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Friday, March 12, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 104–77.

Final · Box score
Nuggets103
Grizzlies102
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +1
Final · Box score
Cavs82
Pelicans116
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +21; Q3 NOP +36; Q4 NOP +34
Final · Box score
Sixers127
Wizards101
Q1 PHI +17; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +26
Final · Box score
Heat101
Bulls90
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 Heat 0; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +11
Final · Box score
Magic77
Spurs104
Q1 SAS -13; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +27
Final · Box score
Rockets99
Jazz114
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +15
Final · Box score
Pacers100
Lakers105
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +5
The lead · Magic-Spurs

San Antonio rallies from 13 down to beat Orlando

Nikola Jokic goes for 28 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+8+10+27SAS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2910251377
Spurs16312730104
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 6, 14, 11, 17, 5, 12, 13, 19SAS19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 26, 27, 18, 19, 17, 14, 11, 17SAS17 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 37, 20, 28, 34, 29, 29, 24, 26ORL26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dwayne BaconPoints, last 10 games: 15, 0, 7, 8, 11, 13, 7, 6, 21, 15ORL15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New Orleans by 34.

DEN over MEM1LAL over IND5MIA over CHI11UTA over HOU15PHI over WAS26SAS over ORL27NOP over CLE34Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Grizzlies15
Cavs-Pelicans10
Heat-Bulls6
Pacers-Lakers6
Magic-Spurs1
Sixers-Wizards0
The night in charts
Sixers-Wizards combined for 228, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-WizardsSixers 127, Wizards 101
228
Rockets-JazzRockets 99, Jazz 114
213
Nuggets-GrizzliesNuggets 103, Grizzlies 102
205
Pacers-LakersPacers 100, Lakers 105
205
Cavs-PelicansCavs 82, Pelicans 116
198
Heat-BullsHeat 101, Bulls 90
191
Magic-SpursMagic 77, Spurs 104
181
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-GrizzliesNuggets 103, Grizzlies 102
+1 DEN
Pacers-LakersPacers 100, Lakers 105
+5 LAL
Heat-BullsHeat 101, Bulls 90
+11 MIA
Rockets-JazzRockets 99, Jazz 114
+15 UTA
Sixers-WizardsSixers 127, Wizards 101
+26 PHI
Magic-SpursMagic 77, Spurs 104
+27 SAS
Cavs-PelicansCavs 82, Pelicans 116
+34 NOP
SAS erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Magic-SpursSAS won · Magic 77, Spurs 104
13 pts
Pacers-LakersLAL won · Pacers 100, Lakers 105
8 pts
Nuggets-GrizzliesDEN won · Nuggets 103, Grizzlies 102
5 pts
Ingram shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
IngramNOP · 28 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
79% (11-14)
EmbiidPHI · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
73% (8-11)
HarrellLAL · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
ValanciunasMEM · 14 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
VucevicORL · 26 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST
67% (12-18)
Final · Nuggets-Grizzlies
Nuggets 103Grizzlies 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets26272822103
Grizzlies31242225102
The story
Will Barton had 21 points as Denver beat Memphis 103-102

Ja Morant led Memphis with 16 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB 21 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB · 8-14 FG, 5-10 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Nuggets took the third 28-22.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −5−2+4+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Lakers
Pacers 100Lakers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers28262521100
Lakers20262534105
The story
Kyle Kuzma's 24 points and 13 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Indiana, 105-100

For Indiana, Malcolm Brogdon had 29 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 24 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST · 8-18 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 8 going into the fourth, then won it 34-21.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −8−8−8+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Domantas Sabonis was the fantasy play: 48.8 FPTS on 20 PTS, 14 REB, 8 AST

Final · Magic-Spurs
Magic 77Spurs 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2910251377
Spurs16312730104
The story
San Antonio beat Orlando 104-77 behind 17 points from Dejounte Murray

Dwayne Bacon paced Orlando: 15 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 17 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST · 8-19 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 31-10 second quarter erased a 13-point hole for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
300 −13+8+10+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.0points, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
10.02019–20 avg20.0Last 2

20.0 points a game over his last two games, against 10.0 in 2019–20 (50 games). Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
31.82019–20 avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 2019–20 (56 games). Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Zach LaVine leads the day with 30

Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 38, 21, 35, 24, 23, 36, 19, 30Bulls-Heat · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 23, 32, 24, 12, 20, 29, 10, 29Pacers-Lakers · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 15, 41, 24, 19, 39, 37, 20, 28Nuggets-Grizzlies · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 35, 23, 13, 30, 31, 21, 33, 28Jazz-Rockets · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 27, 23, 29, 26, 21, 17, 13, 28Pelicans-Cavs · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 13, 24, 15, 27, 33, 29, 27, 28Heat-Bulls · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jamal MurrayDEN+6.1 27.3 last 10 · 21.2 season
Norman PowellTOR+5.9 24.7 last 10 · 18.8 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Malik MonkCHA+4.3 17.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.GSW+4.3 19.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Jaylen BrownBOS−4.0 20.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−3.5 17.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Khem BirchORL−3.1 2.5 last 10 · 5.6 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−2.7 6.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season