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Monday, March 1, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed CHA by 6 after the first quarter and won 123–111.

Final · Box score
Mavs130
Magic124
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
Pacers114
Sixers130
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +28; Q4 PHI +16
Final · Box score
Nuggets118
Bulls112
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +6
Final · Box score
Jazz124
Pelicans129
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP +11; Q4 NOP +5
Final · OT · Box score
Nets124
Spurs113
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 Nets 0; Q4 Nets 0; OT1 BKN +11
Final · Box score
Cavs101
Rockets90
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
Hornets111
Blazers123
Q1 POR -6; Q2 Blazers 0; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +12
On this day · 2019–20Mar 1, 2020: 7 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks-Hornets), 41 points.
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The lead · Hornets-Blazers

Portland beats Charlotte, 123–111

Nikola Jokic goes for 39 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-60+9+12POR AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets33262428111
Blazers27323331123
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 15, 10, 12, 7, 10, 24, 4, 29POR29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 34, 31, 43, 35, 24, 25, 35, 23POR23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 20, 17, 7, 21, 20, 22, 24, 30CHA30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 41, 33, 36, 12, 10, 24, 8, 20CHA20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Jazz-Pelicans

New Orleans upsets Utah

New Orleans (14–19) beat Utah (27–7) 129–124. Zion Williamson led New Orleans with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over UTA5DAL over ORL6DEN over CHI6BKN over SAS11CLE over HOU11POR over CHA12PHI over IND16Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over UTA.
Lead changes
Hornets-Blazers9
Nets-Spurs7
Cavs-Rockets7
Mavs-Magic6
Pacers-Sixers6
Nuggets-Bulls3
The night in charts
Mavs-Magic combined for 254, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-MagicMavs 130, Magic 124
254
Jazz-PelicansJazz 124, Pelicans 129
253
Pacers-SixersPacers 114, Sixers 130
244
Nets-SpursNets 124, Spurs 113 · OT
237
Hornets-BlazersHornets 111, Blazers 123
234
Nuggets-BullsNuggets 118, Bulls 112
230
Cavs-RocketsCavs 101, Rockets 90
191
NOP won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Jazz-PelicansJazz 124, Pelicans 129
+5 NOP
Nuggets-BullsNuggets 118, Bulls 112
+6 DEN
Mavs-MagicMavs 130, Magic 124
+6 DAL
Cavs-RocketsCavs 101, Rockets 90
+11 CLE
Nets-SpursNets 124, Spurs 113 · OT
+11 BKN
Hornets-BlazersHornets 111, Blazers 123
+12 POR
Pacers-SixersPacers 114, Sixers 130
+16 PHI
POR rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hornets-BlazersPOR won · Hornets 111, Blazers 123
6 pts
Jazz-PelicansNOP won · Jazz 124, Pelicans 129
5 pts
Mavs-MagicDAL won · Mavs 130, Magic 124
4 pts
Bruce Brown shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Bruce BrownBKN · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
77% (10-13)
CovingtonPOR · 21 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
MPJDEN · 17 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
GobertUTA · 22 PTS, 9 REB, 5 BLK, 1 AST
69% (9-13)
BrunsonDAL · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Final · Nuggets-Bulls
Nuggets 118Bulls 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets37252729118
Bulls25303225112
The story
Michael Porter Jr.'s 17 points and 15 rebounds carried Denver past Chicago, 118-112

For Chicago, Thaddeus Young had 12 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 17 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST · 7-10 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 37-25, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +12+7+2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Spurs
Nets 124Spurs 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nets2730242716124
Spurs213327275113
The story
James Harden had a 30-14-15 triple-double as Brooklyn beat San Antonio 124-113 in OT

DeMar DeRozan led San Antonio with 22 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB 30 PTS, 15 AST, 14 REB · 12-23 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Nets won the overtime 16-5.

BKN lead by quarter
200 +6+300+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Hornets-Blazers
Hornets 111Blazers 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets33262428111
Blazers27323331123
The story
Portland beat Charlotte 123-111 behind 29 points from Carmelo Anthony

Terry Rozier paced Charlotte: 20 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 29 PTS, 5 STL, 3 REB, 2 AST · 10-19 FG, 6-10 3PT

The swing

A 33-24 third quarter did the most damage for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −60+9+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LaMelo Ball topped the game at 63.7 FPTS: 30 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 39

Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 43, 33, 16, 15, 41, 24, 19, 39Nuggets-Bulls · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 25, 22, 23, 23, 27, 29, 23, 28, 39Cavs-Rockets · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 42, 26, 28, 46, 44, 21, 31, 19, 27, 33Mavs-Magic · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 26, 29, 28, 15, 20, 21, 14, 32Rockets-Cavs · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 11, 5, 23, 10, 15, 17, 10, 31Jazz-Pelicans · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 29, 38, 23, 37, 29, 20, 29, 30Nets-Spurs · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Luka Doncic DAL, Nov 3, 2019: 29 PTS · 14 REB · 15 AST
30 PTS · 14 REB · 15 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jamal MurrayDEN+7.8 29.5 last 10 · 21.7 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.8 17.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
LaMelo BallCHA+4.5 20.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Saddiq BeyDET+4.5 14.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−3.4 7.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.4 5.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.4 21.6 last 10 · 25.0 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−2.9 18.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season