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Wednesday, February 24, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIA by 9 after the first quarter and won 118–112.

Final
CHA103
CLE114
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +11
Final
NYK105
IND108
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +3
Final
PHI91
DET111
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +20
Final
GSW118
MIA112
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +6
Final
MIN105
TOR114
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +9
Final
WAS104
CHI109
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +5
Final
LAL119
MEM128
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +9
Final
OKC116
DAL103
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +13
Final
DEN87
LAC81
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +6
Final
SAS108
SAC92
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +16
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 24, 2015: 4 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ WAS), 32 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIA

Stephen Curry scores 42 as Golden State beats Miami

Golden State won 118–112. Stephen Curry: 42 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-4-3+6GSW AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW21302938118
MIA30252829112
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 51, 26, 35, 26, 31, 23, 36, 42GSW42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 24, 18, 13, 24, 23, 32, 27, 33GSW33 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 17, 16, 18, 22, 17, 20, 16, 32MIA32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 2, 10, 10, 10, 14, 25, 19, 21MIA21 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ CHI

Chicago beats Washington, 109–104

Chicago led 89–79 after three and won by 5. Taj Gibson led Chicago with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over NYK3CHI over WAS5GSW over MIA6DEN over LAC6TOR over MIN9MEM over LAL9CLE over CHA11OKC over DAL13SAS over SAC16DET over PHI20Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 49 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 49 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg26.3Today

26 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 51, 26, 35, 26, 31, 23, 36, 42GSW @ MIA · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kyrie Irving DAL, Jan 15, 2024: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
42 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 18, 28, 10, 18, 17, 11, 18, 33DAL vs OKC · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 24, 18, 13, 24, 23, 32, 27, 33GSW @ MIA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 17, 16, 18, 22, 17, 20, 16, 32MIA vs GSW · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 22, 29, 17, 35, 22, 21, 22, 31TOR vs MIN · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 18, 21, 10, 22, 20, 20, 15, 28LAL @ MEM · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 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
Jamal CrawfordLAC+5.7 19.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Luol DengMIA+5.5 16.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.3 22.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Gorgui DiengMIN+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Kyrie IrvingCLE+5.1 24.0 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−4.9 6.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jeremy LambCHA−4.1 6.1 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ryan AndersonNOP−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.3 6.4 last 10 · 9.7 season