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Saturday, February 29, 2020Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed PHX by 13 after the first quarter and won 115–99.

Final
CHI115
NYK125
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +10
Final
POR117
ATL129
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +12
Final
BKN113
MIA116
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +3
Final
IND113
CLE104
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +9
Final
LAL88
MEM105
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +20; Q4 MEM +17
Final · OT
HOU111
BOS110
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -11; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +1
Final
ORL113
SAS114
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +1
Final
GSW115
PHX99
Q1 GSW -13; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +16
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 · GSW @ PHX

Golden State climbs out of a 13-point hole against Phoenix

Down 13 after one, the Warriors won the second quarter 33–24 and the game 115–99. Eric Paschall led Golden State with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-4+11+16GSW AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW28333123115
PHX4124161899
Who led
Eric PaschallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 6, 9, 12, 12, 13, 12, 23, 25GSW25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Damion LeePoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 8, 26, 10, 13, 22, 14, 15, 20GSW20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 10, 27, 21, 29, 24, 14, 26, 21PHX21 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 12, 28, 17, 28, 16, 25, 20, 20PHX20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Memphis by 17.

HOU over BOS1SAS over ORL1MIA over BKN3IND over CLE9NYK over CHI10ATL over POR12GSW over PHX16MEM over LAL17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 59 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 38 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 41

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 39, 32, 22, 41, 39, 36, 21, 34, 33, 41HOU @ BOS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rudy Gay SAC, Jan 21, 2014: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 13, 20, 23, 27, 41, 28, 28, 35POR @ ATL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 26, 15, 39, 28, 41, 36, 33, 32BOS vs HOU · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 5, 22, 19, 35, 27, 7, 19, 15, 30IND @ CLE · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 27, 20, 19, 17, 16, 12, 20, 27MEM vs LAL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 25, 31, 19, 14, 12, 6, 13, 27CLE vs IND · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 4 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+9.4 19.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jayson TatumBOS+8.0 31.5 last 10 · 23.5 season
Kristaps PorzingisDAL+7.4 26.2 last 10 · 18.8 season
Coby WhiteCHI+6.8 19.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Seth CurryDAL+6.4 18.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
Aron BaynesPHX−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jordan McRaeDEN−5.0 6.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Josh RichardsonPHI−4.8 9.2 last 10 · 14.0 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.8 16.3 last 10 · 21.1 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season