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Monday, February 28, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed CLE by 11 after the first quarter and won 127–122.

Final
MIN127
CLE122
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +5
Final
IND103
ORL119
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +16
Final
TOR133
BKN97
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +23; Q3 TOR +31; Q4 TOR +36
Final
CHI99
MIA112
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +13
Final
SAS105
MEM118
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +13
Final
CHA106
MIL130
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +23; Q3 MIL +32; Q4 MIL +24
Final
SAC131
OKC110
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +21
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 28, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS @ BOS), 46 points.
The lead · MIN @ CLE

Minnesota rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 11 after one, Minnesota outscored the Cavaliers 101–85 the rest of the way. Final: 127–122. D'Angelo Russell led Minnesota with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-11+3+13+5MIN AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN26383726127
CLE37242734122
Who led
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 29, 18, 23, 18, 8, 37, 21, 25MIN25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 26, 31, 37, 9, 6, 5, 15, 17MIN17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 19, 7, 14, 2, 21, 4, 4, 26CLE26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 15, 15, 22, 13, 14, 11, 18, 21CLE21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · IND @ ORL

Orlando beats Indiana, 119–103

Orlando led 90–75 after three and won by 16. Wendell Carter Jr. led Orlando with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over CLE5MIA over CHI13MEM over SAS13ORL over IND16SAC over OKC21MIL over CHA24TOR over BKN36Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Ja Morant leads the day with 52

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: 37, 23, 33, 30, 23, 26, 44, 20, 46, 52MEM vs SAS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Feb 3, 2016: 51 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Career high52 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 13, 29, 29, 31, 10, 32, 36, 37OKC vs SAC · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 29, 27, 26, 26, 33, 20, 26, 29SAC @ OKC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 17, 9, 17, 5, 9, 28, 6, 28TOR @ BKN · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 29, 28, 44, 18, 50, 32, 29, 26MIL vs CHA · W
29.4 PPG season to date · −3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 19, 7, 14, 2, 21, 4, 4, 26CLE vs MIN · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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+7.6 15.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
DeMar DeRozanCHI+7.4 35.6 last 10 · 28.2 season
Luka DoncicDAL+7.1 34.7 last 10 · 27.6 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+6.6 23.7 last 10 · 17.1 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.8 24.5 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Devonte' GrahamNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Patty MillsBKN−5.0 7.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cameron ReddishNYK−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Terrence RossORL−4.6 5.8 last 10 · 10.4 season