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Saturday, February 12, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NYK by 15 after three quarters and won 112–103.

Final
NYK103
POR112
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -15; Q4 POR +9
Final
MEM125
CHA118
Q1 MEM +21; Q2 MEM +31; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +7
Final
SAS124
NOP114
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +10
Final
SAC123
WAS110
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +13
Final
CLE93
PHI103
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +10
Final
DEN110
TOR109
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +1
Final
OKC101
CHI106
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
BKN111
MIA115
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +4
Final
LAC99
DAL97
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +2
Final
LAL115
GSW117
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +2
Final
ORL105
PHX132
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +27
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 · 2020–21Feb 12, 2021: 11 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs NOP), 46 points.
The lead · NYK @ POR

Anfernee Simons drops 30 in 15-point comeback win over New York

New York led by 15 after three. Final: 112–103.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-5-15+9POR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK23303911103
POR20282935112
Who led
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 21, 8, 19, 19, 19, 19, 29, 30POR30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Josh HartPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 13, 17, 22, 16, 10, 10, 13, 23POR23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 9, 17, 18, 32, 30, 28, 28, 28NYK28 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 7, 8, 0, 0, 7, 2, 8, 23NYK23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Suns rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Orlando by 27.

DEN over TOR1LAC over DAL2GSW over LAL2MIA over BKN4CHI over OKC5MEM over CHA7POR over NYK9SAS over NOP10PHI over CLE10SAC over WAS13PHX over ORL27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 45

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 30, 34, 40, 33, 18, 33, 51, 45DAL vs LAC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Apr 25, 2018: 45 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
45 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 38, 42, 26, 36, 27, 27, 40, 34, 25, 40PHI vs CLE · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Love MIN, Apr 14, 2014: 40 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
40 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 29, 28, 31, 45, 38, 36, 35, 38CHI vs OKC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 26, 29, 21, 15, 19, 17, 15, 36NOP vs SAS · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 10, 23, 24, 16, 20, 16, 25, 35CHA vs MEM · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 25, 16, 25, 33, 24, 27, 30, 35TOR vs DEN · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 7 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
Reggie BullockDAL+7.7 15.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Gary Trent Jr.TOR+7.1 25.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
DeMar DeRozanCHI+5.8 33.5 last 10 · 27.7 season
Nikola VucevicCHI+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Luka DoncicDAL+5.2 32.4 last 10 · 27.2 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderBOS−6.7 7.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Buddy HieldIND−5.5 8.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Cameron ReddishNYK−5.2 5.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kemba WalkerNYK−5.0 6.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Seth CurryPHI−4.6 10.4 last 10 · 15.0 season