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Friday, February 20, 2026Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed UTA by 12 at halftime and won 123–114.

Final
CLE118
CHA113
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +5
Final
UTA114
MEM123
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -12; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +9
Final
IND118
WAS131
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS -11; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +13
Final
MIA128
ATL97
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +31
Final
DAL111
MIN122
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +11
Final
MIL139
NOP118
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +21
Final
BKN86
OKC105
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +19
Final
LAC122
LAL125
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +3
Final
DEN157
POR103
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +29; Q3 DEN +40; Q4 DEN +54
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 · 2024–25Feb 20, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL @ POR), 40 points.
The lead · UTA @ MEM

Memphis rallies from 12 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 12 at the half, Memphis outscored the Jazz 68–47 the rest of the way. Final: 123–114. Olivier-Maxence Prosper led Memphis with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-4-12-1+9MEM AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA32352126114
MEM28273236123
Who led
Olivier-Maxence ProsperPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 2, 13, 3, 8, 13, 25, 14, 23MEM23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
GG JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 19, 13, 16, 15, 11, 6, 21, 20MEM20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah CollierPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 19, 17, 25, 20, 13, 12, 15, 24UTA24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kyle FilipowskiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 6, 16, 15, 9, 16, 4, 15, 20UTA20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Denver by 54.

LAL over LAC3CLE over CHA5MEM over UTA9MIN over DAL11WAS over IND13OKC over BKN19MIL over NOP21MIA over ATL31DEN over POR54Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Anthony Edwards 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 EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 33, 39, 30, 35, 23, 30, 14, 40MIN vs DAL · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 19, 2003: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 32, 33, 46, 29, 37, 30, 24, 10, 38LAL vs LAC · W
33.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Kon KnueppelPoints, last 10 games: 10, 34, 13, 17, 24, 23, 20, 18, 15, 33CHA vs CLE · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 16, 24, 30, 22, 22, 26, 22, 32DEN @ POR · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 45, 25, 16, 14, 29, 35, 32, 30, 17, 32CLE @ CHA · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 21, 11, 14, 20, 29, 18, 25, 32NOP vs MIL · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 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
Joel EmbiidPHI+6.5 33.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+5.2 20.1 last 10 · 14.9 season
Jarace WalkerIND+5.0 15.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+4.9 25.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cold
Austin ReavesLAL−7.2 18.4 last 10 · 25.6 season
James HardenCLE−5.3 19.4 last 10 · 24.7 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−4.9 13.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.4 22.8 last 10 · 27.2 season
Kevin HuerterDET−4.3 6.0 last 10 · 10.3 season