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Thursday, August 13, 2020Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 136–122.

Final
WAS96
BOS90
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +6
Final
SAC136
LAL122
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +14
Final
MIL106
MEM119
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +13
Final
DAL102
PHX128
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +25; Q4 PHX +26
Final
SAS112
UTA118
Q1 UTA +17; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +6
Final
POR134
BKN133
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +1
Final
NOP127
ORL133
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +6
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 · SAC @ LAL

Sacramento fights back from 10 down against Lakers

Final: 136–122, after trailing by 10 after one. Buddy Hield led Sacramento with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-10+10+23+14SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC30364129136
LAL40162838122
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 6, 12, 21, 3, 17, 16, 11, 28SAC28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 9, 24, 12, 3, 35, 27, 13, 16, 27SAC27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 14, 3, 11, 11, 12, 7, 14, 8, 12, 19LAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 29, 16, 20, 22, 19, 31, 29, 17LAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.8Season avg44.2Last 5

44.2 points a game over his last five games, against 29.8 in 65 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 69 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Dallas by 26, the widest margin of 7 games.

POR over BKN1WAS over BOS6UTA over SAS6ORL over NOP6MEM over MIL13SAC over LAL14PHX over DAL26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 42

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: 12, 25, 29, 30, 21, 45, 22, 51, 61, 42POR @ BKN · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steve Nash PHX, Dec 22, 2006: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
42 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 23, 22, 17, 34, 13, 22, 27, 37BKN vs POR · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Frank JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 0, 11, 0, 8, 13, 5, 18, 31NOP @ ORL · L
6.3 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 15, 16, 15, 23, 22, 25, 14, 31MEM vs MIL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 3, 9, 29NOP @ ORL · L
5.7 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 6, 12, 21, 3, 17, 16, 11, 28SAC @ LAL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
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
Bradley BealWAS+7.0 37.5 last 10 · 30.5 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+6.9 18.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−6.8 9.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Kemba WalkerBOS−6.0 14.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Jabari ParkerSAC−5.0 9.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Markieff MorrisLAL−5.0 4.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.9 13.3 last 10 · 18.2 season