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Wednesday, April 6, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Nets trailed Knicks by 17 at halftime and won 110–98.

Final · Box score
Mavs131
Pistons113
Q1 Mavs -2; Q2 Mavs +7; Q3 Mavs +13; Q4 Mavs +18
Final · Box score
Nets110
Knicks98
Q1 Nets -4; Q2 Nets -17; Q3 Nets -10; Q4 Nets +12
Final · Box score
Wizards103
Hawks118
Q1 Hawks +9; Q2 Hawks +2; Q3 Hawks +12; Q4 Hawks +15
Final · Box score
Celtics117
Bulls94
Q1 Celtics +13; Q2 Celtics +16; Q3 Celtics +24; Q4 Celtics +23
Final · Box score
Thunder101
Jazz137
Q1 Jazz +10; Q2 Jazz +13; Q3 Jazz +21; Q4 Jazz +36
Final · Box score
Suns109
Clippers113
Q1 Clippers +4; Q2 Clippers +29; Q3 Clippers +26; Q4 Clippers +4
On this day · 2020–21Apr 6, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (Warriors-Bucks), 41 points.
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The lead · Nets-Knicks

Kevin Durant posts 32-10-11 as Brooklyn tops New York

Kristaps Porzingis goes for 26 points

Game flow · Nets margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-17-10+12Nets AHEAD ↑Knicks AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets25252238110
Knicks2938151698
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 37, 35, 23, 27, 41, 26, 55, 18, 32Nets32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 60, 43, 11, 16, 24, 25, 31, 42, 24Nets24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 17, 12, 18, 27, 12, 11, 19, 24Knicks24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 30, 18, 21, 28, 25, 12, 27, 23Knicks23 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Mavs-Pistons

Dallas handles Detroit by 18

The Mavericks won the third quarter 34–28. Final: 131–113. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Clippers over Suns4Nets over Knicks12Hawks over Wizards15Mavs over Pistons18Celtics over Bulls23Jazz over Thunder36Final margin, points. Pink = Mavs over Pistons.
Lead changes
Nets-Knicks12
Mavs-Pistons8
Thunder-Jazz6
Suns-Clippers4
Celtics-Bulls0
The night in charts
Mavs-Pistons combined for 244, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-PistonsMavs 131, Pistons 113
244
Thunder-JazzThunder 101, Jazz 137
238
Suns-ClippersSuns 109, Clippers 113
222
Wizards-HawksWizards 103, Hawks 118
221
Celtics-BullsCeltics 117, Bulls 94
211
Nets-KnicksNets 110, Knicks 98
208
Clippers won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Suns-ClippersSuns 109, Clippers 113
+4 Clippers
Nets-KnicksNets 110, Knicks 98
+12 Nets
Wizards-HawksWizards 103, Hawks 118
+15 Hawks
Mavs-PistonsMavs 131, Pistons 113
+18 Mavs
Celtics-BullsCeltics 117, Bulls 94
+23 Celtics
Thunder-JazzThunder 101, Jazz 137
+36 Jazz
Nets erased a 17-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-KnicksNets won · Nets 110, Knicks 98
17 pts
Mavs-PistonsMavs won · Mavs 131, Pistons 113
2 pts
Capela shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CapelaHawks · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 STL
82% (9-11)
BiyomboSuns · 14 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
BogdanovicJazz · 27 PTS, 5 REB
64% (7-11)
ClarksonJazz · 18 PTS, 10 AST, 1 REB
64% (7-11)
BrunsonMavs · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
Final · Suns-Clippers
Suns 109Clippers 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2293048109
Clippers26342726113
The story
LA beat Phoenix 113-109 behind 19 points from Paul George

Ish Wainright paced Phoenix: 20 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 19 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 4-11 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 34-9 second quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

Clippers lead by quarter
300 +4+29+26+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Knicks
Nets 110Knicks 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets25252238110
Knicks2938151698
The story
Kyrie Irving had 24 points as Brooklyn beat New York 110-98

Obi Toppin led New York with 19 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL · 9-26 FG, 3-12 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the third, the Nets took the fourth 38-16.

Nets lead by quarter
200 −4−17−10+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Pistons
Mavs 131Pistons 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs32333432131
Pistons34242827113
The story
Luka Doncic's 26 points and 14 assists carried Dallas past Detroit, 131-113

For Detroit, Cade Cunningham had 25 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB 26 PTS, 14 AST, 8 REB · 8-21 FG, 2-11 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 2 going into the second, then won it 33-24.

Mavs lead by quarter
200 −2+7+13+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 69 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 63 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 32

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 37, 35, 23, 27, 41, 26, 55, 18, 32Nets-Knicks · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Paul Pierce Celtics, May 7, 2003: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 45, 21, 33, 14, 41, 30, 36, 26, 30Hawks-Wizards · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 35, 21, 27, 26, 11, 17, 13, 27Jazz-Thunder · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 30, 23, 14, 35, 24, 17, 25, 26Wizards-Hawks · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 37, 15, 24, 32, 34, 35, 36, 32, 26Mavs-Pistons · W
28.3 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 5, 11, 27, 10, 25, 4, 15, 26Hawks-Wizards · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jordan PooleWarriors+9.5 27.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Anfernee SimonsBlazers+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Davion MitchellKings+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
De'Aaron FoxKings+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Jalen GreenRockets+6.7 23.7 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerJazz−6.7 4.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Patty MillsNets−6.4 5.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.Hornets−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Richaun HolmesKings−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Gabe VincentHeat−5.1 3.6 last 10 · 8.7 season