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Monday, March 20, 2023Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed IND by 18 after the first quarter and won 115–109.

Final · Box score
Pacers109
Hornets115
Q1 CHA -18; Q2 CHA -8; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +6
Final · 2OT · Box score
Bulls109
Sixers105
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 Bulls 0; OT1 Bulls 0; OT2 CHI +4
Final · Box score
Wolves140
Knicks134
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +6
Final · Box score
Warriors121
Rockets108
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +13
Final · Box score
Mavs108
Grizzlies112
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM -13; Q4 MEM +4
Final · Box score
Kings120
Jazz128
Q1 UTA +21; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 Jazz 0; Q4 UTA +8
On this day · 2021–22Mar 20, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (Jazz-Knicks), 36 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Hornets

Charlotte storms back from 18 down to beat Indiana

Joel Embiid goes for 37 points

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-8-3+6CHA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers40262221109
Hornets22362730115
Who led
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 18, 26, 29, 17, 27, 27, 24, 28, 11, 28CHA28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 16, 25, 21, 22, 27, 22, 14, 23CHA23 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 40, 24, 24, 14, 16, 10, 21, 11, 20, 20IND20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 9, 15, 17, 17, 7, 20, 13, 20IND20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Wolves-Knicks19
Bulls-Sixers14
Warriors-Rockets13
Kings-Jazz8
Pacers-Hornets7
Mavs-Grizzlies6
The night in charts
Wolves-Knicks combined for 274, 26 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-KnicksWolves 140, Knicks 134
274
Kings-JazzKings 120, Jazz 128
248
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 121, Rockets 108
229
Pacers-HornetsPacers 109, Hornets 115
224
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 108, Grizzlies 112
220
Bulls-SixersBulls 109, Sixers 105 · OT
214
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Bulls-SixersBulls 109, Sixers 105 · OT
+4 CHI
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 108, Grizzlies 112
+4 MEM
Pacers-HornetsPacers 109, Hornets 115
+6 CHA
Wolves-KnicksWolves 140, Knicks 134
+6 MIN
Kings-JazzKings 120, Jazz 128
+8 UTA
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 121, Rockets 108
+13 GSW
CHA erased a 18-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-HornetsCHA won · Pacers 109, Hornets 115
18 pts
Mavs-GrizzliesMEM won · Mavs 108, Grizzlies 112
13 pts
Bulls-SixersCHI won · Bulls 109, Sixers 105 · OT
5 pts
Prince shot 12-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PrinceMIN · 35 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
92% (12-13)
MathurinIND · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Tyus JonesMEM · 16 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
FoxSAC · 37 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
67% (14-21)
VucevicCHI · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST
67% (8-12)
Final · Bulls-Sixers
Bulls 109Sixers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Bulls17272522810109
Sixers2218282386105
The story
Zach LaVine had 26 points as Chicago beat Philadelphia 109-105 in OT

De'Anthony Melton led Philadelphia with 19 PTS, 6 REB 26 PTS, 7 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 8-20 FG, 2-9 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the Bulls took the second 27-18.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −5+4+100+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Mavs-Grizzlies
Mavs 108Grizzlies 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs28323612108
Grizzlies30272629112
The story
Memphis beat Dallas 112-108 behind 28 points from Jaren Jackson Jr.

Kyrie Irving paced Dallas: 28 PTS, 4 REB 28 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST · 10-16 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 29-12 fourth quarter erased a 13-point hole for the Grizzlies.

MEM lead by quarter
200 +2−3−13+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Santi Aldama topped the game at 42.8 FPTS: 22 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST

Final · Wolves-Knicks
Wolves 140Knicks 134
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves42373031140
Knicks32383826134
The story
Mike Conley's 24 points and 11 assists carried Minnesota past New York, 140-134

For New York, Jalen Brunson had 23 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB 24 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB · 6-11 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 42-32, was where the Timberwolves built it.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +10+9+1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · Mavs-Grizzlies

Memphis fights back late to top Dallas

Dallas led 96–83 after three. Memphis won the fourth 29–12 and the game 112–108. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Grizzlies-Mavs
Jaren Jackson Jr. · MEMKyrie Irving · DALPTS2828REB44AST10Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 57

Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 21, 43, 31, 16, 23, 19, 33, 24, 20, 57Knicks-Wolves · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +31.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Michael Redd MIL, Nov 11, 2006: 57 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Career high57 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 42, 39, 39, 34, 36, 38, 31, 37Sixers-Bulls · L
33.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 25, 23, 18, 35, 32, 18, 12, 37Kings-Jazz · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 8, 13, 8, 9, 3, 4, 4, 35Wolves-Knicks · W
9.0 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 40, 29, 36, 23, 50, 31, 16, 30Warriors-Rockets · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 23, 14, 22, 38, 15, 15, 14, 29Warriors-Rockets · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mikal BridgesBKN+7.9 27.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Jalen WilliamsOKC+6.4 19.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Austin ReavesLAL+5.8 17.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Zach CollinsSAS+5.6 16.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+5.6 15.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Pascal SiakamTOR−6.5 17.6 last 10 · 24.1 season
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−5.6 25.6 last 10 · 31.2 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.2 6.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jordan PooleGSW−5.1 15.1 last 10 · 20.2 season