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Sunday, May 16, 2021Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHA by 14 after the first quarter and won 115–110.

Final
BOS92
NYK96
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +4
Final
IND125
TOR113
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +12
Final
CHA110
WAS115
Q1 WAS -14; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -11; Q4 WAS +5
Final
PHX123
SAS121
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +2
Final
MEM101
GSW113
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +12
Final
HOU95
ATL124
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +27; Q4 ATL +29
Final
CLE109
BKN123
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +23; Q4 BKN +14
Final
ORL117
PHI128
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +11
Final
MIA120
DET107
Q1 MIA +19; Q2 MIA +22; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +13
Final
MIL112
CHI118
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +6
Final
DAL121
MIN136
Q1 MIN +16; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +15
Final
LAL110
NOP98
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +12
Final
LAC112
OKC117
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +5
Final
DEN116
POR132
Q1 POR +21; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +23; Q4 POR +16
Final
UTA121
SAC99
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +22
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 · CHA @ WAS

Washington rallies from 14 down to beat Charlotte

Trailing by 14 after one, Washington outscored the Hornets 93–74 the rest of the way. Final: 115–110. Bradley Beal led Washington with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-4-11+5WAS AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA36203420110
WAS22302736115
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 45, 27, 19, 29, 26, 42, 28, 50, 25WAS25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 42, 14, 29, 13, 33, 28, 34, 21, 23WAS23 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 18, 12, 28, 43, 21, 10, 13, 22CHA22 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 23, 4, 27, 22, 5, 18, 8, 19CHA19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · PHX @ SAS

Phoenix climbs back to beat San Antonio

San Antonio led by 9 at the half. Phoenix won it 123–121. E'Twaun Moore led Phoenix with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs SAS
E'Twaun Moore · PHXDeMar DeRozan · SASPTS2223REB23AST24Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.0Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 4.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 46

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: 27, 37, 30, 41, 37, 34, 49, 36, 21, 46GSW vs MEM · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Jan 14, 2006: 46 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
46 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Cole AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 8, 4, 20, 11, 18, 12, 11, 37ORL @ PHI · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jordan NworaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 0, 0, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0, 34MIL @ CHI · L
5.7 PPG season to date · +29.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 16, 30, 21, 21, 41, 29, 18, 33UTA @ SAC · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Oshae BrissettPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 8, 10, 12, 8, 2, 19, 5, 31IND @ TOR · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 0, 0, 12, 22, 11, 6, 8, 30PHI vs ORL · W
8.1 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 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
Bojan BogdanovicUTA+8.2 25.2 last 10 · 17.0 season
Kenyon Martin Jr.HOU+7.5 16.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Miles BridgesCHA+7.5 20.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kelly OlynykHOU+7.3 20.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Khem BirchTOR+6.7 13.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Joel EmbiidPHI−6.3 22.2 last 10 · 28.5 season
Elfrid PaytonNYK−5.8 4.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Luka DoncicDAL−4.7 23.0 last 10 · 27.7 season
Lou WilliamsATL−4.6 6.7 last 10 · 11.3 season