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Wednesday, April 1, 2026Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed ORL by 3 after the first quarter and won 130–101.

Final
ATL130
ORL101
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +29
Final
PHI153
WAS131
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +22
Final
BOS147
MIA129
Q1 BOS +20; Q2 BOS +23; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +18
Final
IND145
CHI126
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +19
Final
MIL113
HOU119
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +6
Final
NYK130
MEM119
Q1 NYK +18; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +11
Final
SAC123
TOR115
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +8
Final
DEN130
UTA117
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +13
Final
SAS127
GSW113
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +14
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 · 2024–25Apr 1, 2025: 7 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs MIN), 61 points.
The lead · ATL @ ORL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scores 32 as Atlanta wins in Orlando

Final: 130–101. Nickeil Alexander-Walker made 11 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+18+26+29ATL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL25473028130
ORL28262225101
Who led
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 41, 22, 21, 17, 26, 21, 20, 27, 17, 32ATL32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jalen JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 24, 17, 14, 27, 29, 26, 20, 18ATL18 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CainPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 15, 10, 5, 17, 11, 0, 12, 17ORL17 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Wendell Carter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 17, 11, 13, 17, 15, 10, 4, 15, 14ORL14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIL @ HOU

Houston never trails at a break against Milwaukee

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 119–113. Reed Sheppard led Houston with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MIL6SAC over TOR8NYK over MEM11DEN over UTA13SAS over GSW14BOS over MIA18IND over CHI19PHI over WAS22ATL over ORL29Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 50 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown 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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 8, 34, 16, 41, 32, 30, 29, 31, 29, 43BOS @ MIA · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anfernee Simons POR, Jan 3, 2022: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
43 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 18, 34, 20, 26, 19, 23, 41, 41SAS @ GSW · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Hakeem Olajuwon HOU, Mar 10, 1996: 42 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 10, 9, 32, 15, 28, 26, 19, 39PHI @ WAS · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 19, 31, 22, 21, 53, 31, 20, 37DEN @ UTA · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ousmane DiengPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 13, 11, 7, 16, 12, 7, 11, 36MIL @ HOU · L
7.0 PPG season to date · +29.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 41, 22, 21, 17, 26, 21, 20, 27, 17, 32ATL @ ORL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
Brice SensabaughUTA+10.6 25.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+9.9 18.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Gui SantosGSW+7.7 16.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Will RileyWAS+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Precious AchiuwaSAC+7.0 16.9 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Nikola JokicDEN−5.3 22.4 last 10 · 27.7 season
Jordan PooleNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Dennis SchroderCLE−4.9 5.9 last 10 · 10.8 season