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Thursday, February 26, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed GSW by 1 after the first quarter and won 110–99.

Final
GSW99
CLE110
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +11
Final · OT
OKC113
PHX117
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +4
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 26, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE @ OKC), 31 points.
The lead · GSW @ CLE

LeBron James scores 42 as Cleveland beats Golden State

Cleveland won 110–99. LeBron James: 42 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+5+12+11CLE AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW3323222199
CLE32292920110
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19, 42CLE42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 29, 28, 15, 17, 25, 18, 18, 24CLE24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 4, 10, 0, 4, 11, 6, 5, 19GSW19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 51, 26, 22, 20, 25, 25, 32, 18GSW18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · OKC @ PHX

Phoenix needs overtime to survive OKC

Tied 109–109 after regulation. Phoenix won the final period 8–4 for a 117–113 win. Markieff Morris led Phoenix with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs OKC
Markieff Morris · PHXRussell Westbrook · OKCPTS2939REB1114AST311Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 54 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 42

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19, 42CLE vs GSW · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Hakeem Olajuwon HOU, Feb 29, 1996: 42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Season high42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 45, 48, 19, 26, 24, 34, 33, 21, 20, 39OKC @ PHX · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Jun 14, 2015: 40 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
39 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 12, 8, 16, 31, 7, 7, 5, 29PHX vs OKC · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 17, 15, 32, 12, 13, 21, 18, 28PHX vs OKC · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 29, 28, 15, 17, 25, 18, 18, 24CLE vs GSW · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 4, 10, 0, 4, 11, 6, 5, 19GSW @ CLE · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Jarrett JackBKN+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.2 17.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
D.J. AugustinOKC+5.0 15.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
DeAndre JordanLAC+4.9 16.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.7 30.9 last 10 · 26.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−5.2 15.7 last 10 · 20.9 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.2 14.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Gerald GreenPHX−4.9 7.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.7 8.2 last 10 · 12.9 season