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Thursday, April 1, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NOP by 5 after three quarters and won 115–110.

Final
PHI114
CLE94
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +20
Final
WAS91
DET120
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +29
Final
CHA89
BKN111
Q1 BKN +21; Q2 BKN +20; Q3 BKN +27; Q4 BKN +22
Final
GSW109
MIA116
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +7
Final · OT
ORL115
NOP110
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +5
Final · 2OT
ATL134
SAS129
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL 0; OT2 ATL +5
Final
DEN101
LAC94
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · ORL @ NOP

Orlando needs overtime to survive New Orleans

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Orlando won the final period 14–9 for a 115–110 win. Wendell Carter Jr. led Orlando with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1+7-50+5ORL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ORL2725193014115
NOP261931259110
Who led
Wendell Carter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 12, 9, 10, 6, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 21ORL21 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 13, 5, 10, 18, 28, 31, 15, 19ORL19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 20, 6, 20, 18, 14, 20, 17, 31NOP31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 2, 8, 3, 0, 1, 3, 4, 17NOP17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

ORL over NOP5ATL over SAS5MIA over GSW7DEN over LAC7PHI over CLE20BKN over CHA22DET over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 38 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 22, 28, 19, 23, 17, 17, 26, 36SAS vs ATL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 16, 35, 14, 32, 27, 18, 32, 36GSW @ MIA · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 20, 6, 20, 18, 14, 20, 17, 31NOP vs ORL · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 16, 15, 4, 12, 8, 7, 0, 31DET vs WAS · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 6, 21, 13, 11, 16, 19, 18, 29SAS vs ATL · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 6, 8, 12, 25, 18, 10, 16, 28ATL @ SAS · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Anthony EdwardsMIN+7.4 24.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.0 16.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Montrezl HarrellLAL+5.1 20.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+5.0 11.3 last 10 · 6.3 season
Andrew WigginsGSW+5.0 23.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Bradley BealWAS−4.9 26.4 last 10 · 31.3 season
Trae YoungATL−4.5 21.0 last 10 · 25.5 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−4.2 15.6 last 10 · 19.8 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.1 11.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season