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Sunday, March 22, 2026Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 102–92.

Final · Box score
Blazers112
Nuggets128
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +16
Final · Box score
Nets122
Kings126
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +4
Final · Box score
Wizards113
Knicks145
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +32
Final · Box score
Wolves102
Celtics92
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +10
Final · Box score
Raptors98
Suns120
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +28; Q4 PHX +22
On this day · 2024–25Mar 22, 2025: 5 games. Top scorer: Coby White (Bulls-Lakers), 36 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Celtics

Minnesota turns it around against Boston

Nikola Jokic posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+3-1+10MIN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves14332926102
Celtics2321331592
Who led
Nah'Shon HylandPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 11, 10, 11, 3, 22, 18, 17, 23MIN23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jaden McDanielsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 6, 11, 15, 2, 16, 17, 16, 19MIN19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 23, 8, 34, 16, 41, 32, 30, 29BOS29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 8 games: 15, 20, 24, 20, 21, 24, 13, 16BOS16 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Nets-Kings

Brooklyn's skid reaches seven

Sacramento won 126–122; the Nets fall to 17–54. Malik Monk led Sacramento with 32 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · BKN
L@ MIA110–126W@ DET107–105Wvs MEM126–115Lvs DET100–138L@ ATL97–108L@ PHI97–104Lvs POR95–114Lvs OKC92–121Lvs NYK92–93L@ SAC122–126
Lead changes
Nets-Kings16
Wolves-Celtics7
Blazers-Nuggets0
Wizards-Knicks0
Raptors-Suns0
The night in charts
Wizards-Knicks combined for 258, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-KnicksWizards 113, Knicks 145
258
Nets-KingsNets 122, Kings 126
248
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 112, Nuggets 128
240
Raptors-SunsRaptors 98, Suns 120
218
Wolves-CelticsWolves 102, Celtics 92
194
SAC won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Nets-KingsNets 122, Kings 126
+4 SAC
Wolves-CelticsWolves 102, Celtics 92
+10 MIN
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 112, Nuggets 128
+16 DEN
Raptors-SunsRaptors 98, Suns 120
+22 PHX
Wizards-KnicksWizards 113, Knicks 145
+32 NYK
MIN rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wolves-CelticsMIN won · Wolves 102, Celtics 92
9 pts
Nets-KingsSAC won · Nets 122, Kings 126
5 pts
Robert Williams III shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Robert Williams IIIPOR · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
GillWAS · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL
80% (8-10)
RaynaudSAC · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
77% (10-13)
Cameron JohnsonDEN · 19 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
KATNYK · 26 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Final · Nets-Kings
Nets 122Kings 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets34282040122
Kings30272841126
The story
Maxime Raynaud's 22 points and 10 rebounds carried Sacramento past Brooklyn, 126-122

For Brooklyn, Malachi Smith had 18 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 22 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 10-13 FG

The swing

The Kings trailed by 5 going into the third, then won it 28-20.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −4−5+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Nuggets
Blazers 112Nuggets 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers40292419112
Nuggets42333221128
The story
Jamal Murray had 22 points as Denver beat Portland 128-112

Donovan Clingan led Portland with 18 PTS, 13 REB 22 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB · 9-18 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets won the third 32-24, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +2+6+14+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Knicks
Wizards 113Knicks 145
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards27252932113
Knicks32363740145
The story
New York beat Washington 145-113 behind 26 points and 16 rebounds from Karl-Anthony Towns

Bilal Coulibaly paced Washington: 13 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST · 9-13 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 36-25 second quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
400 +5+16+24+32 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 64 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.6Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 7.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Malik Monk leads the day with 32

Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 8, 10, 13, 18, 30, 4, 4, 32Kings-Nets · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 23, 8, 34, 16, 41, 32, 30, 29Celtics-Wolves · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 17, 25, 35, 21, 17, 22, 26, 26Knicks-Wizards · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 27, 43, 31, 40, 34, 22, 14, 25Suns-Raptors · W
25.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jaden HardyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 10, 17, 12, 0, 16, 13, 10, 25Wizards-Knicks · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 0, 18, 22, 17, 25, 18, 32, 25, 23Blazers-Nuggets · L
24.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bam AdebayoMIA+9.6 30.0 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+8.1 15.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+8.0 21.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+7.6 19.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Precious AchiuwaSAC+6.8 16.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Mikal BridgesNYK−6.0 8.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Dennis SchroderCLE−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Deni AvdijaPOR−4.7 19.5 last 10 · 24.2 season