Thunder
Clippers 117Thunder 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers30392820117
Thunder37282826119
The story
Kevin Durant had 31 points as Oklahoma City beat LA 119-117

Cole Aldrich led LA with 10 REB, 6 PTS, 2 AST 31 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 10-22 FG, 1-8 3PT

The swing

The Thunder won the first 37-30, their biggest quarter edge.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +7−4−4+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Rockets
Bulls 103Rockets 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls24281932103
Rockets24282820100
The story
Jimmy Butler's 21 points carried Chicago past Houston, 103-100

For Houston, James Harden had 24 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB 21 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 8-13 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Bulls trailed by 9 going into the fourth, then won it 32-20.

CHI lead by quarter
200 00−9+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Pelicans
Nuggets 95Pelicans 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2628241795
Pelicans31252124101
The story
New Orleans beat Denver 101-95 behind 22 points and 10 rebounds from Luke Babbitt

Darrell Arthur paced Denver: 24 PTS, 9 REB 22 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 9-25 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 24-17 fourth quarter erased a 1-point hole for the Pelicans.

NOP lead by quarter
200 +5+2−1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.5Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 3.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 70 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.1Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 5.1 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Austin Rivers leads the day with 32

Austin RiversPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 10, 9, 16, 6, 8, 16, 10, 32Clippers-Thunder · L
8.8 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 7, 14, 12, 25, 14, 15, 10, 32Clippers-Thunder · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 28, 26, 33, 23, 20, 31, 34, 31Thunder-Clippers · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Al-Farouq AminuPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 8, 7, 12, 10, 6, 20, 14, 28Blazers-Celtics · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 15, 6, 35, 8, 4, 5, 28, 28Bulls-Rockets · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 18, 45, 15, 15, 27, 25, 20, 27Pacers-Magic · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.0 18.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.0 20.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.5 21.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
J.J. BareaDAL+4.5 14.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerCHI−5.9 15.1 last 10 · 21.0 season
Dwight HowardHOU−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−4.7 8.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.5 3.5 last 10 · 8.0 season