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Wednesday, February 14, 2024Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DEN by 12 at halftime and won 102–98.

Final
ATL99
CHA122
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +23
Final
NYK100
ORL118
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +18
Final
MIA109
PHI104
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +5
Final
BKN86
BOS136
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +36; Q3 BOS +46; Q4 BOS +50
Final
CHI105
CLE108
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +3
Final
IND127
TOR125
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +2
Final
HOU113
MEM121
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +8
Final
WAS126
NOP133
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +8; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP +7
Final
SAS93
DAL116
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +23
Final
SAC102
DEN98
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -12; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +4
Final
DET100
PHX116
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +29; Q3 PHX +30; Q4 PHX +16
Final
LAL138
UTA122
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +16
Final
LAC130
GSW125
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -11; Q4 LAC +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 · 2022–23Feb 14, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Jrue Holiday (MIL vs BOS), 40 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

De'Aaron Fox scores 30 as Sacramento wins in Denver

Final: 102–98. De'Aaron Fox made 12 of 26 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-11-12-3+4SAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC16253031102
DEN2726212498
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 25, 41, 19, 12, 15, 15, 40, 30SAC30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 26, 13, 12, 30, 17, 21, 35, 20SAC20 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 8, 16, 18, 12, 11, 14, 14, 25DEN25 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 5, 5, 20, 13, 15, 13, 12, 27, 11, 19DEN19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Brooklyn by 50.

IND over TOR2CLE over CHI3SAC over DEN4MIA over PHI5LAC over GSW5NOP over WAS7MEM over HOU8PHX over DET16LAL over UTA16ORL over NYK18CHA over ATL23DAL over SAS23BOS over BKN50Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Deni Avdija leads the day with 43

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.
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 13, 15, 24, 9, 24, 21, 25, 43WAS @ NOP · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +29.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Charles Barkley HOU, Nov 29, 1997: 43 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Career high43 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 46, 37, 20, 60, 29, 9, 42, 30, 25, 41GSW vs LAC · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, May 19, 1998: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 29, 23, 12, 26, 32, 20, 20, 37LAL @ UTA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 23, 26, 33, 16, 21, 30, 14, 36NOP vs WAS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 25, 23, 20, 23, 16, 19, 23, 36ORL vs NYK · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rui HachimuraPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 16, 15, 7, 9, 2, 21, 15, 36LAL @ UTA · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 2 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
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+10.3 23.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Brandon MillerCHA+7.2 23.8 last 10 · 16.6 season
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+6.4 15.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.9 16.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.6 33.9 last 10 · 28.3 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−8.0 12.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−5.9 15.9 last 10 · 21.8 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Darius GarlandCLE−4.9 13.3 last 10 · 18.2 season