NBA Fast Break | Classic
Run 13 | Day 9
Fast Break Recap: Day 8
Classic managers cashed at an 87% rate, Historic collectors came in at 82%, and Pro checked in at 73%.
Yesterday's classic objective was 35 assists — a single-category threshold that heavily rewarded playmakers, and the five-game slate produced exactly the kind of pass-first performances that made this one of the cleaner days of the run.
Jamal Murray (82% utilization) posted 7 assists in Denver's 137-132 overtime win over Portland — steady playmaking volume in a game that went the distance and gave him extended minutes to distribute. Deni Avdija (58%) added 7 assists in Portland's losing effort — a mirror of Murray's distribution line on the other side of the same game, and a useful contribution despite the result. De'Aaron Fox (55%) chipped in 4 assists in San Antonio's 115-102 win over Philadelphia — the lightest playmaking line of the five, but efficient in a game where the Spurs generated 31 team assists. Nikola Jokic (52%) delivered the most impactful individual assist line of the night with 13 in that Denver overtime win — exactly the kind of Jokic performance that makes him the backbone of any assist-heavy objective. Stephon Castle (50%) matched that output with 13 assists of his own in San Antonio's win, completing a triple-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds alongside the distribution. His was the most complete individual line of the night.
Fast Break Stud of the Day: Stephon Castle — 13 assists, 19 points, and 10 rebounds in a San Antonio win. The triple-double was the most complete individual line of the night and covered 37% of the required objective.
Fast Break Dud of the Day: De'Aaron Fox — 4 assists at 55% utilization. The third-most-rostered player on the board posted the lightest playmaking line of the five on a night when the objective demanded distribution, leaving his slot as the least productive of the group.
Today’s Fast Break Overview:
Objective(s): 45 Field Goals Made & 55 Field Goal Attempts (9.0 FGM & 11.0 FGA)
Games Today: 10
Considerations:
Sixteen (16) teams have the most regular season games remaining (4)
Fourteen (14) teams have the fewest regular season games remaining (3)
No teams are playing the tail-end of a back-to-back
DAL, LAC, MIL, MIN, OKC, & PHX are playing the front-end of a back-to-back
Day 9 (today), Day 12, & Day 13 has twenty (20) or more games on the schedule
Every team plays on April 10th & 12th; there are no games scheduled on April 11th
This is the final run of the NBA regular season
Statistical Approach:
Top players in field goals made & field goal attempts according to Rotowire & NBA.com, which is available in the table(s) below. Overall rank is based on daily projections and season averages, which is stack ranked amongst peers for each objective. When there is a single objective, the three data points are still used to stack rank the players vs. ranking solely on projections. For tome+ members, all active player stats are available in the provided data file. Omission of certain players would be based on injuries at the time of data pull.
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Top Fast Break Options:
The top players for today’s Fast Break objective(s). Source: nbatopshot.com, nba.com, & tomecollective.com, 2026.
Projected & Last 10
| # | Player | Team | Opp | Proj FGM | L10 FGM | Proj FGA | L10 FGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | OKC | LAL | 10.0 | 10.5 | 19.7 | 19.6 |
2 |
Kawhi Leonard | LAC | DAL | 9.4 | 9.5 | 18.4 | 18.0 |
3 |
Jaylen Brown | BOS | CHA | 8.5 | 10.3 | 18.3 | 22.6 |
4 |
Devin Booker | PHX | HOU | 8.8 | 9.3 | 18.7 | 19.4 |
5 |
Kevin Durant | HOU | PHX | 8.3 | 8.9 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
6 |
Tyler Herro | MIA | TOR | 8.0 | 7.6 | 17.7 | 16.4 |
7 |
Julius Randle | MIN | IND | 8.3 | 7.7 | 17.4 | 15.9 |
8 |
LeBron James | LAL | OKC | 9.4 | 6.6 | 20.3 | 12.1 |
9 |
Jayson Tatum | BOS | CHA | 8.0 | 7.3 | 17.1 | 17.8 |
10 |
Darius Garland | LAC | DAL | 7.6 | 7.9 | 16.4 | 15.8 |
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Tomorrow’s Objective(s): 40 Rebounds & 20 Assists (8.0 REB & 4.0 AST)
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