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Thursday, February 20, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BKN by 10 at halftime and won 112–104.

Final
MIL126
DET106
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +29; Q3 MIL +27; Q4 MIL +20
Final
MIA124
ATL129
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -7; Q4 ATL +5
Final
CHA103
CHI93
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +10
Final · OT
BKN104
PHI112
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +8
Final
MEM125
SAC129
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +4
Final
HOU135
GSW105
Q1 HOU +21; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +32; Q4 HOU +30
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · BKN @ PHI

Joel Embiid scores 39, Philadelphia rallies past Brooklyn

Philadelphia trailed by 10 at the half and won 112–104.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+6-10-10+8PHI AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BKN203226251104
PHI261635269112
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 21, 11, 29, 19, 10, 28, 26, 39PHI39 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 21, 10, 6, 25, 21, 14, 17, 22PHI22 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 3, 6, 29, 23, 37, 11, 20, 25BKN25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 20, 26, 14, 8, 21, 21, 17, 22BKN22 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
9.9Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Golden State by 30, the widest margin of 6 games.

SAC over MEM4ATL over MIA5PHI over BKN8CHA over CHI10MIL over DET20HOU over GSW30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Trae Young 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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 45, 18, 39, 12, 34, 38, 48, 29, 27, 50ATL vs MIA · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson DEN, Dec 5, 2007: 51 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Career high50 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 21, 11, 29, 19, 10, 28, 26, 39PHI vs BKN · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 28, 30, 31, 30, 34, 36, 18, 33MIL @ DET · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 6, 2, 14, 9, 25, 23, 6, 32SAC vs MEM · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 35, 40, 40, 14, 32, 28, 42, 29HOU @ GSW · W
35.2 PPG season to date · −6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 4, 18, 22, 26, 13, 13, 9, 28MIA @ ATL · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 7 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
Malik MonkCHA+7.6 17.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+6.5 33.5 last 10 · 27.0 season
Bradley BealWAS+5.8 34.9 last 10 · 29.1 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.2 34.7 last 10 · 29.5 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE+5.1 14.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
James HardenHOU−6.2 29.0 last 10 · 35.2 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.4 17.3 last 10 · 21.7 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Ricky RubioPHX−3.9 8.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jeff TeagueATL−3.8 7.5 last 10 · 11.3 season