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Monday, February 22, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed IND by 10 after the first quarter and won 101–93.

Final
DET96
CLE88
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +8
Final · OT
IND93
MIA101
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +8
Final
TOR122
NYK95
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +27
Final
GSW102
ATL92
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +10
Final
LAL101
MIL108
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +7
Final
BOS122
MIN124
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +2
Final
PHX84
LAC124
Q1 LAC +19; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +29; Q4 LAC +40
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 22, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW @ IND), 39 points.
The lead · IND @ MIA

Miami flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Indiana led 44–41 at the break. Tied 88–88 after regulation, Miami won the extra time 13–5. Final: 101–93. Goran Dragic led Miami with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-3+10+8MIA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND25192519593
MIA1526291813101
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 14, 7, 12, 17, 10, 17, 24, 24MIA24 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 23, 2, 10, 10, 10, 14, 25, 19MIA19 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 17, 31, 30, 21, 22, 22, 20, 31IND31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 9, 12, 16, 14, 10, 16, 12, 16IND16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Clippers by 40.

MIN over BOS2MIL over LAL7DET over CLE8MIA over IND8GSW over ATL10TOR over NYK27LAC over PHX40Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 48 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg13.2Last 3

13.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg37.6Today

38 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 13, 51, 26, 35, 26, 31, 23, 36GSW @ ATL · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 17, 31, 30, 21, 22, 22, 20, 31IND @ MIA · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 26, 19, 29, 32, 35, 19, 2, 30CLE vs DET · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 14, 17, 26, 19, 35, 11, 24, 28MIN vs BOS · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 7, 28, 17, 19, 14, 14, 17, 18, 19, 27MIL vs LAL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Apr 13, 1997: 27 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 12, 3, 6, 18, 19, 17, 13, 27BOS @ MIN · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Jeff GreenLAC+6.0 18.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.6 27.2 last 10 · 21.6 season
Luol DengMIA+5.6 16.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+5.5 18.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.4 22.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Trey BurkeUTA−5.1 6.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
O.J. MayoMIL−3.3 5.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Luis ScolaTOR−3.2 5.9 last 10 · 9.1 season