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Friday, February 19, 2016Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed TOR by 11 after the first quarter and won 116–106.

Final · OT
DAL104
ORL110
Q1 ORL +18; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +6
Final
DET86
WAS98
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +12
Final
NYK98
BKN109
Q1 BKN -9; Q2 BKN -2; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +11
Final
MIA115
ATL111
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +4
Final
TOR106
CHI116
Q1 CHI -11; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +10
Final
MIN104
MEM109
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +5
Final
CHA98
MIL95
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA -8; Q4 CHA +3
Final
PHI114
NOP121
Q1 NOP +11; Q2 NOP +16; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +7
Final
IND101
OKC98
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND -9; Q4 IND +3
Final
HOU116
PHX100
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +16
Final
GSW105
POR137
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +32
Final
DEN110
SAC116
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +6
Final
SAS119
LAL113
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +6
Final
BOS93
UTA111
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +18
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 19, 2015: 2 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs DAL), 34 points.
The lead · TOR @ CHI

Doug McDermott scores 30, Chicago rallies past Toronto

Chicago trailed by 11 after one and won 116–106.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-6+8+10CHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR35232325106
CHI24283727116
Who led
Doug McDermottPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 7, 11, 15, 8, 14, 17, 3, 30CHI30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 20, 14, 21, 30, 18, 14, 28, 26CHI26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 26, 18, 10, 26, 30, 25, 14, 27TOR27 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 11, 8, 10, 14, 14, 15, 12, 25TOR25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Trail Blazers rout

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Portland beat Golden State by 32.

CHA over MIL3IND over OKC3MIA over ATL4MEM over MIN5ORL over DAL6SAC over DEN6SAS over LAL6NOP over PHI7CHI over TOR10BKN over NYK11WAS over DET12HOU over PHX16UTA over BOS18POR over GSW32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.3Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 24.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 51 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg44.0Today

44 minutes today, against 25.5 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 51

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 36, 15, 22, 21, 14, 27, 21, 33, 31, 51POR vs GSW · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Dec 20, 2004: 51 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Career high51 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 56, 17, 26, 17, 30, 24, 31, 14, 28, 37SAC vs DEN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 23, 28, 39, 24, 27, 19, 23, 34NOP vs PHI · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 33, 27, 21, 26, 17, 16, 20, 33BKN vs NYK · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 44, 27, 33, 28, 37, 40, 32, 23, 31OKC vs IND · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 39, 37, 14, 23, 13, 51, 26, 35, 26, 31GSW @ POR · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Gorgui DiengMIN+6.7 16.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Archie GoodwinPHX+5.9 15.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.7 17.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+5.6 19.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.6 6.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
O.J. MayoMIL−4.6 3.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season