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Friday, February 21, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed WAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final
NYK105
CLE142
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +27; Q3 CLE +31; Q4 CLE +37
Final
MEM105
ORL104
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +1
Final
MIL104
WAS101
Q1 MIL -13; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +3
Final · OT
MIA120
TOR111
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +9
Final
NOP103
DAL111
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +8
Final
DET125
SAS110
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +15
Final
MIN115
HOU121
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +6
Final
OKC130
UTA107
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +23
Final
GSW132
SAC108
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +24
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 · MIL @ WAS

Milwaukee climbs out of a 13-point hole against Washington

Down 13 after one, the Bucks won the third quarter 34–19 and the game 104–101. Kyle Kuzma led Milwaukee with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-13-6+9+3MIL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL19313420104
WAS32241926101
Who led
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 31, 22, 12, 13, 21, 19, 13, 19MIL19 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 15, 14, 16, 15, 6, 11, 22, 18MIL18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Alexandre SarrPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 11, 6, 10, 14, 11, 4, 9, 22WAS22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Corey KispertPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 8, 25, 17, 10, 13, 14, 21, 16WAS16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat New York by 37, the widest margin of 9 games.

MEM over ORL1MIL over WAS3HOU over MIN6DAL over NOP8MIA over TOR9DET over SAS15OKC over UTA23GSW over SAC24CLE over NYK37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 37

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 EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 36, 21, 49, 41, 44, 28, 23, 37MIN @ HOU · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 21, 13, 28, 24, 18, 22, 9, 35HOU vs MIN · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 25, 28, 34, 19, 13, 30, 42, 35DAL vs NOP · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 33, 19, 22, 11, 42, 24, 20, 34SAC vs GSW · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 31, 29, 14, 28, 40, 17, 33, 29NOP @ DAL · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 15, 23, 17, 11, 19, 20, 27, 29TOR vs MIA · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Aaron WigginsOKC+6.5 17.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+5.9 33.5 last 10 · 27.6 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.5 26.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Max ChristieDAL+5.5 15.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Bam AdebayoMIA+5.3 22.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−6.2 21.1 last 10 · 27.3 season
Dennis SchroderDET−4.5 9.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−4.5 5.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−4.3 14.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
Goga BitadzeORL−4.2 4.2 last 10 · 8.4 season