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Wednesday, April 6, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Pistons trailed Magic by 7 at halftime and won 108–104.

Final · Box score
Cavs109
Pacers123
Q1 Pacers +3; Q2 Pacers +9; Q3 Pacers +14; Q4 Pacers +14
Final · Box score
Pistons108
Magic104
Q1 Pistons +4; Q2 Pistons -7; Q3 Pistons -4; Q4 Pistons +4
Final · Box score
Nets103
Wizards121
Q1 Wizards +7; Q2 Wizards +2; Q3 Wizards +13; Q4 Wizards +18
Final · Box score
Pelicans97
Celtics104
Q1 Celtics +6; Q2 Celtics +8; Q3 Celtics +3; Q4 Celtics +7
Final · Box score
Hornets111
Knicks97
Q1 Hornets +5; Q2 Hornets +1; Q3 Hornets +9; Q4 Hornets +14
Final · Box score
Rockets86
Mavs88
Q1 Mavs -4; Q2 Mavs +8; Q3 Mavs -1; Q4 Mavs +2
Final · Box score
Thunder115
Blazers120
Q1 Blazers +7; Q2 Blazers +13; Q3 Blazers +16; Q4 Blazers +5
Final · Box score
Clippers91
Lakers81
Q1 Clippers +4; Q2 Clippers +12; Q3 Clippers +12; Q4 Clippers +10
On this day · 2014–15Apr 6, 2015: 1 game. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Nets), 36 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Magic

Detroit tops Orlando in Orlando

Enes Kanter goes for 33 points

Game flow · Pistons margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-7-4+4Pistons AHEAD ↑Magic AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons25192935108
Magic21302627104
Who led
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 16, 17, 11, 13, 11, 22, 21, 24Pistons24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 15, 21, 9, 8, 15, 13, 2, 18Pistons18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 14, 20, 12, 15, 25, 14, 22, 19Magic19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 20, 14, 15, 11, 10, 6, 7, 17Magic17 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Washington by 18.

Mavs over Rockets2Pistons over Magic4Blazers over Thunder5Celtics over Pelicans7Clippers over Lakers10Pacers over Cavs14Hornets over Knicks14Wizards over Nets18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Pistons-Magic13
Rockets-Mavs10
Cavs-Pacers6
Nets-Wizards4
Clippers-Lakers4
Pelicans-Celtics3
Hornets-Knicks3
The night in charts
Thunder-Blazers combined for 235, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-BlazersThunder 115, Blazers 120
235
Cavs-PacersCavs 109, Pacers 123
232
Nets-WizardsNets 103, Wizards 121
224
Pistons-MagicPistons 108, Magic 104
212
Hornets-KnicksHornets 111, Knicks 97
208
Pelicans-CelticsPelicans 97, Celtics 104
201
Rockets-MavsRockets 86, Mavs 88
174
Clippers-LakersClippers 91, Lakers 81
172
3 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Rockets-MavsRockets 86, Mavs 88
+2 Mavs
Pistons-MagicPistons 108, Magic 104
+4 Pistons
Thunder-BlazersThunder 115, Blazers 120
+5 Blazers
Pelicans-CelticsPelicans 97, Celtics 104
+7 Celtics
Clippers-LakersClippers 91, Lakers 81
+10 Clippers
Cavs-PacersCavs 109, Pacers 123
+14 Pacers
Hornets-KnicksHornets 111, Knicks 97
+14 Hornets
Nets-WizardsNets 103, Wizards 121
+18 Wizards
Pistons rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-MagicPistons won · Pistons 108, Magic 104
7 pts
Rockets-MavsMavs won · Rockets 86, Mavs 88
4 pts
Beal shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BealWizards · 25 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
73% (11-15)
KanterThunder · 33 PTS, 20 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
72% (13-18)
KCPPistons · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
Thomas RobinsonNets · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST
63% (10-16)
BareaMavs · 27 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB
63% (10-16)
Final · Rockets-Mavs
Rockets 86Mavs 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2222271586
Mavs1834181888
The story
J.J. Barea had 27 points and 8 assists as Dallas beat Houston 88-86

James Harden led Houston with 26 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 27 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB · 10-16 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the first, the Mavericks took the second 34-22.

Mavs lead by quarter
200 −4+8−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Magic
Pistons 108Magic 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons25192935108
Magic21302627104
The story
Detroit beat Orlando 108-104 behind 16 rebounds and 13 points from Andre Drummond

Nikola Vucevic paced Orlando: 15 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST 16 REB, 13 PTS, 4 BLK, 1 AST · 5-14 FG

The swing

A 35-27 fourth quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Pistons.

Pistons lead by quarter
200 +4−7−4+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Blazers
Thunder 115Blazers 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder26332432115
Blazers33392721120
The story
Al-Farouq Aminu's 27 points carried Portland past Oklahoma City, 120-115

For Oklahoma City, Dion Waiters had 25 PTS, 4 REB 27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 10-17 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 33-26, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

Blazers lead by quarter
200 +7+13+16+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 71 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 76 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
Tim FrazierPelicans
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg33.8Today

34 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 34

Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 14, 29, 18, 16, 27, 29, 11, 34Hornets-Knicks · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 14, 20, 7, 14, 11, 16, 18, 33Thunder-Blazers · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 20 REB · 0 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 28, 23, 28, 24, 22, 22, 26, 32Celtics-Pelicans · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 45, 15, 15, 27, 25, 20, 27, 20, 20, 29Pacers-Cavs · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 21, 14, 18, 26, 29, 21, 27Mavs-Rockets · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Al-Farouq AminuPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 6, 20, 14, 28, 8, 10, 6, 27Blazers-Thunder · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Devin BookerSuns+8.7 22.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
J.J. BareaMavs+8.4 19.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Bojan BogdanovicNets+6.2 17.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Josh RichardsonHeat+6.1 12.6 last 10 · 6.5 season
Jrue HolidayPelicans+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerBulls−5.3 15.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Blake GriffinClippers−5.0 16.8 last 10 · 21.8 season
Dwight HowardRockets−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Arron AfflaloKnicks−4.7 8.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Damian LillardBlazers−4.7 20.3 last 10 · 25.0 season