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Tuesday, April 2, 2024Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed OKC by 10 at halftime and won 109–105.

Final · Box score
Lakers128
Raptors111
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +17
Final · Box score
Bucks113
Wizards117
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +4
Final · Box score
Knicks99
Heat109
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +10
Final · Box score
Thunder105
Sixers109
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI +4
Final · Box score
Rockets106
Wolves113
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final · Box score
Spurs105
Nuggets110
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +5
Final · Box score
Cavs129
Jazz113
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +20; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +16
Final · Box score
Mavs100
Warriors104
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 Warriors 0; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
Clippers95
Kings109
Q1 Kings 0; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +14
On this day · 2022–23Apr 2, 2023: 13 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (Mavs-Hawks), 41 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Sixers

Philadelphia climbs back to beat OKC

Victor Wembanyama goes for 23 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-10-7+4PHI AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder22322625105
Sixers25192936109
Who led
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 22, 22, 18, 19, 12, 17, 4, 32, 25PHI25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 41, 41, 36, 33, 70, 31, 14, 24PHI24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 35, 18, 6, 16, 2, 20, 5, 22OKC22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 9, 10, 7, 6, 8, 11, 4, 15OKC15 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 17.

WAS over MIL4PHI over OKC4GSW over DAL4DEN over SAS5MIN over HOU7MIA over NYK10SAC over LAC14CLE over UTA16LAL over TOR17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Lead changes
Thunder-Sixers13
Bucks-Wizards10
Spurs-Nuggets9
Mavs-Warriors9
Clippers-Kings4
Lakers-Raptors2
Knicks-Heat2
Rockets-Wolves2
Cavs-Jazz0
The night in charts
Cavs-Jazz combined for 242, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-JazzCavs 129, Jazz 113
242
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 128, Raptors 111
239
Bucks-WizardsBucks 113, Wizards 117
230
Rockets-WolvesRockets 106, Wolves 113
219
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 105, Nuggets 110
215
Thunder-SixersThunder 105, Sixers 109
214
Knicks-HeatKnicks 99, Heat 109
208
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 100, Warriors 104
204
Clippers-KingsClippers 95, Kings 109
204
4 of 9 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 100, Warriors 104
+4 GSW
Thunder-SixersThunder 105, Sixers 109
+4 PHI
Bucks-WizardsBucks 113, Wizards 117
+4 WAS
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 105, Nuggets 110
+5 DEN
Rockets-WolvesRockets 106, Wolves 113
+7 MIN
Knicks-HeatKnicks 99, Heat 109
+10 MIA
Clippers-KingsClippers 95, Kings 109
+14 SAC
Cavs-JazzCavs 129, Jazz 113
+16 CLE
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 128, Raptors 111
+17 LAL
PHI erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-SixersPHI won · Thunder 105, Sixers 109
10 pts
Rockets-WolvesMIN won · Rockets 106, Wolves 113
7 pts
Bucks-WizardsWAS won · Bucks 113, Wizards 117
1 pt
LeBron shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LeBronLAL · 23 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB
83% (10-12)
Aaron GordonDEN · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
Jarrett AllenCLE · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
GiannisMIL · 35 PTS, 15 REB, 10 AST
71% (15-21)
ButlerWAS · 17 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
Final · Bucks-Wizards
Bucks 113Wizards 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks28263227113
Wizards27313326117
The story
Giannis Antetokounmpo had a 35-15-10 triple-double, but Washington won 117-113

For Washington, Jordan Poole had 16 PTS, 13 AST, 4 REB 35 PTS, 15 REB, 10 AST · 15-21 FG

The swing

The Wizards trailed by 1 going into the second, then won it 31-26.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −1+4+5+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Warriors
Mavs 100Warriors 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs27222526100
Warriors28213124104
The story
Golden State beat Dallas 104-100 behind 23 points from Andrew Wiggins

Kyrie Irving paced Dallas: 27 PTS, 2 AST 23 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 8-16 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 31-25 third quarter did the most damage for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +10+6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Luka Doncic topped the game at 58.4 FPTS: 30 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST

Final · Spurs-Nuggets
Spurs 105Nuggets 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs23313120105
Nuggets30253124110
The story
Aaron Gordon had 23 points as Denver beat San Antonio 110-105

Malaki Branham led San Antonio with 24 PTS, 3 REB 23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 9-12 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets won the first 30-23, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +7+1+1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 61 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 42

Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 31, 16, 35, 30, 29, 22, 32, 26, 42Nuggets-Spurs · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Vince Carter TOR, Dec 7, 2001: 42 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Ties season high42 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 30, 32, 21, 30, 29, 35, 36, 35Bucks-Wizards · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James CLE, May 27, 2018: 35 PTS · 15 REB · 9 AST
35 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 20, 24, 13, 14, 15, 22, 27, 34Heat-Knicks · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Donte DiVincenzoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 18, 11, 31, 40, 16, 20, 15, 31Knicks-Heat · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 37, 18, 34, 29, 28, 26, 47, 30Mavs-Warriors · L
33.9 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Jan 13, 2022: 30 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
30 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 24, 26, 23, 23, 15, 23, 26, 28Raptors-Lakers · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jalen GreenHOU+10.8 30.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+8.9 22.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.6 18.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Sam HauserBOS+6.5 15.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Amen ThompsonHOU+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−7.9 8.0 last 10 · 15.9 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−6.9 19.9 last 10 · 26.8 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.0 9.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kevin DurantPHX−6.0 21.5 last 10 · 27.5 season