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Tuesday, February 23, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 4 after three quarters and won 117–114.

Final · Box score
Magic124
Sixers115
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +9
Final · Box score
Pelicans89
Wizards109
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +20; Q4 WAS +20
Final · Box score
Kings114
Nuggets110
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +4
Final · OT · Box score
Rockets114
Jazz117
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 Jazz 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final · Box score
Nets104
Blazers112
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +8
On this day · 2014–15Feb 23, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Wolves), 31 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Jazz

Utah needs overtime to survive Houston

Brook Lopez goes for 36 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+11+5-40+3UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Rockets232832238114
Jazz3422232711117
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 18, 22, 20, 21, 19, 22, 21, 28UTA28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 11, 11, 16, 29, 11, 23, 22, 19UTA19 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37, 34, 27, 42HOU42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 17, 9, 22, 5, 19, 8, 25, 18HOU18 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Kings-Nuggets

Sacramento never trails at a break against Denver

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 114–110. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 39 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over HOU3SAC over DEN4POR over BKN8ORL over PHI9WAS over NOP20Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over DEN.
Lead changes
Rockets-Jazz12
Pelicans-Wizards8
Nets-Blazers8
Kings-Nuggets7
Magic-Sixers6
The night in charts
Magic-Sixers combined for 239, 8 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-SixersMagic 124, Sixers 115
239
Rockets-JazzRockets 114, Jazz 117
231
Kings-NuggetsKings 114, Nuggets 110
224
Nets-BlazersNets 104, Blazers 112
216
Pelicans-WizardsPelicans 89, Wizards 109
198
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Rockets-JazzRockets 114, Jazz 117
+3 UTA
Kings-NuggetsKings 114, Nuggets 110
+4 SAC
Nets-BlazersNets 104, Blazers 112
+8 POR
Magic-SixersMagic 124, Sixers 115
+9 ORL
Pelicans-WizardsPelicans 89, Wizards 109
+20 WAS
Brook Lopez shot 16-of-24 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Brook LopezBKN · 36 PTS, 10 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
67% (16-24)
CJPOR · 34 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
65% (13-20)
Ryan AndersonNOP · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
GortatWAS · 21 PTS, 11 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
63% (10-16)
VucevicORL · 35 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
62% (13-21)
Final · Rockets-Jazz
Rockets 114Jazz 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Rockets232832238114
Jazz3422232711117
The story
Gordon Hayward had 28 points as Utah beat Houston 117-114 in OT

Dwight Howard led Houston with 16 REB, 13 PTS 28 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 6-7 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The Jazz won the first 34-23, their biggest quarter edge.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +11+5−40+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Kings-Nuggets
Kings 114Nuggets 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings28333023114
Nuggets25252733110
The story
DeMarcus Cousins' 39 points carried Sacramento past Denver, 114-110

For Denver, Nikola Jokic had 13 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST 39 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 14-24 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 33-25, was where the Kings built it.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +3+11+14+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pelicans-Wizards
Pelicans 89Wizards 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans1932142489
Wizards24303124109
The story
Washington beat New Orleans 109-89 behind a 16-12-11 triple-double from John Wall

Anthony Davis paced New Orleans: 20 REB, 9 PTS, 3 AST 16 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST · 5-17 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 31-14 third quarter did the most damage for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +5+3+20+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.0Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg7.9Last 3

7.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 49 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg31.8Today

32 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 42

James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 40, 26, 17, 33, 37, 34, 27, 42Rockets-Jazz · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 28, 2002: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 17, 30, 24, 31, 14, 28, 37, 39Kings-Nuggets · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 21, 26, 17, 16, 20, 33, 16, 36Nets-Blazers · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 16, 13, 22, 28, 20, 21, 19, 35Magic-Sixers · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 30, 21, 16, 21, 14, 21, 31, 34Blazers-Nets · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 14, 27, 21, 33, 31, 51, 30, 34Blazers-Nets · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jeff GreenLAC+6.0 18.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.6 27.2 last 10 · 21.6 season
Luol DengMIA+5.6 16.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+5.5 18.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.4 22.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.9 6.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Ryan AndersonNOP−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
O.J. MayoMIL−3.3 5.3 last 10 · 8.6 season