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Thursday, February 26, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed GSW by 1 after the first quarter and won 110–99.

Final · Box score
Warriors99
Cavs110
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +11
Final · OT · Box score
Thunder113
Suns117
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 Suns 0; OT1 PHX +4
On this day · 2013–14Feb 26, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (Cavs-Thunder), 31 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Cavs

LeBron James scores 42 as Cleveland beats Golden State

Russell Westbrook posts a triple-double

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+5+12+11CLE AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors3323222199
Cavs32292920110
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19, 42CLE42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 29, 28, 15, 17, 25, 18, 18, 24CLE24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 4, 10, 0, 4, 11, 6, 5, 19GSW19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 51, 26, 22, 20, 25, 25, 32, 18GSW18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Thunder-Suns

Phoenix needs overtime to survive OKC

Tied 109–109 after regulation. Phoenix won the final period 8–4 for a 117–113 win. Markieff Morris led Phoenix with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Suns-Thunder
Markieff Morris · PHXRussell Westbrook · OKCPTS2939REB1114AST311Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Warriors-Cavs12
Thunder-Suns6
The night in charts
Thunder-Suns combined for 230, 21 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-SunsThunder 113, Suns 117
230
Warriors-CavsWarriors 99, Cavs 110
209
PHX won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Thunder-SunsThunder 113, Suns 117
+4 PHX
Warriors-CavsWarriors 99, Cavs 110
+11 CLE
David Lee shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
David LeeGSW · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
BledsoePHX · 28 PTS, 13 REB, 9 AST, 4 BLK
69% (11-16)
LeBronCLE · 42 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL
60% (15-25)
KanterOKC · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
55% (6-11)
LenPHX · 12 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
55% (6-11)
Final · Thunder-Suns
Thunder 113Suns 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Thunder153336254113
Suns252833238117
The story
Eric Bledsoe had 28 points and 13 rebounds as Phoenix beat Oklahoma City 117-113 in OT

Serge Ibaka led Oklahoma City with 13 PTS, 9 REB 28 PTS, 13 REB, 9 AST, 4 BLK · 11-16 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The Suns won the first 25-15, their biggest quarter edge.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +10+5+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Warriors-Cavs
Warriors 99Cavs 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors3323222199
Cavs32292920110
The story
Kyrie Irving's 24 points carried Cleveland past Golden State, 110-99

For Golden State, Klay Thompson had 13 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 24 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST · 6-17 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 29-22, was where the Cavaliers built it.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −1+5+12+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 54 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 42

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19, 42Cavs-Warriors · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Hakeem Olajuwon HOU, Feb 29, 1996: 42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Season high42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 45, 48, 19, 26, 24, 34, 33, 21, 20, 39Thunder-Suns · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James CLE, Jun 14, 2015: 40 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
39 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 12, 8, 16, 31, 7, 7, 5, 29Suns-Thunder · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 17, 15, 32, 12, 13, 21, 18, 28Suns-Thunder · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 29, 28, 15, 17, 25, 18, 18, 24Cavs-Warriors · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 4, 10, 0, 4, 11, 6, 5, 19Warriors-Cavs · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jarrett JackBKN+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.2 17.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
D.J. AugustinOKC+5.0 15.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
DeAndre JordanLAC+4.9 16.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.7 30.9 last 10 · 26.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−5.2 15.7 last 10 · 20.9 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.2 14.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Gerald GreenPHX−4.9 7.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.7 8.2 last 10 · 12.9 season