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Saturday, March 4, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 12 after the first quarter and won 97–90.

Final · Box score
Pistons136
Sixers106
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +30
Final · Box score
Cavs92
Heat120
Q1 Heat 0; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +28
Final · Box score
Raptors94
Bucks101
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +7
Final · Box score
Clippers101
Bulls91
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +10
Final · Box score
Hornets112
Nuggets102
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +11; Q4 CHA +10
Final · Box score
Grizzlies108
Rockets123
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +15
Final · OT · Box score
Wolves90
Spurs97
Q1 SAS -12; Q2 SAS -12; Q3 SAS -8; Q4 Spurs 0; OT1 SAS +7
Final · Box score
Nets116
Blazers130
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +14
On this day · 2015–16Mar 4, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Raptors), 50 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Spurs

Kawhi Leonard posts 34 and 10 as San Antonio beats Minnesota

James Harden goes for 33 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12-12-80+7SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Wolves26291513790
Spurs142919211497
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 36, 32, 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34SAS34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 15, 19, 23, 15, 16, 6, 21, 18SAS18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 22, 26, 24, 26, 37, 29, 21, 24MIN24 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 27, 41, 40, 27, 30, 27, 20, 17MIN17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Clippers-Bulls6
Pistons-Sixers5
Wolves-Spurs5
Grizzlies-Rockets3
Hornets-Nuggets1
Nets-Blazers1
The night in charts
Nets-Blazers combined for 246, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-BlazersNets 116, Blazers 130
246
Pistons-SixersPistons 136, Sixers 106
242
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 108, Rockets 123
231
Hornets-NuggetsHornets 112, Nuggets 102
214
Cavs-HeatCavs 92, Heat 120
212
Raptors-BucksRaptors 94, Bucks 101
195
Clippers-BullsClippers 101, Bulls 91
192
Wolves-SpursWolves 90, Spurs 97
187
MIL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Raptors-BucksRaptors 94, Bucks 101
+7 MIL
Wolves-SpursWolves 90, Spurs 97
+7 SAS
Clippers-BullsClippers 101, Bulls 91
+10 LAC
Hornets-NuggetsHornets 112, Nuggets 102
+10 CHA
Nets-BlazersNets 116, Blazers 130
+14 POR
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 108, Rockets 123
+15 HOU
Cavs-HeatCavs 92, Heat 120
+28 MIA
Pistons-SixersPistons 136, Sixers 106
+30 DET
SAS erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wolves-SpursSAS won · Wolves 90, Spurs 97
12 pts
Raptors-BucksMIL won · Raptors 94, Bucks 101
7 pts
Clippers-BullsLAC won · Clippers 101, Bulls 91
6 pts
Jokic shot 13-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JokicDEN · 31 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
87% (13-15)
JaMychal GreenMEM · 20 PTS, 10 REB
82% (9-11)
KCPDET · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
FryeCLE · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
DragicMIA · 23 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB
75% (9-12)
Final · Wolves-Spurs
Wolves 90Spurs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Wolves26291513790
Spurs142919211497
The story
LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio beat Minnesota 97-90 in OT

Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 24 PTS, 14 REB 18 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 8-24 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Spurs took the fourth 21-13.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −12−12−80+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Grizzlies-Rockets
Grizzlies 108Rockets 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies24272730108
Rockets27283830123
The story
Clint Capela's 24 points and 11 rebounds carried Houston past Memphis, 123-108

For Memphis, Marc Gasol had 17 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 24 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 8-14 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 38-27, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +3+4+15+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Sixers
Pistons 136Sixers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons33343930136
Sixers25273024106
The story
Detroit beat Philadelphia 136-106 behind 14 points and 14 rebounds from Andre Drummond

Dario Saric paced Philadelphia: 19 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 14 PTS, 14 REB, 4 STL, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 7-13 FG

The swing

A 39-30 third quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
300 +8+15+24+30 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg2.1Last 3

2.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg26.6Today

27 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Philadelphia by 30, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIL over TOR7SAS over MIN7LAC over CHI10CHA over DEN10POR over BKN14HOU over MEM15MIA over CLE28DET over PHI30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 34

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 36, 32, 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34Spurs-Wolves · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 42, 25, 30, 40, 38, 13, 24, 25, 26, 33Rockets-Grizzlies · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 17, 15, 4, 2, 10, 19, 13, 31Nuggets-Hornets · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 20, 26, 18, 22, 17, 25, 18, 31Blazers-Nets · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 29, 24, 34, 12, 34, 30, 26, 27Hornets-Nuggets · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 17, 36, 17, 9, 24, 17, 26Nets-Blazers · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Dario SaricPHI+7.7 19.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.1 17.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.6 28.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Seth CurryDAL+4.6 17.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Al-Farouq AminuPOR+4.4 13.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.6 7.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.5 3.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.1 9.8 last 10 · 13.9 season