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Tuesday, February 16, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed PHX by 21 at halftime and won 128–124.

Final
DEN99
BOS112
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +13
Final
NOP144
MEM113
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +5; Q3 NOP +20; Q4 NOP +31
Final
TOR124
MIL113
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +11
Final
LAL112
MIN104
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +8
Final
POR115
OKC104
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +11
Final
BKN128
PHX124
Q1 BKN -11; Q2 BKN -21; Q3 BKN -12; Q4 BKN +4
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 · BKN @ PHX

James Harden scores 38 as Brooklyn wins in Phoenix

Final: 128–124. James Harden made 14 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-21-12+4BKN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN22323440128
PHX33422524124
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 23, 17, 26, 24, 19, 19, 29, 38BKN38 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Joe HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 13, 19, 14, 6, 17, 15, 10, 22BKN22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 34, 10, 20, 15, 28, 18, 12, 29PHX29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 25, 23, 18, 36, 30, 36, 27, 22PHX22 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: New Orleans by 31.

BKN over PHX4LAL over MIN8TOR over MIL11POR over OKC11BOS over DEN13NOP over MEM31Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 43

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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 47, 13, 50, 35, 12, 22, 23, 43DEN @ BOS · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Nov 24, 2004: 43 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
43 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 23, 17, 26, 24, 19, 19, 29, 38BKN @ PHX · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 21, 33, 24, 30, 47, 29, 24, 34MIL vs TOR · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 54, 11, 25, 32, 14, 5, 22, 33TOR @ MIL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 44, 19, 32, 29, 36, 30, 20, 34, 31POR @ OKC · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 28, 18, 29, 20, 29, 36, 26, 31NOP @ MEM · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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+5.3 21.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Bojan BogdanovicUTA+4.8 20.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.8 17.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW+4.4 34.5 last 10 · 30.1 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
Malcolm BrogdonIND−2.9 18.3 last 10 · 21.2 season