FULL NBA Review From March 1, 2021

The first day of March represents the best month of basketball, mostly for CBB fans with the March Madness tournament and NBA Draft evaluators, but this usually marks the month where NBA fans find out which teams are real or not. This year is a little different with the All-Star Game played in early March instead of mid-February, but the real contenders and pretenders will begin to be revealed this month as well

The first day of March basketball was highlighted by a wild comeback by San Antonio, capped off by an absurd buzzer-beater from Dejounte Murray. However, James Harden’s historic performance and Kyrie‘s sick assist from earlier in the game fueled the Nets OT victory. The Jazz almost made an insane comeback of their own, but the Pelicans Big 3 of Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, and Lonzo Ball were too much for the No.1 team in the NBA.

Luka razzled and dazzled all night in Orlando, Nikola Jokic racked up a near-triple-double in Denver’s close win over Chicago, and Cleveland gave Houston their 12th consecutive loss on the back of Collin Sexton’s 39 points. The battle of the ‘Melo’s didn’t disappoint as Carmelo Anthony and LaMelo Ball each balled out in Portland and Philly destroyed the Pacers in a battle of Eastern Conference contenders.

Here are the best NBA highlights, facts, and performers from March 1st, 2021:

FINAL RESULTS

GAME OF THE DAY

Brooklyn Nets (124) vs. San Antonio Spurs (113) [OT]

[Highlights] NETS (+165; $10.29) d. @SPURS (-165; $13.13) 124-113 (OT) [BKN +4 | o234]

[Highlights] @PELICANS (+250; $9.17) d. JAZZ (-250; $13.84) 129-124 [NOP +7 | o236]

[Highlights] MAVERICKS (-211; $9.16) d. @MAGIC (+211; $7.90) 130-124 [PUSH -6 | o221]

[Highlights] NUGGETS (-167; $9.66) d. @BULLS (+167; $11.28) 118-112 [DEN -4.5 | o225.5]

[Highlights] CAVALIERS (+121; $10.97) d. @ROCKETS (-121; $5.94) 101-90 [CLE +2 | u217]

[Highlights] @BLAZERS (-285; $10.19) d. HORNETS (+285; $14.58) 123-111 [POR -7.5 | o229.5]

[Highlights] @76ERS (-158; $10.15) d. PACERS (+158; $8.93) 130-114 [PHL -4 | o223]

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INTERESTING FACTS

Brooklyn Nets have already set a franchise record for GP (21) with 120+ PTS
Nets are also on pace to record the greatest OFF RTG of all time (118.7)
Teams on pace to break 2020 Mavs OFF RTG record: BRK (118.7), UTA (118.2), MIL (117.8), LAC (117.7), DEN (117.0)
Nikola Jokic already has the most GP (7) of 30+ PTS/10+ REB/5+ AST during a season in Nuggets franchise history
Jokic is on pace to be the 1st player to average 25+ PTS/10+ REB/8+ AST/55%+ FG during a season in NBA history
Nikola Vucevic has the most career GP (6) with 25+ PTS/15+ REB/5+ AST in Magic franchise history, passing Shaq
Charlotte Hornets in the clutch this season: 1st in OFF RTG, 1st in net rating, 1st in FG%, 1st in 3P%
Hornets are outscoring opponents by 53 PTS/100 possessions in the clutch this season, 2x more than next best team
LaMelo joined LeBron and Luka as the only teenagers with 20+ PPG/6+ APG/6+ RPG over a month in NBA history
LaMelo is the 3rd youngest player to record 30+ PTS/5+ REB/5+ AST in a game, older than only LeBron (6x) & KD
Carmelo Anthony became the 1st player to record 25+ PTS/5 STL/5+ 3PM in a game at age 35+ in NBA history

James Harden facts:

1st player with 30+ PTS/10+ REB/15+ AST/0 TOV in a game since TOs were recorded in 1977-78
1st player to record 30+ PTS/15+ AST/10+ REB during a game in Nets franchise history
Most GP with 30+ PTS/10+ AST/5+ REB in Nets history: 1. Jason Kidd (7 in 506 GP), 2. James Harden (5 in 22 GP)