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Saturday, February 27, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 9 after the first quarter and won 110–107.

Final · OT
CLE112
PHI109
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +3
Final
MIN112
WAS128
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +16
Final
IND107
NYK110
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +3
Final
DEN126
OKC96
Q1 DEN +18; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +30
Final
UTA124
ORL109
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +15
Final
NOP114
SAS117
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DAL115
BKN98
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +17
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 27, 2020: 4 games. Top scorer: Tobias Harris (PHI vs NYK), 34 points.
The lead · IND @ NYK

New York climbs out of a 9-point hole against Indiana

Down 9 after one, the Knicks won the second quarter 31–20 and the game 110–107. Julius Randle led New York with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+2+3+3NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND32202629107
NYK23312729110
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 24, 22, 44, 25, 25, 25, 21, 28NYK28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 8, 7, 21, 15, 21, 4, 12, 24NYK24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Doug McDermottPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 18, 12, 9, 26, 8, 15, 6, 20IND20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
T.J. McConnellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 13, 7, 6, 19, 6, 9, 6, 17IND17 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 30.

CLE over PHI3NYK over IND3SAS over NOP3UTA over ORL15WAS over MIN16DAL over BKN17DEN over OKC30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid 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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 35, 35, 31, 50, 25, 18, 23, 42PHI vs CLE · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant SEA, Apr 16, 2008: 42 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 35, 37, 25, 37, 33, 28, 33, 34WAS vs MIN · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 42, 14, 16, 30, 37, 20, 28, 34ORL vs UTA · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 5, 14, 30, 30, 21, 12, 23, 8, 32SAS vs NOP · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 26, 24, 24, 35, 23, 13, 30, 31UTA @ ORL · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 19, 29, 38, 23, 37, 29, 20, 29BKN vs DAL · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 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
Jamal MurrayDEN+6.3 27.9 last 10 · 21.6 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+5.7 18.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
LaMelo BallCHA+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.0 21.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Saddiq BeyDET+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−4.5 5.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
RJ BarrettNYK−3.5 12.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.4 21.6 last 10 · 25.0 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−3.2 18.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jayson TatumBOS−3.1 21.9 last 10 · 25.0 season