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Friday, February 8, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 122–117.

Final
NYK103
DET120
Q1 DET +19; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +17
Final
DEN110
PHI117
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +7
Final
CLE106
WAS119
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +13
Final
CHI125
BKN106
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +19
Final
MIL122
DAL107
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +15
Final
GSW117
PHX107
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +10
Final
MIN117
NOP122
Q1 NOP -13; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +5
Final
MIA96
SAC102
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC -8; Q4 SAC +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 · 2017–18Feb 8, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: Kemba Walker (CHA @ POR), 40 points.
The lead · MIN @ NOP

Anthony Davis scores 32 in New Orleans win over Minnesota

Final: 122–117. Anthony Davis added 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-130+2+5NOP AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN35272629117
NOP22402832122
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 20, 36, 38, 30, 46, 30, 27, 32NOP32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 22, 29, 19, 22, 15, 19, 18, 27NOP27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 27, 33, 22, 16, 31, 26, 27, 32MIN32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 23, 21, 35, 12, 10, 12, 23, 23MIN23 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 56 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg8.6Last 3

8.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · MIA @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from 11 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 11 after one, Sacramento outscored the Heat 85–68 the rest of the way. Final: 102–96. Buddy Hield led Sacramento with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs MIA
Buddy Hield · SACJosh Richardson · MIAPTS2321REB72AST14Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

JJ Redick leads the day with 34

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.
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 20, 22, 16, 19, 22, 13, 15, 34PHI vs DEN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 20, 36, 38, 30, 46, 30, 27, 32NOP vs MIN · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 27, 33, 22, 16, 31, 26, 27, 32MIN @ NOP · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 13, 21, 18, 14, 30, 30, 31CHI @ BKN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Dennis Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 2, 11, 17, 19, 13, 13, 8, 25, 31NYK @ DET · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 15, 9, 18, 9, 12, 26, 33, 30WAS vs CLE · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +15.9 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
Josh JacksonPHX+7.6 18.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.0 34.0 last 10 · 28.0 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jeff GreenWAS+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Terrance FergusonOKC+4.9 11.5 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.9 2.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.4 2.0 last 10 · 7.4 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−4.5 14.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Kevin DurantGSW−3.9 23.4 last 10 · 27.3 season