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Friday, March 20, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed TOR by 9 after three quarters and won 121–115.

Final · Box score
Knicks93
Nets92
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +1
Final · Box score
Warriors101
Pistons115
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +14
Final · Box score
Hawks95
Rockets117
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +22
Final · Box score
Celtics117
Grizzlies112
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +5
Final · Box score
Blazers108
Wolves104
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +4
Final · Box score
Raptors115
Nuggets121
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN +6
On this day · 2024–25Mar 20, 2025: 5 games. Top scorer: Coby White (Bulls-Kings), 35 points.
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The lead · Raptors-Nuggets

Denver climbs out of a 9-point hole against Toronto

Donovan Clingan goes for 21 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+4-9+6DEN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors30234121115
Nuggets27302836121
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 45, 28, 12, 21, 30, 39, 5, 12, 19, 31DEN31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 7, 14, 6, 28, 14, 1, 20, 9, 11, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jakob PoeltlPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 9, 9, 16, 8, 6, 21, 17, 23TOR23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 14, 11, 9, 22, 36, 34, 18, 19TOR19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Knicks-Nets

New York fights back from 8 down against Brooklyn

Final: 93–92, after trailing by 8 after one. Karl-Anthony Towns led New York with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Knicks-Nets
Karl-Anthony Towns · NYKJosh Minott · BKNPTS2622REB155AST12Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Celtics-Grizzlies12
Blazers-Wolves10
Knicks-Nets9
Raptors-Nuggets8
Hawks-Rockets6
Warriors-Pistons3
Shot of the night

Grant's three with 22 seconds left puts the Blazers ahead, 108-104 final

The night in charts
Raptors-Nuggets combined for 236, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 115, Nuggets 121
236
Celtics-GrizzliesCeltics 117, Grizzlies 112
229
Warriors-PistonsWarriors 101, Pistons 115
216
Hawks-RocketsHawks 95, Rockets 117
212
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 108, Wolves 104
212
Knicks-NetsKnicks 93, Nets 92
185
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Knicks-NetsKnicks 93, Nets 92
+1 NYK
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 108, Wolves 104
+4 POR
Celtics-GrizzliesCeltics 117, Grizzlies 112
+5 BOS
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 115, Nuggets 121
+6 DEN
Warriors-PistonsWarriors 101, Pistons 115
+14 DET
Hawks-RocketsHawks 95, Rockets 117
+22 HOU
DEN rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Raptors-NuggetsDEN won · Raptors 115, Nuggets 121
9 pts
Knicks-NetsNYK won · Knicks 93, Nets 92
8 pts
Warriors-PistonsDET won · Warriors 101, Pistons 115
5 pts
Celtics-GrizzliesBOS won · Celtics 117, Grizzlies 112
4 pts
Garza shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GarzaBOS · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
PoeltlTOR · 23 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
71% (10-14)
ClinganPOR · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK
69% (9-13)
DurenDET · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
JokicDEN · 22 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
Final · Knicks-Nets
Knicks 93Nets 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks1430311893
Nets2228152792
The story
Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 15 rebounds as New York beat Brooklyn 93-92

Josh Minott led Brooklyn with 22 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST · 7-16 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the second, the Knicks took the third 31-15.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −8−6+10+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Wolves
Blazers 108Wolves 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers33351921108
Wolves28312718104
The story
Jerami Grant's 26 points carried Portland past Minnesota, 108-104

For Minnesota, Jaden McDaniels had 16 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 10-16 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 33-28, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 +5+9+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Nuggets
Raptors 115Nuggets 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors30234121115
Nuggets27302836121
The story
Denver beat Toronto 121-115 behind 22 points and 9 assists from Nikola Jokic

Scottie Barnes paced Toronto: 15 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST 22 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB · 9-14 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 36-21 fourth quarter erased a 9-point hole for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −3+4−9+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 31

Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 45, 28, 12, 21, 30, 39, 5, 12, 19, 31Nuggets-Raptors · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 24, 23, 8, 34, 16, 41, 32, 30Celtics-Grizzlies · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 17, 17, 25, 35, 21, 17, 22, 26Knicks-Nets · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 4, 30, 21, 21, 24, 9, 20, 12, 8, 26Blazers-Wolves · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 0, 18, 22, 17, 25, 18, 32, 25Blazers-Wolves · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 20, 23, 29, 11, 32, 18, 18, 25Rockets-Hawks · W
25.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bam AdebayoMIA+9.5 29.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+7.2 18.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+7.0 14.3 last 10 · 7.3 season
Precious AchiuwaSAC+6.2 15.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Will RileyWAS+6.1 15.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Mikal BridgesNYK−6.3 8.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
Deni AvdijaPOR−5.9 18.3 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.7 8.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−4.7 23.3 last 10 · 28.0 season