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Friday, February 27, 2026Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DEN by 14 after the first quarter and won 127–121.

Final · OT · Box score
Cavs119
Pistons122
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +1; Q4 Pistons 0; OT1 DET +3
Final · Box score
Nets111
Celtics148
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +37
Final · Box score
Knicks127
Bucks98
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +29
Final · Box score
Grizzlies124
Mavs105
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +31; Q4 MEM +19
Final · OT · Box score
Nuggets121
Thunder127
Q1 OKC -14; Q2 OKC -9; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 Thunder 0; OT1 OKC +6
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The lead · Nuggets-Thunder

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 36, OKC rallies past Denver

Jalen Duren goes for 33 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-9-60+6OKC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Nuggets3326242414121
Thunder1931273020127
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 40, 47, 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36OKC36 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 17, 13, 13, 16, 15, 17, 7, 15OKC15 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 28, 17, 23, 20, 25, 21, 2, 39DEN39 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 22, 22, 26, 22, 32, 35, 30, 23DEN23 PTS · 17 REB · 14 AST
Lead changes
Cavs-Pistons16
Nuggets-Thunder9
Nets-Celtics4
Grizzlies-Mavs0
The night in charts
Nets-Celtics combined for 259, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-CelticsNets 111, Celtics 148
259
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 121, Thunder 127 · OT
248
Cavs-PistonsCavs 119, Pistons 122 · OT
241
Grizzlies-MavsGrizzlies 124, Mavs 105
229
Knicks-BucksKnicks 127, Bucks 98
225
DET won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Cavs-PistonsCavs 119, Pistons 122 · OT
+3 DET
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 121, Thunder 127 · OT
+6 OKC
Grizzlies-MavsGrizzlies 124, Mavs 105
+19 MEM
Knicks-BucksKnicks 127, Bucks 98
+29 NYK
Nets-CelticsNets 111, Celtics 148
+37 BOS
OKC erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-ThunderOKC won · Nuggets 121, Thunder 127 · OT
14 pts
Cavs-PistonsDET won · Cavs 119, Pistons 122 · OT
8 pts
Jarrett Allen shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jarrett AllenCLE · 25 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
83% (10-12)
OGNYK · 24 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
Jaylen BrownBOS · 28 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB, 2 STL
75% (9-12)
PritchardBOS · 22 PTS, 5 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
Ausar ThompsonDET · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
Final · Cavs-Pistons
Cavs 119Pistons 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Cavs351930305119
Pistons272335298122
The story
Cade Cunningham's 25 points and 10 rebounds carried Detroit past Cleveland, 122-119 in OT

For Cleveland, Jarrett Allen had 25 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST · 11-21 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The Pistons trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 35-30.

DET lead by quarter
200 −8−4+10+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nuggets-Thunder
Nuggets 121Thunder 127
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nuggets3326242414121
Thunder1931273020127
The story
Chet Holmgren had 21 rebounds and 15 points as Oklahoma City beat Denver 127-121 in OT

Christian Braun led Denver with 23 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 21 REB, 15 PTS, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 5-8 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Thunder took the fourth 30-24.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −14−9−60+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nets-Celtics
Nets 111Celtics 148
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets32252628111
Celtics35314339148
The story
Boston beat Brooklyn 148-111 behind 28 points and 9 assists from Jaylen Brown

Michael Porter Jr. paced Brooklyn: 18 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST 28 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 9-12 FG, 4-4 3PT

The swing

A 43-26 third quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
400 +3+9+26+37 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 36 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 49 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · Cavs-Pistons

Detroit flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Cleveland led 54–50 at the break. Tied 114–114 after regulation, Detroit won the extra time 8–5. Final: 122–119. Jalen Duren led Detroit with 33 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pistons-Cavs
Jalen Duren · DETJarrett Allen · CLEPTS3325REB169AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 39

Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 28, 17, 23, 20, 25, 21, 2, 39Nuggets-Thunder · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 40, 47, 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36Thunder-Nuggets · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Jalen DurenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 19, 4, 15, 26, 25, 29, 33Pistons-Cavs · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 33, 29, 26, 24, 23, 32, 23, 28Celtics-Nets · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 11, 11, 19, 9, 9, 8, 2, 28Celtics-Nets · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 12, 31, 40, 8, 33, 20, 19, 20, 27Knicks-Bucks · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.5 17.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.2 16.9 last 10 · 10.7 season
Nique CliffordSAC+6.0 12.9 last 10 · 6.9 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Cason WallaceOKC+5.4 14.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Austin ReavesLAL−5.8 18.8 last 10 · 24.6 season
James HardenCLE−5.3 19.2 last 10 · 24.5 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−5.1 12.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Kevin HuerterDET−4.4 5.7 last 10 · 10.1 season