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Monday, April 19, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MEM by 8 after the first quarter and won 139–137.

Final
CLE105
DET109
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +4
Final
CHI102
BOS96
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +6
Final
GSW107
PHI96
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +11
Final
SAS109
IND94
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +15
Final
HOU91
MIA113
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +22
Final · OT
PHX128
MIL127
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +1
Final
OKC107
WAS119
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +12
Final · 2OT
MEM137
DEN139
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN 0; OT2 DEN +2
Final
UTA111
LAL97
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +14
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 · MEM @ DEN

Nikola Jokic scores 47, Denver rallies past Memphis

Denver trailed by 8 after one and won 139–137. Ja Morant scored 36 for Memphis in the loss.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-8-4-800+2DEN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MEM35253521912137
DEN27293129914139
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 27, 25, 26, 17, 27, 17, 29, 47DEN47 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 24, 14, 17, 13, 9, 6, 12, 28DEN28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 26, 23, 13, 17, 15, 13, 36MEM36 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
De'Anthony MeltonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 14, 0, 12, 23, 5, 14, 14, 25MEM25 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 22.

PHX over MIL1DEN over MEM2DET over CLE4CHI over BOS6GSW over PHI11WAS over OKC12UTA over LAL14SAS over IND15MIA over HOU22Final 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
+13.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.0Season avg44.8Last 5

44.8 points a game over his last five games, against 31.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 49 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 51 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 49

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 37, 41, 32, 38, 53, 42, 33, 47, 49GSW @ PHI · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Mar 4, 2016: 50 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
49 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 27, 25, 26, 17, 27, 17, 29, 47DEN vs MEM · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Nov 15, 2017: 46 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
47 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 26, 23, 13, 17, 15, 13, 36MEM @ DEN · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 13, 16, 32, 25, 47, 15, 28, 33MIL vs PHX · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kendrick NunnPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 22, 10, 15, 8, 16, 7, 17, 30MIA vs HOU · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 17, 26, 20, 34, 31, 30, 37, 30WAS vs OKC · W
31.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 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
Stephen CurryGSW+9.4 40.8 last 10 · 31.4 season
Bogdan BogdanovicATL+8.1 22.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Miles BridgesCHA+7.9 19.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+6.6 18.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellLAL−6.3 7.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Damian LillardPOR−6.1 22.6 last 10 · 28.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−5.8 8.8 last 10 · 14.6 season
Andre DrummondLAL−5.4 10.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season