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Saturday, March 9, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed CHI by 11 at halftime and won 112–102.

Final · Box score
Bulls102
Clippers112
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +10
Final · Box score
Nets99
Hornets110
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +11
Final · Box score
Mavs142
Pistons124
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +18
Final · Box score
Spurs126
Warriors113
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
Celtics117
Suns107
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
Jazz121
Nuggets142
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +34; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +21
Final · OT · Box score
Raptors118
Blazers128
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +11; Q4 Blazers 0; OT1 POR +10
On this day · 2022–23Mar 9, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Lauri Markkanen (Jazz-Magic), 31 points.
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The lead · Bulls-Clippers

Clippers rally from 11 down to beat Chicago

Luka Doncic posts a triple-double

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-11-2+10LAC AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls29282817102
Clippers23233729112
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 24, 14, 14, 22, 15, 29, 21, 22LAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 20, 26, 27, 32, 16, 28, 19LAC19 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 24, 25, 35, 12, 33, 29, 33, 24CHI24 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 22, 25, 24, 17, 10, 23, 33, 22CHI22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Spurs-Warriors9
Bulls-Clippers7
Celtics-Suns4
Nets-Hornets3
Raptors-Blazers1
Jazz-Nuggets0
The night in charts
Mavs-Pistons combined for 266, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-PistonsMavs 142, Pistons 124
266
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 121, Nuggets 142
263
Raptors-BlazersRaptors 118, Blazers 128 · OT
246
Spurs-WarriorsSpurs 126, Warriors 113
239
Celtics-SunsCeltics 117, Suns 107
224
Bulls-ClippersBulls 102, Clippers 112
214
Nets-HornetsNets 99, Hornets 110
209
LAC won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Bulls-ClippersBulls 102, Clippers 112
+10 LAC
Celtics-SunsCeltics 117, Suns 107
+10 BOS
Raptors-BlazersRaptors 118, Blazers 128 · OT
+10 POR
Nets-HornetsNets 99, Hornets 110
+11 CHA
Spurs-WarriorsSpurs 126, Warriors 113
+13 SAS
Mavs-PistonsMavs 142, Pistons 124
+18 DAL
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 121, Nuggets 142
+21 DEN
LAC erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bulls-ClippersLAC won · Bulls 102, Clippers 112
11 pts
Nets-HornetsCHA won · Nets 99, Hornets 110
4 pts
Jokic shot 12-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JokicDEN · 26 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB, 2 BLK
86% (12-14)
WisemanDET · 17 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
80% (8-10)
BarlowSAS · 19 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
John CollinsUTA · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
KDPHX · 45 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
69% (18-26)
Final · Bulls-Clippers
Bulls 102Clippers 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls29282817102
Clippers23233729112
The story
Paul George had 22 points and 9 assists as LA beat Chicago 112-102

DeMar DeRozan led Chicago with 24 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB 22 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB, 3 BLK · 8-16 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the Clippers took the fourth 29-17.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −6−11−2+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Blazers
Raptors 118Blazers 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Raptors163035325118
Blazers3330292115128
The story
Deandre Ayton's 30 points and 19 rebounds carried Portland past Toronto, 128-118 in OT

For Toronto, Kelly Olynyk had 15 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 30 PTS, 19 REB, 1 AST · 14-25 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 33-16, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 +17+17+110+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Mavs-Pistons
Mavs 142Pistons 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs35343538142
Pistons33322336124
The story
Dallas beat Detroit 142-124 behind 17 points from Daniel Gafford

Simone Fontecchio paced Detroit: 27 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 7 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST · 7-7 FG

The swing

A 35-23 third quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +2+4+16+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · Nets-Hornets

Charlotte beats Brooklyn, 110–99

Charlotte led 90–82 after three and won by 11. Miles Bridges led Charlotte with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over CHI10BOS over PHX10POR over TOR10CHA over BKN11SAS over GSW13DAL over DET18DEN over UTA21Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over BKN.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 45

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 28, 22, 24, 30, 20, 35, 35, 45Suns-Celtics · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Michael Jordan WAS, Dec 31, 2001: 45 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Season high45 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 41, 33, 45, 30, 37, 38, 39, 35, 39Mavs-Pistons · W
34.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Sam Cassell MIL, Dec 9, 2002: 39 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
39 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 18, 27, 32, 6, 24, 28, 19, 37Nuggets-Jazz · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 26, 32, 26, 21, 9, 23, 32, 33Pistons-Mavs · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 17, 25, 26, 5, 19, 18, 14, 31Nets-Hornets · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 27, 18, 22, 2, 22, 26, 12, 30Blazers-Raptors · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Josh HartNYK+6.4 15.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+6.3 15.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.8 19.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jordan PooleWAS+5.7 22.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.2 15.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardOKC−7.7 3.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.5 9.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−6.4 20.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.9 5.3 last 10 · 11.2 season