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Saturday, February 20, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · 2OT · Box score
Bucks117
Hawks109
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 Bucks 0; OT1 Bucks 0; OT2 MIL +8
Final · Box score
Wizards94
Heat114
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +20
Final · Box score
Knicks103
Wolves95
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +8
Final · Box score
Warriors115
Clippers112
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +3
On this day · 2014–15Feb 20, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (Kings-Celtics), 31 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Clippers

Klay Thompson scores 32 as Golden State wins in LA

Hassan Whiteside goes for 25 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+13+10+9+3GSW AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors33303022115
Clippers20333128112
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 45, 32, 34, 24, 18, 13, 24, 23, 32GSW32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 23, 13, 51, 26, 35, 26, 31, 23GSW23 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 26, 21, 20, 20, 23, 18, 19, 25LAC25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 19, 22, 21, 22, 19, 35, 28, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Bucks-Hawks

Milwaukee outlasts Atlanta in double overtime

94–94 at the end of regulation. Milwaukee took the last extra period 12–4. Final: 117–109. Jabari Parker led Milwaukee with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bucks-Hawks
Jabari Parker · MILPaul Millsap · ATLPTS2827REB1311AST26Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Wizards-Heat2
Warriors-Clippers1
Knicks-Wolves0
The night in charts
Warriors-Clippers combined for 227, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-ClippersWarriors 115, Clippers 112
227
Bucks-HawksBucks 117, Hawks 109
226
Wizards-HeatWizards 94, Heat 114
208
Knicks-WolvesKnicks 103, Wolves 95
198
GSW won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Warriors-ClippersWarriors 115, Clippers 112
+3 GSW
Bucks-HawksBucks 117, Hawks 109
+8 MIL
Knicks-WolvesKnicks 103, Wolves 95
+8 NYK
Wizards-HeatWizards 94, Heat 114
+20 MIA
Robin Lopez shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Robin LopezNYK · 26 PTS, 16 REB, 3 BLK
79% (11-14)
WhitesideMIA · 25 PTS, 23 REB, 2 BLK
73% (11-15)
MuhammadMIN · 20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
Draymond GreenGSW · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST
64% (9-14)
DengMIA · 27 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
Final · Warriors-Clippers
Warriors 115Clippers 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors33303022115
Clippers20333128112
The story
Stephen Curry had 23 points and 9 assists as Golden State beat LA 115-112

Chris Paul led LA with 24 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 23 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL · 5-15 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The Warriors won the first 33-20, their biggest quarter edge.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +13+10+9+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Hawks
Bucks 117Hawks 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Bucks312321191112117
Hawks29211826114109
The story
Greg Monroe's 24 points and 12 rebounds carried Milwaukee past Atlanta, 117-109 in OT

For Atlanta, Al Horford had 17 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST · 10-20 FG

The swing

It went to second overtime, and the Bucks took it 12-4.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +2+4+700+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Knicks-Wolves
Knicks 103Wolves 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks31282222103
Wolves1632133495
The story
New York beat Minnesota 103-95 behind 26 points and 16 rebounds from Robin Lopez

Ricky Rubio paced Minnesota: 16 AST, 9 PTS 26 PTS, 16 REB, 3 BLK · 11-14 FG

The swing

A 31-16 first quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +15+11+20+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Karl-Anthony Towns topped the game at 51.6 FPTS: 24 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg35.2Today

35 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 32

Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 45, 32, 34, 24, 18, 13, 24, 23, 32Warriors-Clippers · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 24, 16, 19, 21, 33, 22, 30Knicks-Wolves · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 17, 16, 6, 2, 10, 17, 23, 28Bucks-Hawks · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 8, 10, 24, 14, 22, 15, 12, 27Hawks-Bucks · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 17, 17, 15, 8, 15, 11, 30, 27Heat-Wizards · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Robin LopezPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 6, 17, 26, 9, 5, 14, 10, 26Knicks-Wolves · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jamal CrawfordLAC+7.0 20.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Archie GoodwinPHX+5.9 15.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Gorgui DiengMIN+5.9 15.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.5 16.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.6 6.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
O.J. MayoMIL−4.4 4.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season