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Saturday, March 21, 2026Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NOP by 12 after three quarters and won 111–106.

Final
OKC132
WAS111
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +21
Final
MEM101
CHA124
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +22; Q4 CHA +23
Final
CLE111
NOP106
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -12; Q4 CLE +5
Final
LAL105
ORL104
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +1
Final
GSW110
ATL126
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +16
Final
MIA122
HOU123
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -9; Q4 HOU +1
Final
IND119
SAS134
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +15
Final · OT
LAC138
DAL131
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC -9; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +7
Final
PHI126
UTA116
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MIL108
PHX105
Q1 MIL -11; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +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 · 2024–25Mar 21, 2025: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (PHX vs CLE), 42 points.
The lead · CLE @ NOP

Cleveland fights back late to top New Orleans

New Orleans led 88–76 after three. Cleveland won the fourth 35–18 and the game 111–106. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-3-12+5CLE AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE34192335111
NOP28283218106
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 23, 30, 17, 25, 24, 26, 19, 27CLE27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 19, 21, 30, 17, 13, 27, 36, 20CLE20 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 19, 20, 19, 21, 27, 14, 15, 25NOP25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 19, 23, 9, 5, 23, 25, 20, 19NOP19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.2Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hornets rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Memphis by 23.

LAL over ORL1HOU over MIA1MIL over PHX3CLE over NOP5LAC over DAL7PHI over UTA10SAS over IND15ATL over GSW16OKC over WAS21CHA over MEM23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Darius Garland 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.
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 12, 21, 23, 21, 25, 25, 13, 41LAC @ DAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: De'Aaron Fox SAC, Mar 12, 2022: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Season high41 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 26, 27, 35, 35, 20, 40, 20, 40OKC @ WAS · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mike Bibby SAC, Feb 4, 2005: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 30, 28, 29, 45, 28, 31, 25, 34LAC @ DAL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 44, 35, 31, 51, 30, 36, 40, 60, 33LAL @ ORL · W
33.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 21, 24, 24, 83, 21, 20, 28, 32MIA @ HOU · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 21 REB · 4 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 21, 22, 14, 30, 17, 30, 20, 29CHA vs MEM · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Bam AdebayoMIA+9.6 30.0 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+8.1 15.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+8.0 21.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+7.2 18.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Will RileyWAS+6.3 15.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Mikal BridgesNYK−6.3 8.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
Deni AvdijaPOR−5.9 18.3 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Dennis SchroderCLE−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season