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Saturday, April 4, 2026Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 136–134.

Final · OT · Box score
Spurs134
Nuggets136
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final · Box score
Wizards136
Heat152
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +31; Q4 MIA +16
Final · Box score
Pistons116
Sixers93
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +23
On this day · 2024–25Apr 4, 2025: 10 games. Top scorer: Deni Avdija (Blazers-Bulls), 37 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Nuggets

Nikola Jokic scores 40, Denver wins in overtime

Victor Wembanyama goes for 34 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-7-40+2DEN AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Spurs4329242810134
Nuggets3629273212136
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 22, 22, 23, 23, 33, 25, 15, 40DEN40 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Christian BraunPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 11, 15, 13, 11, 7, 12, 18, 21DEN21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 34, 20, 26, 19, 23, 41, 41, 34SAS34 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Stephon CastlePoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 3, 19, 15, 22, 21, 15, 20, 20SAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Wizards-Heat

Miami leads Washington wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 152–136. Best quarter: the third, 45–34. Jaime Jaquez Jr. led Miami with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over SAS2MIA over WAS16DET over PHI23Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over WAS.
Lead changes
Wizards-Heat10
Pistons-Sixers5
The night in charts
Wizards-Heat combined for 288, 18 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-HeatWizards 136, Heat 152
288
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 134, Nuggets 136 · OT
270
Pistons-SixersPistons 116, Sixers 93
209
DEN won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 134, Nuggets 136 · OT
+2 DEN
Wizards-HeatWizards 136, Heat 152
+16 MIA
Pistons-SixersPistons 116, Sixers 93
+23 DET
Riley shot 12-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RileyWAS · 31 PTS, 5 REB, 5 STL
71% (12-17)
JaquezMIA · 32 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
67% (12-18)
WareMIA · 24 PTS, 19 REB, 7 BLK, 2 AST
67% (10-15)
WigginsMIA · 21 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Ausar ThompsonDET · 14 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
Final · Spurs-Nuggets
Spurs 134Nuggets 136
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Spurs4329242810134
Nuggets3629273212136
The story
Christian Braun had 21 points as Denver beat San Antonio 136-134 in OT

Stephon Castle led San Antonio with 20 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB 21 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST · 7-16 FG, 5-11 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Nuggets took the fourth 32-28.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −7−7−40+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Wizards-Heat
Wizards 136Heat 152
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards32253445136
Heat36414530152
The story
Kel'el Ware's 24 points and 19 rebounds carried Miami past Washington, 152-136

For Washington, Will Riley had 31 PTS, 5 REB 24 PTS, 19 REB, 7 BLK, 2 AST · 10-15 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 41-25, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
400 +4+20+31+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Sixers
Pistons 116Sixers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons41302421116
Sixers3129211293
The story
Detroit beat Philadelphia 116-93 behind 16 points and 14 assists from Daniss Jenkins

Paul George paced Philadelphia: 20 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 16 PTS, 14 AST, 4 REB · 4-11 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

A 41-31 first quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
300 +10+11+14+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 68 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 72 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 40

Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 22, 22, 23, 23, 33, 25, 15, 40Nuggets-Spurs · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Chris Paul LAC, Feb 26, 2016: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 34, 20, 26, 19, 23, 41, 41, 34Spurs-Nuggets · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Jaime Jaquez Jr.Points, last 10 games: 6, 22, 6, 8, 14, 20, 17, 14, 17, 32Heat-Wizards · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Will RileyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 9, 11, 19, 22, 14, 20, 18, 31Wizards-Heat · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kel'el WarePoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 0, 7, 13, 14, 5, 5, 8, 24Heat-Wizards · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 21, 25, 31, 26, 23, 28, 21, 23Sixers-Pistons · L
28.6 PPG season to date · −5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Cody WilliamsUTA+10.4 18.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+10.4 25.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Daniss JenkinsDET+9.6 19.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Gui SantosGSW+8.2 17.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Will RileyWAS+8.0 18.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jordan PooleNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Alexandre SarrWAS−4.9 11.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Dennis SchroderCLE−4.5 6.3 last 10 · 10.8 season