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Monday, February 24, 2020Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIA by 19 after three quarters and won 125–119.

Final · OT
MIA119
CLE125
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE -12; Q3 CLE -19; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +6
Final
ATL112
PHI129
Q1 PHI +17; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +17
Final · OT
MIL137
WAS134
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +3
Final
ORL115
BKN113
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -13; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL +2
Final
NYK112
HOU123
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +11
Final
MIN123
DAL139
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +16
Final
PHX131
UTA111
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +20
Final
MEM97
LAC124
Q1 LAC +26; Q2 LAC +29; Q3 LAC +24; Q4 LAC +27
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 24, 2019: 3 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (SAS @ NYK), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ CLE

Kevin Porter Jr. drops 30 in 19-point comeback win over Miami

Miami led by 19 after three. Final: 125–119.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-12-190+6CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA293931128119
CLE2135243114125
Who led
Kevin Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 21, 13, 19, 12, 13, 17, 18, 3, 2, 30CLE30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 12, 23, 14, 33, 20, 10, 9, 17CLE17 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 22, 26, 13, 13, 9, 28, 15, 22MIA22 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 13, 14, 27, 15, 13, 19, 16, 22MIA22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

ORL over BKN2MIL over WAS3CLE over MIA6HOU over NYK11DAL over MIN16PHI over ATL17PHX over UTA20LAC over MEM27Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 52 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 55

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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 43, 29, 26, 30, 30, 26, 53, 55WAS vs MIL · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 6, 2001: 54 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Career high55 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 29, 19, 10, 28, 26, 39, 17, 49PHI vs ATL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +25.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: DeMar DeRozan CHI, Mar 17, 2023: 49 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Career high49 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 20, 20, 21, 28, 17, 28, 25, 40MIL @ WAS · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 4, 25, 18, 16, 24, 23, 26, 12, 31, 38UTA vs PHX · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 35, 40, 40, 14, 32, 28, 42, 29, 38, 37HOU vs NYK · W
35.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kevin Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 21, 13, 19, 12, 13, 17, 18, 3, 2, 30CLE vs MIA · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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 BeasleyMIN+8.3 18.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+6.9 34.1 last 10 · 27.2 season
Miles BridgesCHA+6.0 19.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Bradley BealWAS+5.9 36.0 last 10 · 30.1 season
Malik MonkCHA+5.9 16.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Josh RichardsonPHI−5.0 9.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Aron BaynesPHX−5.0 6.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Devonte' GrahamCHA−4.7 12.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.5 16.8 last 10 · 21.3 season