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Saturday, March 7, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Cavs trailed Nuggets by 10 after the first quarter and won 104–102.

Final · Box score
Rockets99
Hornets108
Q1 Hornets +13; Q2 Hornets +14; Q3 Hornets +6; Q4 Hornets +9
Final · Box score
Jazz111
Pistons105
Q1 Jazz +11; Q2 Jazz +16; Q3 Jazz +6; Q4 Jazz +6
Final · Box score
Nuggets102
Cavs104
Q1 Cavs -10; Q2 Cavs -3; Q3 Cavs +2; Q4 Cavs +2
Final · Box score
Hawks101
Grizzlies118
Q1 Grizzlies +20; Q2 Grizzlies +21; Q3 Grizzlies +15; Q4 Grizzlies +17
Final · Box score
Sixers114
Warriors118
Q1 Warriors -5; Q2 Warriors -2; Q3 Warriors -8; Q4 Warriors +4
Final · Box score
Kings123
Blazers111
Q1 Kings +16; Q2 Kings +23; Q3 Kings +20; Q4 Kings +12
On this day · 2018–19Mar 7, 2019: 2 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Thunder), 51 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Cavs

Cleveland rallies from 10 down to beat Denver

James Harden posts a triple-double

Game flow · Cavs margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-3+2+2Cavs AHEAD ↑Nuggets AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets33282219102
Cavs23352719104
Who led
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 9, 17, 13, 10, 20, 22, 26, 27Cavs27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 17, 13, 28, 31, 16, 32, 41, 25Cavs25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 16, 7, 5, 18, 11, 18, 16, 22Nuggets22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 7, 13, 9, 4, 15, 8, 14, 18Nuggets18 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Sixers-Warriors

Golden State climbs out of an 8-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 8 after three, the Warriors won the fourth quarter 36–24 and the game 118–114. Damion Lee led Golden State with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Warriors-Sixers
Damion Lee · WarriorsTobias Harris · SixersPTS2424REB64AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Cavs7
Sixers-Warriors7
Hawks-Grizzlies2
Kings-Blazers2
Jazz-Pistons1
The night in charts
Kings-Blazers combined for 234, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-BlazersKings 123, Blazers 111
234
Sixers-WarriorsSixers 114, Warriors 118
232
Hawks-GrizzliesHawks 101, Grizzlies 118
219
Jazz-PistonsJazz 111, Pistons 105
216
Rockets-HornetsRockets 99, Hornets 108
207
Nuggets-CavsNuggets 102, Cavs 104
206
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-CavsNuggets 102, Cavs 104
+2 Cavs
Sixers-WarriorsSixers 114, Warriors 118
+4 Warriors
Jazz-PistonsJazz 111, Pistons 105
+6 Jazz
Rockets-HornetsRockets 99, Hornets 108
+9 Hornets
Kings-BlazersKings 123, Blazers 111
+12 Kings
Hawks-GrizzliesHawks 101, Grizzlies 118
+17 Grizzlies
Cavs erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-CavsCavs won · Nuggets 102, Cavs 104
10 pts
Sixers-WarriorsWarriors won · Sixers 114, Warriors 118
8 pts
Valanciunas shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ValanciunasGrizzlies · 27 PTS, 17 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
77% (10-13)
WhitesideBlazers · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK
73% (8-11)
WashingtonHornets · 22 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST
73% (8-11)
Bojan BogdanovicJazz · 32 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
67% (12-18)
Bogdan BogdanovicKings · 27 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
Final · Nuggets-Cavs
Nuggets 102Cavs 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets33282219102
Cavs23352719104
The story
Collin Sexton had 25 points as Cleveland beat Denver 104-102

Will Barton led Denver with 22 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 11-19 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the first, the Cavaliers took the second 35-28.

Cavs lead by quarter
200 −10−3+2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kevin Love led the game in fantasy with 40.2 FPTS (27 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Rockets-Hornets
Rockets 99Hornets 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets1726332399
Hornets30272526108
The story
Charlotte beat Houston 108-99 behind 24 points from Terry Rozier

Robert Covington paced Houston: 25 PTS, 6 REB 24 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB · 8-15 FG, 6-9 3PT

The swing

A 30-17 first quarter did the most damage for the Hornets.

Hornets lead by quarter
200 +13+14+6+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hawks-Grizzlies
Hawks 101Grizzlies 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks18273323101
Grizzlies38282725118
The story
Jonas Valanciunas' 27 points and 17 rebounds carried Memphis past Atlanta, 118-101

For Atlanta, John Collins had 27 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 17 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 10-13 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 38-18, was where the Grizzlies built it.

Grizzlies lead by quarter
300 +20+21+15+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists.

Top performances

Bojan Bogdanovic leads the day with 32

Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 12, 16, 3, 21, 28, 23, 8, 32Jazz-Pistons · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 42, 29, 38, 37, 30, 21, 35, 16, 30Rockets-Hornets · L
34.5 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Chris Paul Hornets, Mar 11, 2009: 30 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
30 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 26, 18, 26, 20, 19, 20, 29, 30Pistons-Jazz · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 5, 16, 13, 22, 15, 9, 14, 27Grizzlies-Hawks · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 20, 17, 11, 5, 15, 21, 13, 27Kings-Blazers · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 35, 21, 26, 33, 24, 12, 26, 27Hawks-Grizzlies · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Malik BeasleyWolves+11.5 22.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Coby WhiteBulls+9.6 22.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Christian WoodPistons+8.9 21.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Caris LeVertNets+6.5 24.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Jayson TatumCeltics+6.5 30.0 last 10 · 23.5 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisClippers−7.4 10.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Paul GeorgeClippers−5.6 15.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Josh RichardsonSixers−5.3 8.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.Grizzlies−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Glenn Robinson IIISixers−4.3 7.7 last 10 · 12.0 season