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Wednesday, February 16, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed NYK by 21 at halftime and won 111–106.

Final
ATL130
ORL109
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +22; Q4 ATL +21
Final
DET112
BOS111
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +1
Final
WAS108
IND113
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +5
Final
BKN111
NYK106
Q1 BKN -20; Q2 BKN -21; Q3 BKN -14; Q4 BKN +5
Final
SAC118
CHI125
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +7
Final
POR123
MEM119
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +4
Final
TOR103
MIN91
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +12
Final
SAS114
OKC106
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +8
Final
HOU121
PHX124
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -6; Q4 PHX +3
Final
DEN117
GSW116
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +1
Final
UTA101
LAL106
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +5
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 16, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN @ BOS), 43 points.
The lead · BKN @ NYK

Brooklyn erases 21-point lead, steals one from New York

New York led 65–44 at halftime. Brooklyn won the second half 67–41 to take it 111–106. Cam Thomas led Brooklyn with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-21-14+5BKN AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN18262938111
NYK38272219106
Who led
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 8, 30, 20, 17, 27, 22, 14, 21BKN21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 3, 23, 20BKN20 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 18, 32, 30, 28, 28, 28, 30, 31NYK31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Immanuel QuickleyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 11, 0, 5, 5, 5, 4, 0, 18NYK18 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Atlanta by 21.

DET over BOS1DEN over GSW1PHX over HOU3POR over MEM4IND over WAS5BKN over NYK5LAL over UTA5CHI over SAC7SAS over OKC8TOR over MIN12ATL over ORL21Final 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
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 42 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Ja Morant leads the day with 44

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.
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 30, 34, 37, 23, 33, 30, 23, 26, 44MEM vs POR · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steve Francis HOU, Jan 17, 2003: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Season high44 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 31, 45, 38, 36, 35, 38, 40, 38CHI vs SAC · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 31, 13, 27, 32, 14, 24, 30, 37UTA @ LAL · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 21, 25, 27, 21, 23, 28, 26, 35DEN @ GSW · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 17 REB · 8 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 27, 14, 27, 29, 27, 26, 26, 33SAC @ CHI · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 29, 33, 33, 29, 27, 30, 26, 33LAL vs UTA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 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
Reggie BullockDAL+7.7 15.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
DeMar DeRozanCHI+7.7 35.8 last 10 · 28.1 season
Mikal BridgesPHX+6.1 19.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Nikola VucevicCHI+5.9 24.1 last 10 · 18.2 season
Davion MitchellSAC+5.7 16.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Cameron ReddishNYK−6.0 4.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Dennis SchroderHOU−5.5 8.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Terrence RossORL−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Devonte' GrahamNOP−4.8 8.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season