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Saturday, April 1, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 123–117.

Final · Box score
Lakers104
Clippers115
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +11
Final · Box score
Hawks104
Bulls106
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +2
Final · Box score
Magic111
Nets121
Q1 Nets 0; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 Nets 0; Q4 BKN +10
Final · Box score
Kings123
Wolves117
Q1 SAC -13; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +6
Final · Box score
Suns117
Blazers130
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +13
On this day · 2015–16Apr 1, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Marcus Morris (Pistons-Mavs), 31 points.
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The lead · Kings-Wolves

Sacramento fights back from 13 down against Minnesota

Blake Griffin goes for 36 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-4+6+6SAC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings18373632123
Wolves31282632117
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 18, 21, 22, 15, 14, 2, 13, 22SAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 6, 11, 8, 7, 20, 10, 11, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 26, 25, 22, 36, 20, 17, 27, 32MIN32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 39, 17, 31, 33, 25, 25, 16, 37, 32, 26MIN26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Kings-Wolves13
Magic-Nets10
Hawks-Bulls9
Suns-Blazers1
The night in charts
Suns-Blazers combined for 247, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-BlazersSuns 117, Blazers 130
247
Kings-WolvesKings 123, Wolves 117
240
Magic-NetsMagic 111, Nets 121
232
Lakers-ClippersLakers 104, Clippers 115
219
Hawks-BullsHawks 104, Bulls 106
210
CHI won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Hawks-BullsHawks 104, Bulls 106
+2 CHI
Kings-WolvesKings 123, Wolves 117
+6 SAC
Magic-NetsMagic 111, Nets 121
+10 BKN
Lakers-ClippersLakers 104, Clippers 115
+11 LAC
Suns-BlazersSuns 117, Blazers 130
+13 POR
SAC erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-WolvesSAC won · Kings 123, Wolves 117
13 pts
Hawks-BullsCHI won · Hawks 104, Bulls 106
5 pts
Booker shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BookerBKN · 23 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
92% (11-12)
BlakeLAC · 36 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
80% (12-15)
ChrissPHX · 19 PTS, 13 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
VucevicORL · 27 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
65% (13-20)
WigginsMIN · 32 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
65% (13-20)
Final · Hawks-Bulls
Hawks 104Bulls 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks21253820104
Bulls23292727106
The story
Jimmy Butler's 33 points and 8 assists carried Chicago past Atlanta, 106-104

For Atlanta, Dennis Schroder had 29 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 33 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB · 11-20 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Bulls trailed by 5 going into the fourth, then won it 27-20.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +2+6−5+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Wolves
Kings 123Wolves 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings18373632123
Wolves31282632117
The story
Ty Lawson had 21 points and 11 assists as Sacramento beat Minnesota 123-117

Ricky Rubio led Minnesota with 13 AST, 11 PTS, 6 REB 21 PTS, 11 AST, 2 REB · 5-8 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Kings took the third 36-26.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −13−4+6+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Andrew Wiggins led the game in fantasy with 44.1 FPTS (32 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Magic-Nets
Magic 111Nets 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic33203622111
Nets33272932121
The story
Brooklyn beat Orlando 121-111 behind 30 points from Brook Lopez

Elfrid Payton paced Orlando: 20 PTS, 11 REB, 11 AST 30 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST · 12-22 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 32-22 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

BKN lead by quarter
200 0+70+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Aaron Gordon topped the game at 54.5 FPTS: 22 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+15.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.8Season avg37.0Last 5

37.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.8 in 73 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 67 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg37.9Today

38 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · Hawks-Bulls

Chicago wins a tight one over Atlanta

106–104. Neither team led by more than 6 at any break. Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over ATL2SAC over MIN6BKN over ORL10LAC over LAL11POR over PHX13Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over ATL.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 36

Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 30, 12, 21, 15, 17, 26, 31, 36Clippers-Lakers · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 28, 23, 37, 16, 36, 20, 25, 33Bulls-Hawks · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 26, 25, 22, 36, 20, 17, 27, 32Wolves-Kings · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 49, 31, 30, 21, 22, 19, 31, 31Blazers-Suns · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 19, 10, 11, 28, 70, 23, 33, 31Suns-Blazers · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 27, 29, 19, 6, 23, 26, 11, 30Nets-Magic · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ricky RubioMIN+7.5 18.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.0 28.9 last 10 · 21.9 season
Nikola MiroticCHI+6.9 17.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marquese ChrissPHX+6.4 15.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.8 5.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 17.2 last 10 · 22.5 season
Andre DrummondDET−5.3 8.7 last 10 · 14.0 season