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Sunday, April 6, 2025Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DEN by 9 after the first quarter and won 125–120.

Final
CHI131
CHA117
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +20; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +14
Final
TOR120
BKN109
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +11
Final
LAL126
OKC99
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +22; Q3 LAL +26; Q4 LAL +27
Final
UTA134
ATL147
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +13
Final
WAS90
BOS124
Q1 BOS +16; Q2 BOS +21; Q3 BOS +32; Q4 BOS +34
Final
SAC120
CLE113
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +7
Final
SAS109
POR120
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +11
Final
PHX98
NYK112
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +14
Final
IND125
DEN120
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +5
Final
HOU106
GSW96
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +10
Final
MIL111
NOP107
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +4
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 · 2023–24Apr 6, 2024: 4 games. Top scorer: Cam Thomas (BKN vs DET), 32 points.
The lead · IND @ DEN

Indiana rallies from 9 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 9 after one, Indiana outscored the Nuggets 101–87 the rest of the way. Final: 125–120. Myles Turner led Indiana with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Nikola Jokic scored 41 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-5+1+5IND AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND24373727125
DEN33333123120
Who led
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 22, 7, 16, 17, 11, 15, 26, 24IND24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Obi ToppinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 20, 10, 15, 12, 19, 8, 6, 22IND22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 34, 28, 40, 39, 27, 61, 33, 41DEN41 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
Christian BraunPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 15, 11, 18, 19, 16, 18, 16, 30DEN30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · HOU @ GSW

Houston gets past Golden State

106–96, with Houston ahead 51–50 at halftime. Dillon Brooks led Houston with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over NOP4IND over DEN5SAC over CLE7HOU over GSW10TOR over BKN11POR over SAS11ATL over UTA13CHI over CHA14NYK over PHX14LAL over OKC27BOS over WAS34Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.8Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 29.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 62 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 41

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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 34, 28, 40, 39, 27, 61, 33, 41DEN vs IND · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 17, 2017: 41 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
41 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 41, 17, 19, 14, 10, 28, 39, 37, 40PHX @ NYK · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Apr 5, 1998: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 36, 37, 26, 25, 7, 28, 31, 37CHI @ CHA · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 14, 19, 29, 10, 20, 18, 25, 37SAC @ CLE · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 8, 6, 17, 18, 20, 14, 15, 35UTA @ ATL · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 35, 28, 31, 28, 27, 23, 24, 32NYK vs PHX · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Quentin GrimesPHI+12.4 26.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+9.9 26.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
OG AnunobyNYK+9.5 27.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Coby WhiteCHI+7.9 28.6 last 10 · 20.7 season
Ja MorantMEM+7.3 30.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
Norman PowellLAC−6.7 15.3 last 10 · 22.0 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−6.1 17.4 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−6.1 20.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
Gradey DickTOR−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Terry RozierMIA−4.6 6.3 last 10 · 10.9 season