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Wednesday, February 13, 2019Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 11 after the first quarter and won 120–118.

Final · 3OT
BKN148
CLE139
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN -3; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN 0; OT2 BKN 0; OT3 BKN +9
Final
MIL106
IND97
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +9
Final
DET110
BOS118
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +8
Final
PHI126
NYK111
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +15
Final
WAS120
TOR129
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +9
Final
MEM110
CHI122
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +12
Final
HOU111
MIN121
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +10
Final
MIA112
DAL101
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +11
Final
SAC118
DEN120
Q1 DEN -11; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +2
Final
PHX107
LAC134
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +27
Final
GSW107
POR129
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +22
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 13, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ OKC), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Denver turns it around against Sacramento

From 11 down after one to a 2-point win: 120–118. Paul Millsap led Denver with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-11-11+2+2DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC41282227118
DEN30283527120
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 20, 4, 4, 13, 10, 0, 9, 25DEN25 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 22, 35, 22, 16, 17, 12, 23, 21DEN21 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 16, 18, 34, 18, 20, 23, 18, 25SAC25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 19, 27, 17, 10, 12, 9, 19SAC19 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Clippers post the night's biggest win

Clippers beat Phoenix by 27, the widest margin of 11 games.

DEN over SAC2BOS over DET8BKN over CLE9MIL over IND9TOR over WAS9MIN over HOU10MIA over DAL11CHI over MEM12PHI over NYK15POR over GSW22LAC over PHX27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 49 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

Pascal Siakam leads the day with 44

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.
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 14, 28, 15, 16, 33, 10, 17, 44TOR vs WAS · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +28.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Quentin Richardson LAC, Dec 31, 2003: 44 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Career high44 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 18, 28, 19, 7, 24, 18, 15, 42CLE vs BKN · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +25.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Jan 11, 2013: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Career high42 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 35, 40, 37, 30, 43, 44, 36, 42, 31, 42HOU @ MIN · L
36.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James LAL, Dec 5, 2018: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 10, 13, 11, 3, 18, 13, 18, 17, 18, 37CHI vs MEM · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 30, 25, 23, 18, 27, 23, 28, 36BKN @ CLE · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 21, 19, 37, 30, 43, 29, 29, 33MIL @ IND · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Jan 26, 2019: 32 PTS · 18 REB · 10 AST
33 PTS · 19 REB · 11 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+8.3 37.0 last 10 · 28.7 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+8.0 20.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kenneth FariedHOU+6.2 16.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.9 17.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Pascal SiakamTOR+5.4 21.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Cold
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.3 2.0 last 10 · 7.3 season
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.2 3.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
LeBron JamesLAL−4.2 22.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Josh HartLAL−3.7 4.8 last 10 · 8.5 season