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Wednesday, February 10, 2016Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHI by 15 at halftime and won 114–110.

Final
CHA117
IND95
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +17; Q3 CHA +19; Q4 CHA +22
Final
SAS98
ORL96
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -12; Q4 SAS +2
Final
SAC114
PHI110
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -15; Q3 SAC -12; Q4 SAC +4
Final
MEM109
BKN90
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +26; Q4 MEM +19
Final · OT
LAC134
BOS139
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final
DEN103
DET92
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +11
Final
ATL113
CHI90
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +23
Final
LAL111
CLE120
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +9
Final
TOR112
MIN117
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -13; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +5
Final
UTA96
NOP100
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP -6; Q4 NOP +4
Final
GSW112
PHX104
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +8
Final
HOU103
POR116
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +13
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 · 2014–15Feb 10, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ PHX), 40 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHI

Sacramento erases 15-point lead, steals one from Philadelphia

Philadelphia led 63–48 at halftime. Sacramento won the second half 66–47 to take it 114–110. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-15-12+4SAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC24242739114
PHI30332423110
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 48, 56, 17, 26, 17, 30, 24, 31, 14, 28SAC28 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 8, 20, 14, 19, 25, 16, 11, 25SAC25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 19, 8, 12, 6, 0, 9, 11, 29PHI29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jahlil OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 20, 10, 13, 10, 9, 22, 14, 26PHI26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
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
8.8Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
29.12014–15 avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 2014–15 (63 games). Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hawks rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Chicago by 23.

SAS over ORL2SAC over PHI4NOP over UTA4BOS over LAC5MIN over TOR5GSW over PHX8CLE over LAL9DEN over DET11POR over HOU13MEM over BKN19CHA over IND22ATL over CHI23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Isaiah Thomas leads the day with 36

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.
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 14, 23, 20, 17, 22, 22, 15, 36BOS vs LAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 11, 27, 19, 22, 21, 22, 19, 35LAC @ BOS · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 19, 32, 21, 14, 17, 26, 19, 35MIN vs TOR · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 28, 21, 25, 26, 19, 29, 32, 35CLE vs LAL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 17, 26, 29, 24, 22, 29, 17, 35TOR @ MIN · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 20, 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37, 34HOU @ POR · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 11 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
Archie GoodwinPHX+7.3 16.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.0 16.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.7 17.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gorgui DiengMIN+5.6 15.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−3.7 11.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Blake GriffinLAC−3.2 20.0 last 10 · 23.2 season