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Thursday, February 29, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed WAS by 3 after the first quarter and won 134–131.

Final
MIL111
CHA99
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +12
Final
UTA107
ORL115
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +8
Final
ATL97
BKN124
Q1 BKN +18; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +27
Final
GSW110
NYK99
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +11
Final
OKC118
SAS132
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +14
Final
HOU105
PHX110
Q1 PHX +16; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +5
Final
MIA97
DEN103
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +6
Final · OT
WAS131
LAL134
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · WAS @ LAL

Anthony Davis scores 40 as Lakers beat Washington

Lakers won 134–131. Anthony Davis: 40 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3+1+40+3LAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
WAS343526315131
LAL313929278134
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 20, 20, 37, 27, 28, 22, 20, 40LAL40 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 26, 25, 21, 25, 30, 28, 34, 31LAL31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 11, 3, 19, 18, 21, 31, 12, 34WAS34 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Marvin Bagley IIIPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 2, 12, 14, 8, 15, 9, 20, 23WAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Brooklyn posts the night's biggest win

Brooklyn beat Atlanta by 27, the widest margin of 8 games.

LAL over WAS3PHX over HOU5DEN over MIA6ORL over UTA8GSW over NYK11MIL over CHA12SAS over OKC14BKN over ATL27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 58 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 28.2 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 40

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 20, 20, 37, 27, 28, 22, 20, 40LAL vs WAS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Aaron Gordon ORL, Nov 29, 2017: 40 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 32, 32, 25, 7, 35, 25, 21, 35PHX vs HOU · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 11, 3, 19, 18, 21, 31, 12, 34WAS @ LAL · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 7, 26, 16, 4, 10, 14, 11, 16, 34HOU @ PHX · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 26, 25, 21, 25, 30, 28, 34, 31LAL vs WAS · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 42, 30, 25, 41, 16, 32, 15, 20, 18, 31GSW @ NYK · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 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+7.9 21.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Josh HartNYK+5.8 14.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.8 19.4 last 10 · 13.6 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+5.3 31.9 last 10 · 26.6 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.3 15.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.9 9.9 last 10 · 16.8 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Terry RozierMIA−5.7 14.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Gordon HaywardOKC−5.6 6.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.5 6.2 last 10 · 11.7 season