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Wednesday, February 27, 2019Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIN by 9 after three quarters and won 131–123.

Final
HOU118
CHA113
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +5
Final · OT
MIN123
ATL131
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL -9; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +8
Final
WAS125
BKN116
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +9
Final
GSW125
MIA126
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +1
Final
POR97
BOS92
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +5
Final
CHI109
MEM107
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +2
Final
IND101
DAL110
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +9
Final
DET93
SAS105
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +12
Final
LAC105
UTA111
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +6
Final · OT
MIL141
SAC140
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +1
Final
NOP119
LAL125
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +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 27, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs BKN), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ ATL

Trae Young scores 36, Atlanta rallies past Minnesota

Atlanta trailed by 9 after three and won 131–123. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 37 for Minnesota in the loss.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-8-90+8ATL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN402827235123
ATL3327263213131
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 20, 13, 22, 16, 30, 23, 36, 36ATL36 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 21, 15, 22, 8, 19, 19, 20, 34ATL34 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 31, 26, 27, 32, 24, 25, 34, 37MIN37 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 12, 10, 12, 23, 23, 17, 18, 8, 21MIN21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

MIA over GSW1MIL over SAC1CHI over MEM2HOU over CHA5POR over BOS5UTA over LAC6LAL over NOP6ATL over MIN8WAS over BKN9DAL over IND9SAS over DET12Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.5Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.5 in 61 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 37

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 31, 26, 27, 32, 24, 25, 34, 37MIN @ ATL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 20, 13, 22, 16, 30, 23, 36, 36ATL vs MIN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 25, 29, 22, 9, 18, 20, 26, 36GSW @ MIA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 13, 31, 12, 21, 15, 33, 15, 24, 19, 35NOP @ LAL · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 30, 37, 34, 10, 27, 32, 23, 35CHA vs HOU · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 21, 15, 22, 8, 19, 19, 20, 34ATL vs MIN · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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
Lauri MarkkanenCHI+6.6 26.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.4 35.0 last 10 · 28.6 season
Pascal SiakamTOR+5.7 22.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+5.7 17.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cedi OsmanCLE+5.5 18.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Caris LeVertBKN−5.9 9.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP−5.4 22.1 last 10 · 27.5 season
Josh HartLAL−5.3 2.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.1 1.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.8 23.5 last 10 · 28.3 season