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Thursday, February 25, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed POR by 15 at halftime and won 119–105.

Final
GSW130
ORL114
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +16
Final
MIL107
BOS112
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +5
Final
OKC119
NOP123
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP -3; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +4
Final
BKN116
PHX106
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +21; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +10
Final
HOU119
POR105
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -15; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU +14
Final
SAS96
UTA78
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +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 25, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Wesley Matthews (POR vs SAS), 31 points.
The lead · HOU @ POR

James Harden drops 46 in 15-point comeback win over Portland

Portland led by 15 at the half. Final: 119–105.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-6-15-7+14HOU AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU28213733119
POR34302912105
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37, 34, 27, 42, 46HOU46 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 20, 5, 17, 16, 28, 15, 13, 19HOU19 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 27, 21, 33, 31, 51, 30, 34, 23POR23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 21, 16, 21, 14, 21, 31, 34, 20POR20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ UTA

San Antonio makes it four straight

San Antonio beat Utah 96–78 and moved to 49–9. Kawhi Leonard led San Antonio with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
Wvs NOP110–97W@ DAL116–90Wvs LAL106–102W@ MIA119–101W@ ORL98–96L@ LAC86–105W@ LAL119–113W@ PHX118–111W@ SAC108–92W@ UTA96–78SAS: last 10 games through Feb 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg9.9Last 3

9.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 50 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg37.9Today

38 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 51, 26, 35, 26, 31, 23, 36, 42, 51GSW @ ORL · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 6, 2000: 51 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
51 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37, 34, 27, 42, 46HOU @ POR · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Manu Ginobili SAS, Feb 13, 2008: 46 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
46 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 24, 27, 29, 23, 23, 20, 24, 44OKC @ NOP · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 11, 1997: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
44 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 37, 40, 32, 23, 31, 26, 24, 32OKC @ NOP · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 15, 15, 17, 14, 25, 14, 13, 30PHX vs BKN · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 39, 24, 27, 19, 23, 34, 59, 9, 30NOP vs OKC · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.3 20.8 last 10 · 15.5 season
Gorgui DiengMIN+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−4.3 7.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Jeremy LambCHA−4.1 6.1 last 10 · 10.2 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.3 6.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Luis ScolaTOR−3.3 5.8 last 10 · 9.1 season