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Thursday, March 26, 2026Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NOP by 2 after the first quarter and won 129–108.

Final · Box score
Knicks103
Hornets114
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +11
Final · Box score
Pelicans108
Pistons129
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +21
Final · Box score
Kings117
Magic121
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +4
On this day · 2024–25Mar 26, 2025: 6 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (Nuggets-Bucks), 39 points.
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The lead · Pelicans-Pistons

Jalen Duren posts 30 and 10 as Detroit beats New Orleans

DeMar DeRozan goes for 33 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+9+6+21DET AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans33233022108
Pistons31342737129
Who led
Jalen DurenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 30, 20, 36, 24, 23, 20, 26, 30DET30 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Kevin HuerterPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 12, 11, 3, 4, 14, 7, 8, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 19, 21, 27, 14, 15, 25, 22, 21NOP21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 9, 5, 23, 25, 20, 19, 18, 17NOP17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Kings-Magic

Orlando leads Sacramento wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 121–117. Best quarter: the first, 39–30. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over SAC4CHA over NYK11DET over NOP21Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over SAC.
Lead changes
Pelicans-Pistons6
Knicks-Hornets1
Kings-Magic1
The night in charts
Kings-Magic combined for 238, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-MagicKings 117, Magic 121
238
Pelicans-PistonsPelicans 108, Pistons 129
237
Knicks-HornetsKnicks 103, Hornets 114
217
ORL won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Kings-MagicKings 117, Magic 121
+4 ORL
Knicks-HornetsKnicks 103, Hornets 114
+11 CHA
Pelicans-PistonsPelicans 108, Pistons 129
+21 DET
Duren shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DurenDET · 30 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 2 STL
83% (10-12)
PlowdenSAC · 23 PTS, 3 REB
67% (8-12)
KnueppelCHA · 26 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST
64% (9-14)
HuerterDET · 22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
HartNYK · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 5 STL, 4 AST
64% (7-11)
Final · Kings-Magic
Kings 117Magic 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings30293127117
Magic39262828121
The story
Paolo Banchero's 30 points carried Orlando past Sacramento, 121-117

For Sacramento, Precious Achiuwa had 14 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 30 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST · 11-22 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 39-30, was where the Magic built it.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +9+6+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Hornets
Knicks 103Hornets 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks36192127103
Hornets38272920114
The story
Kon Knueppel had 26 points and 11 rebounds as Charlotte beat New York 114-103

Josh Hart led New York with 16 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 26 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST · 9-14 FG, 6-10 3PT

The swing

The Hornets won the second 27-19, their biggest quarter edge.

CHA lead by quarter
200 +2+10+18+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pelicans-Pistons
Pelicans 108Pistons 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans33233022108
Pistons31342737129
The story
Detroit beat New Orleans 129-108 behind 19 points and 9 assists from Daniss Jenkins

Saddiq Bey paced New Orleans: 17 PTS, 3 AST 19 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB · 6-12 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

A 37-22 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
300 −2+9+6+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 25.8 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 33

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 39, 27, 41, 2, 13, 10, 7, 33Kings-Magic · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jalen DurenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 30, 20, 36, 24, 23, 20, 26, 30Pistons-Pelicans · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 27, 18, 32, 20, 16, 39, 36, 30Magic-Kings · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Kon KnueppelPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 15, 24, 20, 22, 17, 9, 14, 26Hornets-Knicks · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 28, 28, 29, 30, 17, 23, 32, 26Knicks-Hornets · L
26.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 21, 18, 16, 24, 12, 17, 17, 23Magic-Kings · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Cody WilliamsUTA+9.3 17.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Bam AdebayoMIA+8.5 28.8 last 10 · 20.3 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+7.7 21.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Airious BaileyUTA+7.5 20.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.1 21.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderCLE−6.5 4.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Mikal BridgesNYK−5.6 9.1 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
Nikola JokicDEN−4.8 23.0 last 10 · 27.8 season