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Monday, March 2, 2026Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed GSW by 14 at halftime and won 114–101.

Final · Box score
Rockets123
Wizards118
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +5
Final · Box score
Celtics108
Bucks81
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +27
Final · Box score
Nuggets128
Jazz125
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +3
Final · Box score
Clippers114
Warriors101
Q1 LAC -12; Q2 LAC -14; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +13
On this day · 2024–25Mar 2, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (Wolves-Suns), 44 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Warriors

Clippers fight back from 14 down against Golden State

Reed Sheppard goes for 19 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-14-2+13LAC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers19233537114
Warriors31252322101
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 41, 24, 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23LAC23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 9, 16, 38, 26, 21, 14, 9, 17LAC17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Brandin PodziemskiPoints, last 10 games: 0, 14, 16, 16, 11, 18, 16, 19, 9, 22GSW22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jeenathan WilliamsPoints, last 2 games: 7, 18GSW18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Nuggets-Jazz22
Rockets-Wizards8
Clippers-Warriors7
Celtics-Bucks3
The night in charts
Nuggets-Jazz combined for 253, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-JazzNuggets 128, Jazz 125
253
Rockets-WizardsRockets 123, Wizards 118
241
Clippers-WarriorsClippers 114, Warriors 101
215
Celtics-BucksCeltics 108, Bucks 81
189
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-JazzNuggets 128, Jazz 125
+3 DEN
Rockets-WizardsRockets 123, Wizards 118
+5 HOU
Clippers-WarriorsClippers 114, Warriors 101
+13 LAC
Celtics-BucksCeltics 108, Bucks 81
+27 BOS
LAC erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-WarriorsLAC won · Clippers 114, Warriors 101
14 pts
Rockets-WizardsHOU won · Rockets 123, Wizards 118
4 pts
Nuggets-JazzDEN won · Nuggets 128, Jazz 125
1 pt
Cooper shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CooperWAS · 21 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB
80% (8-10)
DunnLAC · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
MurrayDEN · 45 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
68% (13-19)
Amen ThompsonHOU · 22 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
KawhiLAC · 23 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
64% (9-14)
Final · Nuggets-Jazz
Nuggets 128Jazz 125
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets33333428128
Jazz34332632125
The story
Nikola Jokic had 22 points and 12 rebounds as Denver beat Utah 128-125

Kyle Filipowski led Utah with 19 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 22 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST · 6-11 FG

The swing

Down 1 after the second, the Nuggets took the third 34-26.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −1−1+7+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Wizards
Rockets 123Wizards 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets26343429123
Wizards30212938118
The story
Alperen Sengun's 32 points and 13 rebounds carried Houston past Washington, 123-118

For Washington, Bilal Coulibaly had 23 PTS 32 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 12-20 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Rockets trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 34-21.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −4+9+14+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Warriors
Clippers 114Warriors 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers19233537114
Warriors31252322101
The story
LA beat Golden State 114-101 behind 23 points from Kawhi Leonard

Brandin Podziemski paced Golden State: 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST · 9-14 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 37-22 fourth quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −12−14−2+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 2 vs 2024–25 avg
Points per game
3.22024–25 avg12.5Last 2

12.5 points a game over his last two games, against 3.2 in 2024–25 (20 games). Today: 18 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Rockets-Wizards

Washington's skid reaches five

Houston won 123–118; the Wizards fall to 16–44. Alperen Sengun led Houston with 32 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
L@ BKN113–127Lvs MIA101–132L@ CLE113–138Wvs IND112–105Wvs IND131–118Lvs CHA112–129L@ ATL98–119L@ ATL96–126Lvs TOR125–134Lvs HOU118–123
Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 45

Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 23, 20, 25, 21, 2, 39, 25, 45Nuggets-Jazz · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kyrie Irving CLE, Apr 9, 2017: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
45 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 43, 23, 19, 19, 26, 5, 17, 36Jazz-Nuggets · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 16, 13, 16, 16, 26, 16, 13, 32Rockets-Wizards · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 21, 35, 30, 18, 21, 40, 32, 30Rockets-Wizards · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 26, 26, 30, 8, 3, 22, 0, 25Celtics-Bucks · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 41, 24, 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23Clippers-Warriors · W
27.8 PPG season to date · −4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Nique CliffordSAC+6.8 14.1 last 10 · 7.3 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+6.1 21.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Jarace WalkerIND+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.8 16.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
GG JacksonMEM+5.7 16.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−5.3 12.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
James HardenCLE−5.0 19.5 last 10 · 24.5 season
Austin ReavesLAL−5.0 19.1 last 10 · 24.1 season
Kevin HuerterDET−4.4 5.7 last 10 · 10.1 season