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Thursday, April 6, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Cavs trailed Magic by 9 after the first quarter and won 118–94.

Final · Box score
Cavs118
Magic94
Q1 Cavs -9; Q2 Cavs +10; Q3 Cavs +22; Q4 Cavs +24
Final · Box score
Heat129
Sixers101
Q1 Heat +10; Q2 Heat +21; Q3 Heat +18; Q4 Heat +28
Final · Box score
Blazers127
Spurs129
Q1 Spurs -5; Q2 Spurs +8; Q3 Spurs -2; Q4 Spurs +2
Final · Box score
Thunder114
Jazz98
Q1 Thunder +7; Q2 Thunder +3; Q3 Thunder +8; Q4 Thunder +16
Final · Box score
Nuggets115
Suns119
Q1 Suns +2; Q2 Suns +1; Q3 Suns +3; Q4 Suns +4
On this day · 2021–22Apr 6, 2022: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Nets-Knicks), 32 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Magic

Cleveland climbs out of a 9-point hole against Orlando

Drew Eubanks goes for 23 points

Game flow · Cavs margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+10+22+24Cavs AHEAD ↑Magic AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs33342823118
Magic4215162194
Who led
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 0, 3, 3, 4, 6, 0, 2, 21Cavs21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Cedi OsmanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 12, 8, 5, 3, 14, 4, 2, 19Cavs19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jalen SuggsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 12, 5, 16, 2, 8, 18, 8, 22Magic22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Bol BolPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 4, 0, 2, 6, 6, 0, 4, 18Magic18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Blazers-Spurs

San Antonio takes over late to edge Portland

Down 2 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 31–27. Final: 129–127. Keita Bates-Diop led San Antonio with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Spurs over Blazers2Suns over Nuggets4Thunder over Jazz16Cavs over Magic24Heat over Sixers28Final margin, points. Pink = Spurs over Blazers.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Suns23
Heat-Sixers14
Blazers-Spurs6
Cavs-Magic5
Thunder-Jazz2
The night in charts
Blazers-Spurs combined for 256, 22 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-SpursBlazers 127, Spurs 129
256
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 115, Suns 119
234
Heat-SixersHeat 129, Sixers 101
230
Thunder-JazzThunder 114, Jazz 98
212
Cavs-MagicCavs 118, Magic 94
212
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-SpursBlazers 127, Spurs 129
+2 Spurs
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 115, Suns 119
+4 Suns
Thunder-JazzThunder 114, Jazz 98
+16 Thunder
Cavs-MagicCavs 118, Magic 94
+24 Cavs
Heat-SixersHeat 129, Sixers 101
+28 Heat
Cavs rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-MagicCavs won · Cavs 118, Magic 94
9 pts
Blazers-SpursSpurs won · Blazers 127, Spurs 129
5 pts
Dunn shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DunnJazz · 22 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB, 1 STL
90% (9-10)
Jeenathan WilliamsBlazers · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
80% (8-10)
JimmyHeat · 24 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB
75% (9-12)
EubanksBlazers · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 5 BLK, 2 AST
69% (9-13)
EmbiidSixers · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
69% (9-13)
Final · Blazers-Spurs
Blazers 127Spurs 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers37243927127
Spurs32372931129
The story
Zach Collins had 21 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio beat Portland 129-127

John Butler Jr. led Portland with 12 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 21 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK · 9-14 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the Spurs took the second 37-24.

Spurs lead by quarter
200 −5+8−2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Suns
Nuggets 115Suns 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets25303129115
Suns27293330119
The story
Kevin Durant's 29 points carried Phoenix past Denver, 119-115

For Denver, Reggie Jackson had 20 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 29 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 9-18 FG, 6-10 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 27-25, was where the Suns built it.

Suns lead by quarter
200 +2+1+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Jazz
Thunder 114Jazz 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder32232930114
Jazz2527242298
The story
Oklahoma City beat Utah 114-98 behind 17 points and 8 assists from Josh Giddey

Kris Dunn paced Utah: 22 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB 17 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL · 6-14 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

A 30-22 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Thunder.

Thunder lead by quarter
200 +7+3+8+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
Kevin KnoxBlazers
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Bruce Brown leads the day with 31

Bruce BrownPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 14, 11, 18, 19, 16, 14, 6, 31Nuggets-Suns · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 23, 20, 37, 16, 30, 35, 18, 29Suns-Nuggets · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Keita Bates-DiopPoints, last 10 games: 0, 12, 14, 20, 2, 15, 14, 13, 13, 25Spurs-Blazers · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 15, 13, 9, 19, 5, 16, 22, 25Suns-Nuggets · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 24, 26, 35, 18, 12, 35, 27, 24Heat-Sixers · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 8, 23, 27, 21, 29, 30, 22, 24Spurs-Blazers · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Shaedon SharpeBlazers+11.4 21.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Talen Horton-TuckerJazz+9.5 20.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mikal BridgesNets+8.9 29.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Immanuel QuickleyKnicks+7.8 22.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Austin ReavesLakers+7.1 20.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Gary Trent Jr.Raptors−5.3 12.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
Marcus MorrisClippers−5.3 5.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Trae YoungHawks−5.2 21.0 last 10 · 26.2 season
Lonnie Walker IVLakers−5.1 6.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Mason PlumleeClippers−5.1 5.8 last 10 · 10.9 season