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Wednesday, February 14, 2018Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIA by 23 at halftime and won 104–102.

Final
ATL98
DET104
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +6
Final
CHA104
ORL102
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +2
Final
MIA102
PHI104
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI -23; Q3 PHI -8; Q4 PHI +2
Final
IND108
BKN103
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +5
Final
WAS118
NYK113
Q1 WAS -13; Q2 WAS -21; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +5
Final
LAC129
BOS119
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +10
Final
TOR122
CHI98
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +24
Final
SAC91
HOU100
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +9
Final
OKC121
MEM114
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +7
Final
LAL117
NOP139
Q1 NOP +13; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +12; Q4 NOP +22
Final
PHX97
UTA107
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +10
Final
GSW117
POR123
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +6
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 · 2016–17Feb 14, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: Andrew Wiggins (MIN vs CLE), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ PHI

Philadelphia erases 23-point lead, steals one from Miami

Miami led 62–39 at halftime. Philadelphia won the second half 65–40 to take it 104–102. Dario Saric led Philadelphia with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-23-8+2PHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA29331921102
PHI20193431104
Who led
Dario SaricPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 12, 17, 16, 20, 24, 10, 24, 19PHI19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 24, 20, 10, 15, 10, 14, 13, 18PHI18 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 8, 5, 18, 6, 9, 9, 16, 22MIA22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 18, 10, 33, 13, 30, 6, 28, 18MIA18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
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
12.3Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg5.5Last 3

5.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 50 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg35.7Today

36 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two comebacks from 15 or more down

Winners erased deficits of 15 or more points at a quarter break two times in 12 games.

CHA over ORL2PHI over MIA2IND over BKN5WAS over NYK5DET over ATL6POR over GSW6OKC over MEM7HOU over SAC9LAC over BOS10UTA over PHX10NOP over LAL22TOR over CHI24Final margin, points. Pink = winner came back from 15+ down at a break.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 50

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 17, 33, 31, 33, 24, 10, 17, 50GSW @ POR · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Apr 23, 2019: 50 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Season high50 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 13, 32, 21, 20, 18, 50, 39, 44POR vs GSW · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nick Van Exel DEN, Apr 15, 2000: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
44 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 23, 43, 38, 15, 14, 44, 38, 42NOP vs LAL · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Dec 16, 2023: 42 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 15, 4, 6, 9, 8, 9, 17, 9, 37NYK vs WAS · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 41, 18, 21, 27, 18, 21, 30, 18, 7, 36WAS @ NYK · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 40, 33, 20, 37, 27, 17, 28, 21, 18, 33BOS vs LAC · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 8 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
Paul GeorgeOKC+7.1 29.6 last 10 · 22.5 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.4 16.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+5.3 14.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.3 16.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Reggie BullockDET+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Eric GordonHOU−6.2 12.3 last 10 · 18.5 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.2 19.5 last 10 · 23.7 season