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Tuesday, February 28, 2023Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed POR by 17 at halftime and won 123–105.

Final
WAS119
ATL116
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -5; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MIL118
BKN104
Q1 MIL -12; Q2 MIL -10; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +14
Final
LAL109
MEM121
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +12
Final
CHI98
TOR104
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
DEN133
HOU112
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +21
Final
SAC123
OKC117
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +6
Final
IND124
DAL122
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +2
Final
SAS102
UTA94
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +8
Final
POR105
GSW123
Q1 GSW -14; Q2 GSW -17; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +18
Final
MIN108
LAC101
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +7
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 28, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM vs SAS), 52 points.
The lead · POR @ GSW

Golden State erases 17-point lead, steals one from Portland

Portland led 65–48 at halftime. Golden State won the second half 75–40 to take it 123–105. Jordan Poole led Golden State with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-14-17+5+18GSW AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR41241723105
GSW27213936123
Who led
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 3, 21, 38, 29, 14, 28, 16, 15, 15, 29GSW29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 42, 31, 15, 27, 18, 22, 42, 32, 23GSW23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 42, 29, 40, 28, 33, 38, 40, 39, 71, 25POR25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 18, 10, 13, 13, 22, 23, 13, 24POR24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.3Season avg42.6Last 5

42.6 points a game over his last five games, against 32.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 48 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · MIL @ BKN

Milwaukee climbs out of a 12-point hole against Brooklyn

Down 12 after one, the Bucks won the third quarter 39–23 and the game 118–104. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 33 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIL vs BKN
Giannis Antetokounmpo · MILMikal Bridges · BKNPTS3331REB152AST45Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Ja Morant leads the day with 39

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: 27, 32, 24, 34, 32, 25, 20, 15, 23, 39MEM vs LAL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Sam Cassell MIL, Dec 9, 2002: 39 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
39 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 41, 0, 53, 31, 27, 33, 37, 28, 26, 39DAL vs IND · L
33.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 17, 32, 33, 19, 35, 16, 18, 37WAS @ ATL · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 34, 54, 35, 24, 38, 35, 36, 2, 4, 33MIL @ BKN · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 11, 18, 21, 30, 16, 22, 15, 32IND @ DAL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 22, 32, 33, 41, 16, 8, 21, 32DEN @ HOU · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 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
Derrick WhiteBOS+8.3 20.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+6.9 16.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+6.6 32.0 last 10 · 25.4 season
Damian LillardPOR+6.4 38.5 last 10 · 32.1 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+5.7 23.6 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
OG AnunobyTOR−6.8 9.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
DeMar DeRozanCHI−6.2 18.9 last 10 · 25.1 season
Thomas BryantDEN−5.9 5.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.9 8.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Kyle LowryMIA−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season