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Monday, February 15, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 134–123.

Final · OT
CHI120
IND112
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +8
Final
HOU119
WAS131
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +12
Final
ATL112
NYK123
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +11
Final
PHI123
UTA134
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +11
Final
CLE98
GSW129
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +31
Final
MIA118
LAC125
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +7
Final
BKN136
SAC125
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +11
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 · PHI @ UTA

Jordan Clarkson scores 40 as Utah beats Philadelphia

Utah won 134–123. Jordan Clarkson: 40 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assist. Ben Simmons scored 42 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+6+12+11UTA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI42242829123
UTA35373428134
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 12, 23, 15, 17, 13, 25, 11, 40UTA40 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 32, 18, 30, 27, 36, 26, 26, 24UTA24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 11, 21, 15, 16, 14, 23, 18, 42PHI42 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 27, 26, 12, 21, 22, 17, 18, 36PHI36 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Cleveland by 31, the widest margin of 7 games.

LAC over MIA7CHI over IND8NYK over ATL11UTA over PHI11BKN over SAC11WAS over HOU12GSW over CLE31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg27.0Last 3

27.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 44

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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 23, 27, 22, 26, 12, 24, 22, 44NYK vs ATL · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic LAL, Mar 6, 2026: 44 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Season high44 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 11, 21, 15, 16, 14, 23, 18, 42PHI @ UTA · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, May 15, 2018: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Career high42 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 25, 26, 39, 15, 27, 35, 23, 40BKN @ SAC · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Apr 5, 1998: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 12, 23, 15, 17, 13, 25, 11, 40UTA vs PHI · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Jan 13, 1998: 40 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Season high40 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 37, 32, 7, 31, 35, 24, 35, 37WAS vs HOU · W
33.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 27, 26, 12, 21, 22, 17, 18, 36PHI @ UTA · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 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
LaMelo BallCHA+6.4 21.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Norman PowellTOR+6.0 22.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Bojan BogdanovicUTA+4.8 20.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.8 17.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gary Trent Jr.POR+4.6 19.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Shake MiltonPHI−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Seth CurryPHI−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.0 30.1 last 10 · 33.1 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−3.0 19.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL−2.9 5.6 last 10 · 8.5 season