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Thursday, February 17, 2022Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHA by 7 at halftime and won 111–107.

Final · 2OT
MIA111
CHA107
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +4
Final
WAS117
BKN103
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +14
Final
DAL125
NOP118
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +24; Q4 DAL +7
Final
PHI123
MIL120
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +3
Final
HOU111
LAC142
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +28; Q4 LAC +31
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 17, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ NOP), 43 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHA

Miami needs two overtimes to survive Charlotte

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Miami won the final period 14–10 for a 111–107 win. Kyle Lowry led Miami with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+7-7-700+4MIA AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MIA371017231014111
CHA302417161010107
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 8, 2, 9, 11, 14, 13, 13, 25MIA25 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Duncan RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 5, 17, 3, 12, 10, 17, 5, 21MIA21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 12, 15, 25, 22, 25, 8, 28, 29CHA29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 20, 14, 15, 13, 15, 20, 12, 24CHA24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHI @ MIL

Philadelphia holds off Milwaukee, 123–120

Philadelphia led 100–93 after three and held on to win by three. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 42 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over MIL3MIA over CHA4DAL over NOP7WAS over BKN14LAC over HOU31Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.0Season avg39.8Last 5

39.8 points a game over his last five games, against 27.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 49 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic 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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 40, 33, 18, 33, 51, 45, 21, 49DAL @ NOP · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Dec 8, 2024: 48 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
49 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 27, 27, 40, 34, 25, 40, 19, 42PHI @ MIL · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Dec 9, 1999: 42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 15, 19, 17, 15, 36, 23, 30, 38NOP vs DAL · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 38, 29, 33, 29, 28, 44, 18, 50, 32MIL vs PHI · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 12, 15, 25, 22, 25, 8, 28, 29CHA vs MIA · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 29, 20, 3, 21, 20, 11, 23, 27LAC vs HOU · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Luka DoncicDAL+7.9 35.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
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
Cold
Cameron ReddishNYK−6.0 4.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Terrence RossORL−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Devonte' GrahamNOP−4.8 8.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Dennis SchroderHOU−4.7 9.5 last 10 · 14.2 season