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Friday, March 6, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAC by 20 at halftime and won 116–112.

Final · Box score
Mavs100
Celtics120
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +20
Final · Box score
Heat128
Hornets120
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +8
Final · Box score
Blazers99
Rockets106
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +7
Final · Box score
Knicks142
Nuggets103
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +39
Final · Box score
Pelicans116
Suns118
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +2
Final · Box score
Clippers112
Spurs116
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -20; Q3 SAS -11; Q4 SAS +4
Final · Box score
Pacers117
Lakers128
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +11
On this day · 2024–25Mar 6, 2025: 6 games. Top scorer: Coby White (Bulls-Magic), 44 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Spurs

San Antonio storms back from 20 down to beat Clippers

Luka Doncic goes for 44 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-20-11+4SAS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers32342620112
Spurs25213535116
Who led
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 28, 21, 12, 12, 25, 10, 38, 27SAS27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Julian ChampagniePoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 8, 17, 10, 26, 3, 10, 16, 20SAS20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 41, 24, 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23, 29, 30LAC30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 8, 16, 10, 8, 16, 6, 17, 26LAC26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New York posts the night's biggest win

New York beat Denver by 39, the widest margin of 7 games.

PHX over NOP2SAS over LAC4HOU over POR7MIA over CHA8LAL over IND11BOS over DAL20NYK over DEN39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Lead changes
Mavs-Celtics22
Blazers-Rockets12
Heat-Hornets11
Pelicans-Suns6
Pacers-Lakers3
Knicks-Nuggets1
The night in charts
Heat-Hornets combined for 248, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-HornetsHeat 128, Hornets 120
248
Knicks-NuggetsKnicks 142, Nuggets 103
245
Pacers-LakersPacers 117, Lakers 128
245
Pelicans-SunsPelicans 116, Suns 118
234
Clippers-SpursClippers 112, Spurs 116
228
Mavs-CelticsMavs 100, Celtics 120
220
Blazers-RocketsBlazers 99, Rockets 106
205
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pelicans-SunsPelicans 116, Suns 118
+2 PHX
Clippers-SpursClippers 112, Spurs 116
+4 SAS
Blazers-RocketsBlazers 99, Rockets 106
+7 HOU
Heat-HornetsHeat 128, Hornets 120
+8 MIA
Pacers-LakersPacers 117, Lakers 128
+11 LAL
Mavs-CelticsMavs 100, Celtics 120
+20 BOS
Knicks-NuggetsKnicks 142, Nuggets 103
+39 NYK
SAS erased a 20-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-SpursSAS won · Clippers 112, Spurs 116
20 pts
Blazers-RocketsHOU won · Blazers 99, Rockets 106
7 pts
Heat-HornetsMIA won · Heat 128, Hornets 120
3 pts
Pelicans-SunsPHX won · Pelicans 116, Suns 118
3 pts
Knicks-NuggetsNYK won · Knicks 142, Nuggets 103
2 pts
Amen Thompson shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amen ThompsonHOU · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 2 STL
92% (11-12)
SengunHOU · 28 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (11-15)
JokicDEN · 38 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
67% (14-21)
HartNYK · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
67% (8-12)
OGNYK · 34 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL
65% (11-17)
Final · Pelicans-Suns
Pelicans 116Suns 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans29232935116
Suns26323426118
The story
Devin Booker's 32 points carried Phoenix past New Orleans, 118-116

For New Orleans, Trey Murphy III had 22 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 32 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 10-21 FG, 5-12 3PT

The swing

The Suns trailed by 3 going into the second, then won it 32-23.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −3+6+11+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Spurs
Clippers 112Spurs 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers32342620112
Spurs25213535116
The story
Victor Wembanyama had 27 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio beat LA 116-112

Kawhi Leonard led LA with 30 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 10 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST · 11-21 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

Down 11 after the third, the Spurs took the fourth 35-20.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −7−20−11+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Lakers
Pacers 117Lakers 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers27242937117
Lakers35293529128
The story
Los Angeles beat Indiana 128-117 behind 19 points from Austin Reaves

Jay Huff paced Indiana: 16 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB · 6-14 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 35-27 first quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +8+13+19+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 54 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 5.5 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 44

Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 38, 25, 22, 41, 26, 28, 27, 27, 44Lakers-Pacers · W
32.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Julius Randle NYK, Feb 15, 2021: 44 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
44 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 32, 35, 30, 23, 35, 22, 28, 38Nuggets-Knicks · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 20, 9, 5, 24, 12, 15, 16, 34Knicks-Nuggets · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 14, 14, 25, 18, 22, 25, 33Heat-Hornets · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 27, 31, 21, 19, 5, 17, 27, 32Suns-Pelicans · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 41, 24, 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23, 29, 30Clippers-Spurs · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Precious AchiuwaSAC+6.8 15.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+6.0 26.3 last 10 · 20.3 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.0 17.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.4 16.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Austin ReavesLAL−6.1 17.4 last 10 · 23.5 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK−6.0 20.2 last 10 · 26.2 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−4.9 12.8 last 10 · 17.7 season