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Friday, February 23, 2024Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHX by 8 after the first quarter and won 114–110.

Final
TOR123
ATL121
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +2
Final
CLE97
PHI104
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +7
Final
PHX110
HOU114
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +4
Final
LAC101
MEM95
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +6
Final
MIA106
NOP95
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +11
Final
WAS106
OKC147
Q1 OKC +13; Q2 OKC +23; Q3 OKC +36; Q4 OKC +41
Final
CHA84
GSW97
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +13
Final
MIL112
MIN107
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +5
Final
DEN127
POR112
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +15
Final
SAS118
LAL123
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +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 23, 2023: 9 games. Top scorer: Lauri Markkanen (UTA vs OKC), 43 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Houston rallies from 8 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 8 after one, Houston outscored the Suns 94–82 the rest of the way. Final: 114–110. Fred VanVleet led Houston with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-8+5+13+4HOU AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28242434110
HOU20373225114
Who led
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 14, 13, 3, 16, 10, 11, 7, 23HOU23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jabari Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 0, 11, 3, 20, 12, 9, 20, 6, 9, 22HOU22 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 18, 28, 31, 24, 28, 25, 23, 28PHX28 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Bol BolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 6, 8, 4, 6, 3, 0, 9, 25PHX25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: OKC by 41.

TOR over ATL2HOU over PHX4MIL over MIN5LAL over SAS5LAC over MEM6PHI over CLE7MIA over NOP11GSW over CHA13DEN over POR15OKC over WAS41Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Porter Jr. leads the day with 34

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.
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 20, 13, 15, 13, 12, 27, 11, 19, 22, 34DEN @ POR · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 48, 33, 34, 17, 15, 36, 23, 35, 33MIL @ MIN · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 23, 20, 24, 26, 25, 21, 25, 30LAL vs SAS · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 31, 23, 28, 25, 38, 32, 31, 30OKC vs WAS · W
31.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 27, 29, 24, 23, 29, 15, 21, 29DEN @ POR · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Dec 1, 2016: 29 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
29 PTS · 15 REB · 14 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 30, 25, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 22, 18, 29MEM vs LAC · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+10.2 23.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Precious AchiuwaNYK+6.3 14.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.4 15.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.2 18.8 last 10 · 13.6 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−5.6 16.3 last 10 · 21.9 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.3 4.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.0 7.0 last 10 · 12.0 season