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Saturday, March 31, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed MIA by 10 after the first quarter and won 110–109.

Final · Box score
Hornets93
Wizards107
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +14
Final · Box score
Pistons115
Knicks109
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +6
Final · Box score
Raptors99
Celtics110
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +11
Final · OT · Box score
Nets110
Heat109
Q1 BKN -10; Q2 BKN -7; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 Nets 0; OT1 BKN +1
Final · Box score
Warriors112
Kings96
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +16
On this day · 2016–17Mar 31, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (Raptors-Pacers), 40 points.
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The lead · Nets-Heat

Brooklyn needs overtime to survive Miami

Otto Porter Jr. goes for 26 points

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-7+40+1BKN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Nets222632219110
Heat322321258109
Who led
Rondae Hollis-JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 21, 23, 16, 13, 18, 15, 14, 20BKN20 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 16, 11, 22, 14, 9, 8, 16, 19BKN19 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 12, 31, 3, 23, 15, 15, 2, 18MIA18 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 30, 20, 14, 20, 9, 10, 17, 18MIA18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Raptors-Celtics

Boston extends win streak to 6

110–99 over Toronto. Record: 53–23. Marcus Morris led Boston with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · BOS
Lvs IND97–99Lvs WAS124–125W@ ORL92–83L@ NOP89–108Wvs OKC100–99W@ POR105–100W@ SAC104–93W@ PHX102–94W@ UTA97–94Wvs TOR110–99
Lead changes
Raptors-Celtics15
Nets-Heat13
Pistons-Knicks9
Hornets-Wizards8
Warriors-Kings2
The night in charts
Pistons-Knicks combined for 224, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Pistons-KnicksPistons 115, Knicks 109
224
Nets-HeatNets 110, Heat 109
219
Raptors-CelticsRaptors 99, Celtics 110
209
Warriors-KingsWarriors 112, Kings 96
208
Hornets-WizardsHornets 93, Wizards 107
200
BKN won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Nets-HeatNets 110, Heat 109
+1 BKN
Pistons-KnicksPistons 115, Knicks 109
+6 DET
Raptors-CelticsRaptors 99, Celtics 110
+11 BOS
Hornets-WizardsHornets 93, Wizards 107
+14 WAS
Warriors-KingsWarriors 112, Kings 96
+16 GSW
BKN erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-HeatBKN won · Nets 110, Heat 109
10 pts
Raptors-CelticsBOS won · Raptors 99, Celtics 110
2 pts
Hornets-WizardsWAS won · Hornets 93, Wizards 107
1 pt
James Johnson shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
James JohnsonMIA · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
BeasleyNYK · 32 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (14-21)
Otto Porter Jr.WAS · 26 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
DeRozanTOR · 32 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 1 BLK
63% (12-19)
DrummondDET · 22 PTS, 17 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
62% (8-13)
Final · Nets-Heat
Nets 110Heat 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nets222632219110
Heat322321258109
The story
Caris LeVert had 19 points and 12 rebounds as Brooklyn beat Miami 110-109 in OT

James Johnson led Miami with 18 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 19 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST · 7-13 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the second, the Nets took the third 32-21.

BKN lead by quarter
200 −10−7+40+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Raptors-Celtics
Raptors 99Celtics 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors3322291599
Celtics31222928110
The story
Marcus Morris' 25 points carried Boston past Toronto, 110-99

For Toronto, Serge Ibaka had 15 PTS, 10 REB 25 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 7-15 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Celtics trailed by 2 going into the fourth, then won it 28-15.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −2−2−2+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Kings
Warriors 112Kings 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors28293619112
Kings2524202796
The story
Golden State beat Sacramento 112-96 behind 27 points and 10 rebounds from Kevin Durant

De'Aaron Fox paced Sacramento: 15 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB 27 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 8-16 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

A 36-20 third quarter did the most damage for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
300 +3+8+24+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg24.6Last 3

24.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg32.8Today

33 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 32

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 24, 29, 24, 21, 21, 11, 15, 32Raptors-Celtics · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 8, 17, 22, 8, 12, 27, 22, 32Knicks-Pistons · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 28, 19, 37, 40, 39, 26, 10, 27Warriors-Kings · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 10, 8, 18, 8, 12, 13, 13, 14, 7, 26Wizards-Hornets · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 10, 31, 9, 17, 21, 30, 20, 25Celtics-Raptors · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 26, 13, 15, 18, 13, 25, 21, 25Warriors-Kings · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Taurean PrinceATL+8.4 22.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Julius RandleLAL+7.1 23.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Josh JacksonPHX+6.9 19.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Terry RozierBOS+6.5 18.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Troy DanielsPHX+6.0 15.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Nikola MiroticNOP−5.4 9.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Justin HolidayCHI−5.1 7.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Courtney LeeNYK−4.6 7.3 last 10 · 11.9 season