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Thursday, February 16, 2023Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed MIN by 15 after the first quarter and won 114–106.

Final
MIL112
CHI100
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +12
Final
WAS114
MIN106
Q1 WAS -15; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS -11; Q4 WAS +8
Final
LAC116
PHX107
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +9
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 · 2021–22Feb 16, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM vs POR), 44 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIN

Bradley Beal drops 35 in 15-point comeback win over Minnesota

Minnesota led by 15 after one. Final: 114–106.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-15-8-11+8WAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS21302538114
MIN36232819106
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 16, 21, 34, 17, 32, 33, 19, 35WAS35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 30, 33, 10, 16, 12, 2, 33, 16WAS16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 27, 19, 20, 19, 31, 17, 32, 34MIN34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kyle AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 9, 9, 9, 0, 4, 12, 12, 18MIN18 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · LAC @ PHX

Clippers never trails at a break against Phoenix

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 116–107. Paul George led Clippers with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over MIN8LAC over PHX9MIL over CHI12Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg27.3Last 3

27.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.3Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 4.3 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 35

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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 16, 21, 34, 17, 32, 33, 19, 35WAS @ MIN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 27, 19, 20, 19, 31, 17, 32, 34MIN vs WAS · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 8, 6, 9, 27, 9, 22, 4, 33MIL @ CHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 16, 16, 30, 29, 20, 19, 20, 26LAC @ PHX · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Terance MannPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 12, 21, 10, 16, 26LAC @ PHX · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Josh OkogiePoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 0, 2, 3, 2, 25, 17, 19, 24PHX vs LAC · L
6.3 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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
Derrick WhiteBOS+8.0 19.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK+7.6 31.5 last 10 · 23.9 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+6.5 15.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+6.2 23.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.7 25.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Cold
Franz WagnerORL−6.2 12.7 last 10 · 18.9 season
Devin BookerPHX−5.9 20.7 last 10 · 26.6 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.2 9.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tyus JonesMEM−5.0 4.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season