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Wednesday, February 28, 2024Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed LAC by 19 after three quarters and won 116–112.

Final
NOP114
IND123
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +9
Final
DAL136
TOR125
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +11
Final · 2OT
CLE123
CHI132
Q1 CHI -9; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI +9
Final
MEM101
MIN110
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +9
Final
SAC96
DEN117
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +28; Q4 DEN +21
Final
LAL116
LAC112
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL -19; Q4 LAL +4
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 28, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM vs LAL), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ LAC

LeBron James drops 34 in 19-point comeback win over Clippers

Clippers led by 19 after three. Final: 116–112.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-1-14-19+4LAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL29232539116
LAC30363016112
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 24, 26, 25, 21, 25, 30, 28, 34LAL34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 32, 20, 20, 37, 27, 28, 22, 20LAL20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 36, 15, 24, 18, 20, 24, 20, 26LAC26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 19, 14, 17, 26, 17, 9, 20, 23LAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · CLE @ CHI

Chicago flips a halftime deficit, wins in double overtime

Cleveland led 53–52 at the break. Tied 103–103 after regulation, Chicago won the extra time 17–8. Final: 132–123. DeMar DeRozan led Chicago with 35 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs CLE
DeMar DeRozan · CHIEvan Mobley · CLEPTS3525REB1013AST51Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 53 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 26.2 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan 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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 30, 28, 29, 24, 19, 24, 25, 35CHI vs CLE · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 24, 26, 25, 21, 25, 30, 28, 34LAL @ LAC · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 38, 26, 23, 41, 34, 28, 29, 34, 34MIN vs MEM · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 22, 18, 29, 15, 33MEM @ MIN · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 13, 21, 29, 12, 3, 18, 27, 32DEN vs SAC · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 39, 32, 26, 27, 41, 33, 45, 30DAL @ TOR · W
34.4 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 8, 2015: 30 PTS · 11 REB · 17 AST
30 PTS · 11 REB · 16 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+8.4 22.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Josh HartNYK+5.7 14.2 last 10 · 8.5 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+5.3 31.9 last 10 · 26.6 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.3 15.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.2 18.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.9 9.9 last 10 · 16.8 season
Terry RozierMIA−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−5.0 16.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.0 6.8 last 10 · 11.8 season