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Saturday, March 14, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Nets97
Sixers104
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +7
Final · Box score
Bucks99
Hawks122
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +23
Final · Box score
Hornets102
Spurs115
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
Wizards100
Celtics111
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +23; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +11
Final · Box score
Magic121
Heat117
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +4
Final · OT · Box score
Nuggets125
Lakers127
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 Lakers 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final · Box score
Kings118
Clippers109
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +9
On this day · 2024–25Mar 14, 2025: 10 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (Grizzlies-Cavs), 44 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Lakers

Austin Reaves scores 32, Lakers win in overtime

Nikola Jokic posts a triple-double

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+8+1100+2LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Nuggets262437317125
Lakers342726319127
Who led
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 12, 15, 16, 19, 25, 31, 30, 32LAL32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 41, 26, 28, 27, 27, 44, 35, 31, 51, 30LAL30 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 8, 18, 16, 13, 3, 23, 0, 27DEN27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 35, 22, 28, 38, 32, 16, 31, 24DEN24 PTS · 16 REB · 14 AST
Second story · Magic-Heat

Orlando never trails at a break against Miami

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 121–117. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DEN2ORL over MIA4PHI over BKN7SAC over LAC9BOS over WAS11SAS over CHA13ATL over MIL23Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over MIA.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Lakers9
Bucks-Hawks6
Kings-Clippers4
Nets-Sixers2
Hornets-Spurs2
Wizards-Celtics2
Magic-Heat2
Shot of the night

Luka's jumper with 0.5 seconds left in OT breaks the tie, 127-125 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Lakers combined for 252, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-LakersNuggets 125, Lakers 127 · OT
252
Magic-HeatMagic 121, Heat 117
238
Kings-ClippersKings 118, Clippers 109
227
Bucks-HawksBucks 99, Hawks 122
221
Hornets-SpursHornets 102, Spurs 115
217
Wizards-CelticsWizards 100, Celtics 111
211
Nets-SixersNets 97, Sixers 104
201
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-LakersNuggets 125, Lakers 127 · OT
+2 LAL
Magic-HeatMagic 121, Heat 117
+4 ORL
Nets-SixersNets 97, Sixers 104
+7 PHI
Kings-ClippersKings 118, Clippers 109
+9 SAC
Wizards-CelticsWizards 100, Celtics 111
+11 BOS
Hornets-SpursHornets 102, Spurs 115
+13 SAS
Bucks-HawksBucks 99, Hawks 122
+23 ATL
Raynaud shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RaynaudSAC · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
92% (11-12)
QuetaBOS · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
85% (11-13)
DeRozanSAC · 27 PTS, 7 AST, 1 STL
79% (11-14)
RollinsMIL · 22 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB, 2 BLK
73% (8-11)
AchiuwaSAC · 25 PTS, 13 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
71% (10-14)
Final · Nuggets-Lakers
Nuggets 125Lakers 127
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nuggets262437317125
Lakers342726319127
The story
Luka Doncic had a 30-11-13 triple-double as Los Angeles beat Denver 127-125 in OT

Aaron Gordon led Denver with 27 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 30 PTS, 13 AST, 11 REB, 3 BLK · 10-26 FG, 4-14 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the first 34-26, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +8+1100+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nets-Sixers
Nets 97Sixers 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets1615254197
Sixers29242427104
The story
Quentin Grimes' 28 points carried Philadelphia past Brooklyn, 104-97

For Brooklyn, Chaney Johnson had 10 REB, 6 PTS 28 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST · 10-22 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 29-16, was where the 76ers built it.

PHI lead by quarter
300 +13+22+21+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Clippers
Kings 118Clippers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings33352426118
Clippers31232134109
The story
Sacramento beat LA 118-109 behind 25 points and 13 rebounds from Precious Achiuwa

Darius Garland paced LA: 25 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 25 PTS, 13 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST · 10-14 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

A 35-23 second quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +2+14+17+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+14.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 59 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Victor Wembanyama leads the day with 32

Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 12, 25, 10, 38, 27, 29, 39, 32Spurs-Hornets · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 12, 15, 16, 19, 25, 31, 30, 32Lakers-Nuggets · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 23, 29, 30, 28, 29, 45, 28, 31Clippers-Kings · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 41, 26, 28, 27, 27, 44, 35, 31, 51, 30Lakers-Nuggets · W
32.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Chris Paul NOH, Mar 11, 2009: 30 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
30 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 8, 25, 19, 18, 17, 13, 14, 30Hawks-Bucks · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Quentin GrimesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 5, 2, 16, 26, 17, 23, 14, 28Sixers-Nets · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bam AdebayoMIA+8.7 28.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Precious AchiuwaSAC+8.0 17.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Nique CliffordSAC+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Matas BuzelisCHI+5.5 21.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−8.4 15.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
Julius RandleMIN−7.1 13.8 last 10 · 20.9 season
Cam ThomasMIL−6.4 7.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Payton PritchardBOS−5.4 11.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season