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Tuesday, February 23, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 4 after three quarters and won 117–114.

Final
ORL124
PHI115
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +9
Final
NOP89
WAS109
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +20; Q4 WAS +20
Final
SAC114
DEN110
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +4
Final · OT
HOU114
UTA117
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
BKN104
POR112
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +8
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 23, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs MIN), 31 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Utah needs overtime to survive Houston

Tied 106–106 after regulation. Utah won the final period 11–8 for a 117–114 win. Gordon Hayward led Utah with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. James Harden scored 42 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+11+5-40+3UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU232832238114
UTA3422232711117
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 18, 22, 20, 21, 19, 22, 21, 28UTA28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 11, 11, 16, 29, 11, 23, 22, 19UTA19 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37, 34, 27, 42HOU42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 17, 9, 22, 5, 19, 8, 25, 18HOU18 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAC @ DEN

Sacramento never trails at a break against Denver

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 114–110. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 39 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over HOU3SAC over DEN4POR over BKN8ORL over PHI9WAS over NOP20Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.0Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg7.9Last 3

7.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 49 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg31.8Today

32 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37, 34, 27, 42HOU @ UTA · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 28, 2002: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 17, 30, 24, 31, 14, 28, 37, 39SAC @ DEN · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 21, 26, 17, 16, 20, 33, 16, 36BKN @ POR · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 16, 13, 22, 28, 20, 21, 19, 35ORL @ PHI · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 30, 21, 16, 21, 14, 21, 31, 34POR vs BKN · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 14, 27, 21, 33, 31, 51, 30, 34POR vs BKN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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−4.9 6.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Ryan AndersonNOP−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
O.J. MayoMIL−3.3 5.3 last 10 · 8.6 season