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Friday, March 29, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed GSW by 14 at halftime and won 131–130.

Final · Box score
Pacers112
Celtics114
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +2
Final · Box score
Blazers118
Hawks98
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +20
Final · OT · Box score
Warriors130
Wolves131
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -14; Q3 Wolves 0; Q4 Wolves 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final · Box score
Nuggets115
Thunder105
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +10
Final · Box score
Wizards124
Jazz128
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +4
Final · Box score
Hornets115
Lakers129
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +14
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The lead · Warriors-Wolves

Minnesota rallies from fourteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Bobby Portis goes for 28 points

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-1400+1MIN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Warriors3236182915130
Wolves2727322916131
Who led
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 18, 14, 14, 20, 20, 22, 22, 24MIN24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Josh OkogiePoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 2, 21, 19, 10, 17, 9, 21MIN21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 24, 33, 25, 36, 15, 26, 28, 37GSW37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 25, 24, 17, 15, 25, 14, 28, 23GSW23 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Trail Blazers rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Portland beat Atlanta by 20.

MIN over GSW1BOS over IND2UTA over WAS4DEN over OKC10LAL over CHA14POR over ATL20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Lead changes
Warriors-Wolves12
Pacers-Celtics6
Wizards-Jazz6
Hornets-Lakers4
Blazers-Hawks3
Nuggets-Thunder2
Shot of the night

Kyrie's jumper with 0.5 seconds left breaks the tie, 114-112 final

The night in charts
Warriors-Wolves combined for 261, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-WolvesWarriors 130, Wolves 131 · OT
261
Wizards-JazzWizards 124, Jazz 128
252
Hornets-LakersHornets 115, Lakers 129
244
Pacers-CelticsPacers 112, Celtics 114
226
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 115, Thunder 105
220
Blazers-HawksBlazers 118, Hawks 98
216
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Warriors-WolvesWarriors 130, Wolves 131 · OT
+1 MIN
Pacers-CelticsPacers 112, Celtics 114
+2 BOS
Wizards-JazzWizards 124, Jazz 128
+4 UTA
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 115, Thunder 105
+10 DEN
Hornets-LakersHornets 115, Lakers 129
+14 LAL
Blazers-HawksBlazers 118, Hawks 98
+20 POR
MIN erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Warriors-WolvesMIN won · Warriors 130, Wolves 131 · OT
14 pts
Pacers-CelticsBOS won · Pacers 112, Celtics 114
2 pts
Hornets-LakersLAL won · Hornets 115, Lakers 129
2 pts
Jaylen Brown shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jaylen BrownBOS · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
AdamsOKC · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
KanterPOR · 14 PTS, 8 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
DiengMIN · 14 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
Miles BridgesCHA · 17 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Warriors-Wolves
Warriors 130Wolves 131
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Warriors3236182915130
Wolves2727322916131
The story
Andrew Wiggins had 24 points as Minnesota beat Golden State 131-130 in OT

Draymond Green led Golden State with 10 REB, 9 PTS, 5 AST 24 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 10-24 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

Down 14 after the second, the Timberwolves took the third 32-18.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −5−1400+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Pacers-Celtics
Pacers 112Celtics 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers25353121112
Celtics35282625114
The story
Kyrie Irving's 30 points carried Boston past Indiana, 114-112

For Indiana, Bojan Bogdanovic had 27 PTS, 2 AST 30 PTS, 5 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 11-22 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 35-25, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +10+3−2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Jazz
Wizards 124Jazz 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards30322834124
Jazz39312236128
The story
Utah beat Washington 128-124 behind 35 points from Donovan Mitchell

Thomas Bryant paced Washington: 12 REB, 11 PTS, 3 AST 35 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 13-23 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 39-30 first quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +9+8+2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 68 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 37

Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 24, 33, 25, 36, 15, 26, 28, 37Warriors-Wolves · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 34, 30, 33, 28, 31, 11, 36Blazers-Hawks · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 24, 19, 30, 34, 16, 10, 11, 35Jazz-Wizards · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 40, 15, 27, 25, 16, 32, 28, 34Wizards-Jazz · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 18, 31, 30, 30, 36, 31, 11, 30Celtics-Pacers · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 18, 11, 15, 18, 14, 10, 6, 28Wizards-Jazz · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Devin BookerPHX+8.3 34.8 last 10 · 26.5 season
Collin SextonCLE+7.9 24.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.7 16.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL+7.5 18.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jonas ValanciunasMEM+5.4 20.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.1 last 10 · 25.9 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.7 1.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Marc GasolTOR−6.1 7.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kent BazemoreATL−5.9 5.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin DurantGSW−5.3 21.5 last 10 · 26.8 season