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Friday, April 1, 2022Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed HOU by 15 after the first quarter and won 122–117.

Final
TOR102
ORL89
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +13
Final
DAL103
WAS135
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +32
Final
IND123
BOS128
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +5
Final
SAC122
HOU117
Q1 SAC -15; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +5
Final
PHX114
MEM122
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +8
Final
LAC153
MIL119
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +26; Q4 LAC +34
Final
DET110
OKC101
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +9
Final
POR111
SAS130
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +28; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +19
Final
MIN136
DEN130
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +6
Final
NOP114
LAL111
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP -1; Q4 NOP +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2020–21Apr 1, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ MIA), 36 points.
The lead · SAC @ HOU

Sacramento storms back from 15 down to beat Houston

The Kings trailed by 15 after one and won 122–117. Harrison Barnes led Sacramento with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-5-5+5SAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC26312936122
HOU41212926117
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 10, 0, 21, 11, 19, 17, 13, 25SAC25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Donte DiVincenzoPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 19, 3, 13, 11, 16, 12, 8, 19SAC19 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 8, 17, 8, 23, 25, 30, 32, 33HOU33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 21, 19, 14, 11, 11, 13, 10, 26, 30, 27HOU27 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg1.7Last 3

1.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Clippers post the night's biggest win

Clippers beat Milwaukee by 34, the widest margin of 10 games.

NOP over LAL3BOS over IND5SAC over HOU5MIN over DEN6MEM over PHX8DET over OKC9TOR over ORL13SAS over POR19WAS over DAL32LAC over MIL34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Robert Covington leads the day with 43

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.
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 6, 7, 18, 14, 8, 8, 7, 43LAC @ MIL · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +35.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jimmy Butler CHI, Dec 18, 2015: 43 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Season high43 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 36, 28, 31, 28, 49, 35, 22, 41PHX @ MEM · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 2, 2001: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 32, 23, 30, 28, 35, 26, 37, 38DEN vs MIN · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 19 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 50, 31, 30, 19, 36, 38, 38, 39, 38LAL vs NOP · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 17, 37, 15, 24, 32, 34, 35, 36DAL @ WAS · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 18, 13, 16, 8, 22, 20, 25, 35WAS vs DAL · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 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
Jordan PooleGSW+9.4 27.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Davion MitchellSAC+8.0 19.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Darius BazleyOKC+6.6 17.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−7.4 3.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Fred VanVleetTOR−6.2 14.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Bobby PortisMIL−5.9 8.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA−5.8 9.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Patty MillsBKN−5.8 5.9 last 10 · 11.7 season