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Monday, February 26, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAC by 1 after the first quarter and won 121–110.

Final
TOR130
IND122
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +8
Final
DET111
NYK113
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +2
Final
BKN111
MEM86
Q1 BKN +12; Q2 BKN +26; Q3 BKN +23; Q4 BKN +25
Final
MIA121
SAC110
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +11
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 26, 2023: 9 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs HOU), 71 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Miami keeps rolling, beats Sacramento

That is four in a row. Final: 121–110. Bam Adebayo led Miami with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+3+20+11MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA32333620121
SAC33291929110
Who led
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 14, 20, 22, 16, 23, 24, 28MIA28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jaime Jaquez Jr.Points, last 10 games: 8, 8, 7, 12, 10, 6, 12, 12, 8, 26MIA26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Keegan MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 0, 17, 13, 6, 6, 16, 11, 28SAC28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 12, 15, 15, 40, 30, 28, 33, 27SAC27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DET @ NYK

New York never trails at a break against Detroit

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–111. Jalen Brunson led New York with 35 points, 1 rebound and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over DET2TOR over IND8MIA over SAC11BKN over MEM25Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson 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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 40, 36, 27, 39, 27, 33, 21, 34, 35NYK vs DET · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 31, 14, 11, 4, 0, 15, 14, 34IND vs TOR · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 18, 23, 22, 12, 13, 30, 26, 32DET @ NYK · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 14, 20, 22, 16, 23, 24, 28MIA @ SAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Keegan MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 0, 17, 13, 6, 6, 16, 11, 28SAC vs MIA · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 29, 16, 19, 18, 23, 20, 12, 27IND vs TOR · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 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
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+9.5 23.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.2 16.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.2 18.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Precious AchiuwaNYK+4.8 12.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Josh HartNYK+4.8 13.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−8.0 12.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.0 11.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.5 6.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−5.4 16.1 last 10 · 21.5 season