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Friday, February 27, 2026Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DEN by 14 after the first quarter and won 127–121.

Final · OT
CLE119
DET122
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
BKN111
BOS148
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +37
Final
NYK127
MIL98
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +29
Final
MEM124
DAL105
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +31; Q4 MEM +19
Final · OT
DEN121
OKC127
Q1 OKC -14; Q2 OKC -9; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +6
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 27, 2025: 5 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ ORL), 56 points.
The lead · DEN @ OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 36, OKC rallies past Denver

OKC trailed by 14 after one and won 127–121. Jamal Murray scored 39 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-9-60+6OKC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN3326242414121
OKC1931273020127
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 40, 47, 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36OKC36 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 17, 13, 13, 16, 15, 17, 7, 15OKC15 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 28, 17, 23, 20, 25, 21, 2, 39DEN39 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 22, 22, 26, 22, 32, 35, 30, 23DEN23 PTS · 17 REB · 14 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 36 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 49 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · CLE @ DET

Detroit flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Cleveland led 54–50 at the break. Tied 114–114 after regulation, Detroit won the extra time 8–5. Final: 122–119. Jalen Duren led Detroit with 33 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs CLE
Jalen Duren · DETJarrett Allen · CLEPTS3325REB169AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 39

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.
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 28, 17, 23, 20, 25, 21, 2, 39DEN @ OKC · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 40, 47, 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36OKC vs DEN · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Jalen DurenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 19, 4, 15, 26, 25, 29, 33DET vs CLE · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 33, 29, 26, 24, 23, 32, 23, 28BOS vs BKN · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 11, 11, 19, 9, 9, 8, 2, 28BOS vs BKN · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 12, 31, 40, 8, 33, 20, 19, 20, 27NYK @ MIL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.5 17.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.2 16.9 last 10 · 10.7 season
Nique CliffordSAC+6.0 12.9 last 10 · 6.9 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Cason WallaceOKC+5.4 14.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Austin ReavesLAL−5.8 18.8 last 10 · 24.6 season
James HardenCLE−5.3 19.2 last 10 · 24.5 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−5.1 12.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Kevin HuerterDET−4.4 5.7 last 10 · 10.1 season