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Friday, February 20, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 8 at halftime and won 100–91.

Final
NOP84
ORL95
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +11
Final
IND106
PHI95
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +18; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +11
Final
TOR105
ATL80
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +25
Final
CHI91
DET100
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +9
Final
MIA111
NYK87
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +24
Final
PHX109
MIN111
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +2
Final
CLE127
WAS89
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +38
Final
HOU100
DAL111
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +11
Final
DEN81
MIL89
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +8
Final
POR76
UTA92
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +16
Final
BOS101
SAC109
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +8
Final
SAS99
GSW110
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +11
Final
BKN114
LAL105
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +9
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 · 2013–14Feb 20, 2014: 3 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ GSW), 39 points.
The lead · CHI @ DET

Detroit rallies from 8 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 8 at the half, Detroit outscored the Bulls 55–38 the rest of the way. Final: 100–91. Caron Butler led Detroit with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-1-8+9+9DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2330152391
DET22233223100
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 10, 2, 2, 7, 13, 5, 2, 20DET20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 19, 12, 16, 21, 15, 23, 6, 20DET20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 5, 35, 22, 27, 18, 27, 5, 30CHI30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 8, 4, 12, 4, 2, 9, 13, 15CHI15 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg30.7Today

31 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Washington by 38, the widest margin of 13 games.

MIN over PHX2MIL over DEN8SAC over BOS8DET over CHI9BKN over LAL9ORL over NOP11IND over PHI11DAL over HOU11GSW over SAS11UTA over POR16MIA over NYK24TOR over ATL25CLE over WAS38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 31

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 20, 26, 23, 27, 28, 15, 28, 31SAC vs BOS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 12, 17, 14, 18, 12, 8, 16, 31PHX @ MIN · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 5, 35, 22, 27, 18, 27, 5, 30CHI @ DET · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 22, 2, 8, 2, 15, 18, 16, 30IND @ PHI · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 36, 18, 23, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28CLE @ WAS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 10, 17, 26, 17, 18, 10, 11, 28BOS @ SAC · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
D.J. AugustinDET+9.7 20.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+6.1 15.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.2 15.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Brandon JenningsDET+4.1 19.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−5.5 7.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.3 14.1 last 10 · 19.4 season
Gerald GreenPHX−5.2 7.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Kyle LowryTOR−4.9 13.6 last 10 · 18.5 season