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Friday, February 21, 2020Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 9 after the first quarter and won 113–108.

Final
DAL122
ORL106
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +16
Final
CLE113
WAS108
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +5
Final
IND106
NYK98
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +8
Final
PHX101
TOR118
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +24; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +17
Final
BOS127
MIN117
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final
DEN101
OKC113
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +12
Final
SAS113
UTA104
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +9
Final
MEM105
LAL117
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
Final
NOP128
POR115
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +19; Q4 NOP +13
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 · 2018–19Feb 21, 2019: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ WAS

Cleveland rallies from 9 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 9 after one, Cleveland outscored the Wizards 81–67 the rest of the way. Final: 113–108. Collin Sexton led Cleveland with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-5-6+5CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE32292032113
WAS41252121108
Who led
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 24, 23, 23, 29, 23, 13, 23, 25CLE25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Cedi OsmanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 9, 8, 10, 15, 11, 7, 3, 16CLE16 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 47, 34, 34, 43, 29, 26, 30, 30, 26WAS26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Rui HachimuraPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 10, 7, 11, 17, 12, 20, 8, 17WAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Toronto by 17.

CLE over WAS5IND over NYK8SAS over UTA9BOS over MIN10OKC over DEN12LAL over MEM12NOP over POR13DAL over ORL16TOR over PHX17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Pascal Siakam 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.
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 30, 17, 25, 15, 20, 34, 16, 37TOR vs PHX · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 35, 36, 27, 25, 29, 21, 33, 33DAL @ ORL · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 15, 39, 29, 30, 23, 19, 22, 32DEN @ OKC · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 22, 15, 36, 18, 22, 17, 32, 32LAL vs MEM · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 25, 4, 24, 23, 13, 20, 21, 29BOS @ MIN · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 9, 20, 12, 22, 22, 31, 14, 29OKC vs DEN · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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
Malik MonkCHA+7.6 17.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+6.5 33.5 last 10 · 27.0 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.2 34.7 last 10 · 29.5 season
Miles BridgesCHA+5.0 18.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
James HardenHOU−6.2 29.0 last 10 · 35.2 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.4 17.3 last 10 · 21.7 season
Aron BaynesPHX−4.2 7.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jeff TeagueATL−3.8 7.5 last 10 · 11.3 season