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Thursday, March 30, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed CLE by 9 at halftime and won 99–93.

Final · Box score
Nets89
Pistons90
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +1
Final · Box score
Cavs93
Bulls99
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +6
Final · Box score
Lakers104
Wolves119
Q1 Wolves 0; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +15
Final · Box score
Clippers124
Suns118
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +6
Final · Box score
Rockets107
Blazers117
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +10
On this day · 2015–16Mar 30, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (Warriors-Jazz), 31 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Bulls

Chicago rallies from 9 down to beat Cleveland

Ricky Rubio goes for 33 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-9+7+6CHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2822212293
Bulls2219372199
Who led
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 14, 15, 5, 8, 28, 15, 28, 28CHI28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 14, 28, 23, 37, 16, 36, 20, 25CHI25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 16, 33, 34, 18, 32, 24, 17, 26CLE26 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 26, 21, 46, 33, 26, 23, 8, 20CLE20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Nets-Pistons

Detroit takes over late to edge Brooklyn

Down 4 after three, Detroit won the fourth 31–26. Final: 90–89. Marcus Morris led Detroit with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over BKN1CHI over CLE6LAC over PHX6POR over HOU10MIN over LAL15Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BKN.
Lead changes
Cavs-Bulls12
Rockets-Blazers12
Nets-Pistons11
Clippers-Suns11
The night in charts
Clippers-Suns combined for 242, 18 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-SunsClippers 124, Suns 118
242
Rockets-BlazersRockets 107, Blazers 117
224
Lakers-WolvesLakers 104, Wolves 119
223
Cavs-BullsCavs 93, Bulls 99
192
Nets-PistonsNets 89, Pistons 90
179
DET won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Nets-PistonsNets 89, Pistons 90
+1 DET
Clippers-SunsClippers 124, Suns 118
+6 LAC
Cavs-BullsCavs 93, Bulls 99
+6 CHI
Rockets-BlazersRockets 107, Blazers 117
+10 POR
Lakers-WolvesLakers 104, Wolves 119
+15 MIN
CHI rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-BullsCHI won · Cavs 93, Bulls 99
9 pts
Nets-PistonsDET won · Nets 89, Pistons 90
4 pts
Clippers-SunsLAC won · Clippers 124, Suns 118
4 pts
Tristan Thompson shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Tristan ThompsonCLE · 15 PTS, 9 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
ChrissPHX · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Marcus MorrisDET · 28 PTS, 13 REB, 2 BLK
67% (12-18)
MiroticCHI · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
64% (9-14)
ArizaHOU · 17 PTS, 6 STL, 5 REB, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
Final · Nets-Pistons
Nets 89Pistons 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets1821242689
Pistons1619243190
The story
Marcus Morris had 28 points and 13 rebounds as Detroit beat Brooklyn 90-89

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson led Brooklyn with 14 PTS, 9 REB 28 PTS, 13 REB · 12-18 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Pistons took the fourth 31-26.

DET lead by quarter
200 −2−4−4+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Suns
Clippers 124Suns 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers31362631124
Suns35243326118
The story
Chris Paul's 29 points and 10 assists carried LA past Phoenix, 124-118

For Phoenix, Devin Booker had 33 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB 29 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB · 10-17 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Clippers trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 36-24.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −4+8+1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Bulls
Cavs 93Bulls 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2822212293
Bulls2219372199
The story
Chicago beat Cleveland 99-93 behind 28 points and 10 rebounds from Nikola Mirotic

Kevin Love paced Cleveland: 10 REB, 8 PTS, 4 AST 28 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 9-14 FG, 6-11 3PT

The swing

A 37-21 third quarter erased a 9-point hole for the Bulls.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −6−9+7+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James topped the game at 52.5 FPTS: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 72 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 66 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

Ricky Rubio leads the day with 33

Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 23, 20, 10, 9, 19, 16, 21, 33Wolves-Lakers · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 28, 19, 10, 11, 28, 70, 23, 33Suns-Clippers · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 17, 31, 33, 25, 25, 16, 37, 32Wolves-Lakers · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 27, 49, 31, 30, 21, 22, 19, 31Blazers-Rockets · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 23, 30, 12, 21, 15, 17, 26, 31Clippers-Suns · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 38, 18, 41, 40, 39, 38, 22, 24, 30Rockets-Blazers · L
29.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ricky RubioMIN+8.6 19.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Nikola MiroticCHI+6.7 17.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Dario SaricPHI+6.7 19.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.3 28.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsDAL−6.0 7.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.8 5.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kevin LoveCLE−5.7 13.4 last 10 · 19.1 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 17.2 last 10 · 22.5 season