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Sunday, August 9, 2020Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 129–112.

Final
WAS103
OKC121
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +18
Final
MEM99
TOR108
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +9
Final
SAS122
NOP113
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +9
Final · OT
ORL119
BOS122
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +3
Final
PHI121
POR124
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +3
Final
HOU129
SAC112
Q1 HOU -13; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +17
Final
BKN129
LAC120
Q1 BKN +21; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +9
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 · HOU @ SAC

Austin Rivers scores 41 as Houston beats Sacramento

Houston won 129–112. Austin Rivers: 41 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+5+22+17HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU23383236129
SAC36201541112
Who led
Austin RiversPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 7, 5, 11, 10, 5, 5, 11, 41HOU41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 30, 23, 37, 49, 24, 23, 39, 32HOU32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 14, 28, 39, 13, 28, 30, 21, 26SAC26 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 22, 11, 6, 12, 21, 3, 17, 16SAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.7Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 35 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · MEM @ TOR

Toronto handles Memphis by 9

The Raptors won the second quarter 40–29. Final: 108–99. Pascal Siakam led Toronto with 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over ORL3POR over PHI3TOR over MEM9SAS over NOP9BKN over LAC9HOU over SAC17OKC over WAS18Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over MEM.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 51

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 12, 25, 29, 30, 21, 45, 22, 51POR vs PHI · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Donovan Mitchell UTA, Aug 23, 2020: 51 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
51 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Austin RiversPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 7, 5, 11, 10, 5, 5, 11, 41HOU @ SAC · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +32.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Career high41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 25, 27, 23, 28, 24, 27, 29, 39LAC vs BKN · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 11, 9, 8, 4, 19, 15, 5, 34PHI @ POR · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 30, 23, 37, 49, 24, 23, 39, 32HOU @ SAC · W
34.3 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 24, 27, 17, 22, 15, 18, 9, 31BOS vs ORL · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 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
Coby WhiteCHI+11.5 24.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Christian WoodDET+11.1 24.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+8.5 19.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
T.J. WarrenIND+8.4 28.3 last 10 · 19.9 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+7.4 18.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−6.8 10.0 last 10 · 16.8 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−6.6 11.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Kemba WalkerBOS−6.1 14.4 last 10 · 20.5 season
Jabari ParkerSAC−5.8 8.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Markieff MorrisLAL−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season