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Thursday, March 28, 2024Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 4 at halftime and won 123–122.

Final · OT · Box score
Celtics122
Hawks123
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 Hawks 0; OT1 ATL +1
Final · Box score
Bucks100
Pelicans107
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP +16; Q3 NOP +12; Q4 NOP +7
On this day · 2022–23Mar 28, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (Cavs-Hawks), 44 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Hawks

Dejounte Murray scores 44 as Atlanta beats Boston

Giannis Antetokounmpo goes for 35 points

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-4-10+1ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Celtics2934272210122
Hawks2831302311123
Who led
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 33, 21, 13, 29, 28, 19, 30, 44ATL44 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 8, 11, 17, 16, 12, 22, 16, 24ATL24 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 26, 38, 26, 30, 31, 26, 37, 31BOS31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 11, 24, 13, 22, 23, 19, 17, 22BOS22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Bucks-Pelicans

New Orleans leads Milwaukee wire to wire

New Orleans was ahead at every break and won 107–100. Best quarter: the second, 35–20. Zion Williamson led New Orleans with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pelicans-Bucks
Zion Williamson · NOPGiannis Antetokounmpo · MILPTS2835REB514AST24Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Celtics-Hawks41
Bucks-Pelicans8
Shot of the night

Murray's jumper at the buzzer of OT puts the Hawks ahead, 123-122 final

The night in charts
Celtics-Hawks combined for 245, 38 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-HawksCeltics 122, Hawks 123 · OT
245
Bucks-PelicansBucks 100, Pelicans 107
207
ATL won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Celtics-HawksCeltics 122, Hawks 123 · OT
+1 ATL
Bucks-PelicansBucks 100, Pelicans 107
+7 NOP
Derrick White shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Derrick WhiteBOS · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
GiannisMIL · 35 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST
68% (15-22)
ZionNOP · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
ValanciunasNOP · 17 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Jaylen BrownBOS · 18 PTS, 4 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK
53% (9-17)
Final · Celtics-Hawks
Celtics 122Hawks 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Celtics2934272210122
Hawks2831302311123
The story
Bogdan Bogdanovic had 24 points as Atlanta beat Boston 123-122 in OT

Kristaps Porzingis led Boston with 20 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 9-19 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Hawks took the third 30-27.

ATL lead by quarter
200 −1−4−10+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Bucks-Pelicans
Bucks 100Pelicans 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks25202827100
Pelicans26352422107
The story
CJ McCollum's 25 points carried New Orleans past Milwaukee, 107-100

For Milwaukee, Damian Lillard had 20 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB 25 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 9-24 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 35-20, was where the Pelicans built it.

NOP lead by quarter
200 +1+16+12+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.4Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.4 in 56 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 29.9 a game in 69 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Dejounte Murray leads the day with 44

Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 33, 21, 13, 29, 28, 19, 30, 44Hawks-Celtics · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Glenn Robinson MIL, Dec 7, 1996: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Career high44 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 46, 23, 34, 34, 30, 32, 21, 30, 29, 35Bucks-Pelicans · L
30.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 26, 38, 26, 30, 31, 26, 37, 31Celtics-Hawks · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 34, 26, 28, 20, 4, 36, 29, 28Pelicans-Bucks · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 11, 30, 16, 18, 30, 23, 23, 25Pelicans-Bucks · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 8, 11, 17, 16, 12, 22, 16, 24Hawks-Celtics · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jalen GreenHOU+10.0 29.8 last 10 · 19.8 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+8.5 21.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Deandre AytonPOR+7.1 22.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Amen ThompsonHOU+6.3 15.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−9.2 7.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW−5.5 21.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−5.3 10.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Jonas ValanciunasNOP−5.0 7.5 last 10 · 12.5 season