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Wednesday, May 5, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed WAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 135–134.

Final
BOS132
ORL96
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +36
Final
POR141
CLE105
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +36
Final
PHX103
ATL135
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +32
Final
PHI135
HOU115
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +20
Final
SAC104
IND93
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +11
Final
WAS134
MIL135
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +1
Final
MEM139
MIN135
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +4
Final
NYK97
DEN113
Q1 DEN +22; Q2 DEN +21; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +16
Final
SAS94
UTA126
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +24; Q3 UTA +37; Q4 UTA +32
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 · WAS @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 8 after one. Milwaukee won it 135–134. Jrue Holiday led Milwaukee with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Bradley Beal scored 42 for Washington in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-80+8+1MIL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS37342439134
MIL29423232135
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 12, 19, 12, 29, 16, 18, 23, 29MIL29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 27, 24, 31, 29, 1, 49, 36, 23MIL23 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 33, 33, 45, 27, 19, 29, 26, 42WAS42 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 37, 14, 22, 18, 15, 42, 14, 29WAS29 PTS · 12 REB · 17 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Orlando by 36, the widest margin of 9 games.

MIL over WAS1MEM over MIN4SAC over IND11DEN over NYK16PHI over HOU20ATL over PHX32UTA over SAS32BOS over ORL36POR over CLE36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 55 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards 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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 28, 16, 23, 14, 19, 25, 29, 42MIN vs MEM · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +23.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Nov 3, 1995: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ties career high42 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 33, 33, 45, 27, 19, 29, 26, 42WAS @ MIL · L
31.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 17, 2014: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 33, 28, 27, 10, 8, 22, 8, 37MEM @ MIN · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 38, 24, 21, 17, 18, 34, 13, 34PHI @ HOU · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 47, 25, 19, 24, 24, 32, 19, 30, 32, 32DEN vs NYK · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 27, 23, 23, 23, 32, 26, 33, 32POR @ CLE · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 9 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
Miles BridgesCHA+8.3 20.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+6.3 19.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Luguentz DortOKC+6.0 20.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Michael Porter Jr.DEN+5.8 24.6 last 10 · 18.8 season
Cold
Patty MillsSAS−6.4 4.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Evan FournierBOS−5.9 10.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−4.5 15.1 last 10 · 19.6 season
Elfrid PaytonNYK−4.3 6.7 last 10 · 11.0 season