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Tuesday, February 23, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed NYK by 4 at halftime and won 114–106.

Final
ATL111
CLE112
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +1
Final
DET105
ORL93
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +12
Final
SAC118
BKN127
Q1 BKN +14; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN +9
Final
BOS107
DAL110
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
GSW114
NYK106
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +8
Final
PHI109
TOR102
Q1 PHI +19; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +7
Final
MIN112
MIL139
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +24; Q4 MIL +27
Final
POR106
DEN111
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +5
Final
WAS116
LAC135
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +19
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2019–20Feb 23, 2020: 7 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS @ CHI), 53 points.
The lead · GSW @ NYK

Stephen Curry scores 37 as Golden State wins in New York

Final: 114–106. Stephen Curry made 9 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-4+9+8GSW AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW36193920114
NYK31282621106
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 57, 32, 32, 40, 27, 36, 25, 29, 37GSW37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 24, 12, 17, 17, 14, 23, 26, 25, 19GSW19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 26, 12, 24, 22, 44, 25, 25, 25NYK25 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 7, 18, 12, 15, 12, 13, 11, 20NYK20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Milwaukee by 27.

CLE over ATL1DAL over BOS3DEN over POR5PHI over TOR7GSW over NYK8BKN over SAC9DET over ORL12LAC over WAS19MIL over MIN27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.9Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.9 in 28 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic 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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 50, 35, 12, 22, 23, 43, 33, 16, 15, 41DEN vs POR · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 9, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 47, 29, 24, 34, 23, 29, 38, 37MIL vs MIN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 57, 32, 32, 40, 27, 36, 25, 29, 37GSW @ NYK · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 24, 28, 20, 36, 33, 29, 29, 32LAC vs WAS · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 27, 42, 26, 28, 46, 44, 21, 31DAL vs BOS · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 11, 26, 17, 26, 36, 15, 34, 30LAC vs WAS · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Lou WilliamsLAC+6.5 18.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
LaMelo BallCHA+4.9 19.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.7 22.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+4.6 20.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Saddiq BeyDET+4.4 13.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−3.9 6.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.5 29.2 last 10 · 32.7 season
RJ BarrettNYK−3.5 12.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Alec BurksNYK−3.1 7.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season