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Saturday, March 18, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Jazz trailed Celtics by 10 after the first quarter and won 118–117.

Final · Box score
Nuggets110
Knicks116
Q1 Knicks +8; Q2 Knicks -5; Q3 Knicks 0; Q4 Knicks +6
Final · Box score
Magic113
Clippers108
Q1 Magic +1; Q2 Magic +2; Q3 Magic -8; Q4 Magic +5
Final · Box score
Sixers141
Pacers121
Q1 Sixers +10; Q2 Sixers +11; Q3 Sixers +11; Q4 Sixers +20
Final · Box score
Wolves107
Raptors122
Q1 Raptors +6; Q2 Raptors +8; Q3 Raptors +9; Q4 Raptors +15
Final · Box score
Heat99
Bulls113
Q1 Bulls +14; Q2 Bulls +25; Q3 Bulls +13; Q4 Bulls +14
Final · Box score
Warriors119
Grizzlies133
Q1 Grizzlies +10; Q2 Grizzlies +12; Q3 Grizzlies +4; Q4 Grizzlies +14
Final · Box score
Kings132
Wizards118
Q1 Kings +4; Q2 Kings +11; Q3 Kings +12; Q4 Kings +14
Final · Box score
Celtics117
Jazz118
Q1 Jazz -10; Q2 Jazz -7; Q3 Jazz -3; Q4 Jazz +1
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The lead · Celtics-Jazz

Utah climbs out of a 10-point hole against Boston

Domantas Sabonis goes for 30 points

Game flow · Jazz margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-7-3+1Jazz AHEAD ↑Celtics AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics34302726117
Jazz24333130118
Who led
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 43, 27, 28, 20, 33, 31, 13, 38, 28Jazz28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Talen Horton-TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 16, 6, 11, 21, 23, 37, 9, 19Jazz19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 29, 32, 11, 24, 43, 35, 27, 25Celtics25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Grant WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 1, 9, 12, 8, 0, 2, 6, 23Celtics23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Philadelphia by 20.

Jazz over Celtics1Magic over Clippers5Knicks over Nuggets6Bulls over Heat14Grizzlies over Warriors14Kings over Wizards14Raptors over Wolves15Sixers over Pacers20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Wolves-Raptors14
Nuggets-Knicks8
Magic-Clippers6
Kings-Wizards4
Heat-Bulls4
Warriors-Grizzlies3
Sixers-Pacers1
The night in charts
Sixers-Pacers combined for 262, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-PacersSixers 141, Pacers 121
262
Warriors-GrizzliesWarriors 119, Grizzlies 133
252
Kings-WizardsKings 132, Wizards 118
250
Celtics-JazzCeltics 117, Jazz 118
235
Wolves-RaptorsWolves 107, Raptors 122
229
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 110, Knicks 116
226
Magic-ClippersMagic 113, Clippers 108
221
Heat-BullsHeat 99, Bulls 113
212
2 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Celtics-JazzCeltics 117, Jazz 118
+1 Jazz
Magic-ClippersMagic 113, Clippers 108
+5 Magic
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 110, Knicks 116
+6 Knicks
Kings-WizardsKings 132, Wizards 118
+14 Kings
Heat-BullsHeat 99, Bulls 113
+14 Bulls
Warriors-GrizzliesWarriors 119, Grizzlies 133
+14 Grizzlies
Wolves-RaptorsWolves 107, Raptors 122
+15 Raptors
Sixers-PacersSixers 141, Pacers 121
+20 Sixers
Jazz erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Celtics-JazzJazz won · Celtics 117, Jazz 118
10 pts
Magic-ClippersMagic won · Magic 113, Clippers 108
8 pts
Nuggets-KnicksKnicks won · Nuggets 110, Knicks 116
5 pts
Sabonis shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SabonisKings · 30 PTS, 10 AST, 9 REB, 1 STL
83% (10-12)
ReidMIN · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
Tobias HarrisSixers · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
75% (9-12)
BrooksGrizzlies · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
70% (7-10)
MaxeySixers · 31 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
67% (12-18)
Final · Celtics-Jazz
Celtics 117Jazz 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics34302726117
Jazz24333130118
The story
Lauri Markkanen had 28 points and 10 rebounds as Utah beat Boston 118-117

Jaylen Brown led Boston with 25 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 28 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 10-23 FG, 4-12 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the second, the Jazz took the third 31-27.

Jazz lead by quarter
200 −10−7−3+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Clippers
Magic 113Clippers 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic31261739113
Clippers30252726108
The story
Orlando beat LA 113-108 behind 27 points and 12 rebounds from Wendell Carter Jr.

Ivica Zubac paced LA: 16 PTS, 16 REB 27 PTS, 12 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 11-19 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

A 39-26 fourth quarter erased a 8-point hole for the Magic.

Magic lead by quarter
200 +1+2−8+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Wizards
Kings 132Wizards 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings37343328132
Wizards33273226118
The story
Keegan Murray's 19 points carried Sacramento past Washington, 132-118

For Washington, Deni Avdija had 11 REB, 6 AST, 3 PTS 19 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 7-15 FG, 5-10 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 34-27, was where the Kings built it.

Kings lead by quarter
200 +4+11+12+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 55 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kyle Kuzma leads the day with 33

Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 30, 16, 23, 25, 17, 12, 7, 33Wizards-Kings · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 31, 42, 39, 39, 34, 36, 38, 31Sixers-Pacers · W
33.5 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 15, 24, 26, 21, 14, 7, 25, 28, 31Grizzlies-Warriors · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 26, 24, 27, 13, 8, 23, 13, 31Sixers-Pacers · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 24, 19, 24, 17, 23, 14, 24, 30Kings-Wizards · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 25, 11, 28, 42, 23, 22, 24, 30Clippers-Magic · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mikal BridgesNets+8.8 27.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jalen WilliamsThunder+8.0 21.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kawhi LeonardClippers+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Immanuel QuickleyKnicks+5.5 19.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Zach CollinsSpurs+5.2 16.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Bol BolMagic−5.7 3.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Pascal SiakamRaptors−5.5 18.8 last 10 · 24.3 season
Marcus MorrisClippers−5.4 6.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jusuf NurkicBlazers−4.9 8.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Gary Trent Jr.Raptors−4.8 12.9 last 10 · 17.7 season