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Sunday, March 28, 2021Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed TOR by 9 after the first quarter and won 122–117.

Final · OT · Box score
Suns101
Hornets97
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 Suns 0; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 Suns 0; OT1 PHX +4
Final · Box score
Blazers122
Raptors117
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +5
Final · Box score
Hawks102
Nuggets126
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +24
Final · Box score
Magic93
Lakers96
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 LAL +3
The lead · Blazers-Raptors

Portland climbs back to beat Toronto

CJ McCollum goes for 23 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-6+7+5POR AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers32362331122
Raptors41331033117
Who led
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 10, 11, 32, 13, 16, 35, 22, 23POR23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 38, 50, 36, 31, 19, 22, 22, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 5, 13, 27, 9, 21, 27, 26, 26TOR26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 25, 12, 17, 23, 27, 19, 22, 20TOR20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Hawks-Nuggets

Denver routs Atlanta by 24

Denver led by 10 at halftime and won 126–102. JaMychal Green led Denver with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over ORL3PHX over CHA4POR over TOR5DEN over ATL24Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over ATL.
Lead changes
Magic-Lakers17
Suns-Hornets8
Blazers-Raptors5
The night in charts
Blazers-Raptors combined for 239, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-RaptorsBlazers 122, Raptors 117
239
Hawks-NuggetsHawks 102, Nuggets 126
228
Suns-HornetsSuns 101, Hornets 97 · OT
198
Magic-LakersMagic 93, Lakers 96
189
3 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Magic-LakersMagic 93, Lakers 96
+3 LAL
Suns-HornetsSuns 101, Hornets 97 · OT
+4 PHX
Blazers-RaptorsBlazers 122, Raptors 117
+5 POR
Hawks-NuggetsHawks 102, Nuggets 126
+24 DEN
POR rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-RaptorsPOR won · Blazers 122, Raptors 117
9 pts
Hawks-NuggetsDEN won · Hawks 102, Nuggets 126
4 pts
Suns-HornetsPHX won · Suns 101, Hornets 97 · OT
3 pts
Murray shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MurrayDEN · 17 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
HarrellLAL · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
62% (8-13)
Miles BridgesCHA · 18 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST
62% (8-13)
JokicDEN · 16 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 2 BLK
58% (7-12)
JaMychal GreenDEN · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Magic-Lakers
Magic 93Lakers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2118302493
Lakers2222252796
The story
Dennis Schroder's 24 points carried Los Angeles past Orlando, 96-93

For Orlando, Dwayne Bacon had 26 PTS, 8 REB 24 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 7-14 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 22-18, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +1+50+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Montrezl Harrell was the fantasy play: 43.2 FPTS on 18 PTS, 11 REB

Final · Suns-Hornets
Suns 101Hornets 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Suns2623271411101
Hornets29201823797
The story
Mikal Bridges had 13 points as Phoenix beat Charlotte 101-97 in OT

Terry Rozier led Charlotte with 22 PTS, 10 REB 13 PTS, 8 REB, 6 STL, 4 AST · 6-11 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Suns won the third 27-18, their biggest quarter edge.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −30+90+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Blazers-Raptors
Blazers 122Raptors 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers32362331122
Raptors41331033117
The story
Portland beat Toronto 122-117 behind 13 points and 12 rebounds from Robert Covington

Fred VanVleet paced Toronto: 20 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB 13 PTS, 12 REB, 4 BLK, 3 STL, 2 AST · 4-11 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

A 23-10 third quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −9−6+7+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 29.6 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 35

Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 27, 35, 16, 26, 23, 25, 16, 35Suns-Hornets · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devonte' GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 12, 8, 12, 11, 9, 21, 16, 30Hornets-Suns · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 5, 13, 27, 9, 21, 27, 26, 26Raptors-Blazers · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dwayne BaconPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 9, 7, 5, 5, 0, 11, 17, 26Magic-Lakers · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 16, 22, 16, 22, 15, 20, 17, 24Lakers-Magic · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 10, 11, 32, 13, 16, 35, 22, 23Blazers-Raptors · W
24.2 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anthony EdwardsMIN+7.8 24.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+6.3 31.1 last 10 · 24.8 season
Montrezl HarrellLAL+5.0 20.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Alec BurksNYK+4.9 18.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.7 30.6 last 10 · 25.9 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.5 14.3 last 10 · 19.8 season
Bradley BealWAS−4.9 26.4 last 10 · 31.3 season
Eric BledsoeNOP−4.3 7.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
CJ McCollumPOR−4.2 20.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season