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Tuesday, February 26, 2019Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ORL by 14 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final · Box score
Magic103
Knicks108
Q1 NYK -14; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -12; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
Celtics95
Raptors118
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +21; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +23
Final · Box score
Thunder112
Nuggets121
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +9
On this day · 2017–18Feb 26, 2018: 10 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (Pelicans-Suns), 53 points.
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The lead · Magic-Knicks

New York takes down Orlando

Nikola Jokic goes for 36 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-5-12+5NYK AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic34272913103
Knicks20362230108
Who led
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 21, 19, 25, 14, 14, 15, 19, 19NYK19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allonzo TrierPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 7, 7, 4, 19, 6, 20, 9, 18NYK18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 15, 19, 25, 17, 19, 23, 26ORL26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 14, 12, 20, 10, 17, 7, 26ORL26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Celtics-Raptors

Toronto routs Boston by 23

Toronto led by 21 at halftime and won 118–95. Pascal Siakam led Toronto with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over ORL5DEN over OKC9TOR over BOS23Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over BOS.
Lead changes
Celtics-Raptors11
Thunder-Nuggets10
Magic-Knicks1
The night in charts
Thunder-Nuggets combined for 233, 20 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-NuggetsThunder 112, Nuggets 121
233
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 95, Raptors 118
213
Magic-KnicksMagic 103, Knicks 108
211
NYK won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Magic-KnicksMagic 103, Knicks 108
+5 NYK
Thunder-NuggetsThunder 112, Nuggets 121
+9 DEN
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 95, Raptors 118
+23 TOR
NYK erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Magic-KnicksNYK won · Magic 103, Knicks 108
14 pts
Celtics-RaptorsTOR won · Celtics 95, Raptors 118
2 pts
Jerami Grant shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jerami GrantOKC · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
75% (9-12)
VucevicORL · 26 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 3 BLK
63% (12-19)
SiakamTOR · 25 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
KawhiTOR · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
AdamsOKC · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Magic-Knicks
Magic 103Knicks 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic34272913103
Knicks20362230108
The story
Mitchell Robinson had 17 points and 14 rebounds as New York beat Orlando 108-103

Aaron Gordon led Orlando with 26 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 14 REB, 6 BLK, 3 STL · 6-9 FG

The swing

Down 12 after the third, the Knicks took the fourth 30-13.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −14−5−12+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Nuggets
Thunder 112Nuggets 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder26252734112
Nuggets29352730121
The story
Will Barton's 23 points carried Denver past Oklahoma City, 121-112

For Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook had 22 PTS, 14 REB, 9 AST 23 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 9-16 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 35-25, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +3+13+13+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Raptors
Celtics 95Raptors 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics3213232795
Raptors30362923118
The story
Toronto beat Boston 118-95 behind 25 points from Pascal Siakam

Marcus Morris paced Boston: 17 PTS, 6 REB 25 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 10-16 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

A 36-13 second quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
300 −2+21+27+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.5Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 58 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 36

Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 16, 25, 27, 23, 20, 19, 22, 36Nuggets-Thunder · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 15, 19, 25, 17, 19, 23, 26Magic-Knicks · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 14, 12, 20, 10, 17, 7, 26Magic-Knicks · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 43, 37, 39, 27, 45, 47, 28, 45, 14, 25Thunder-Nuggets · L
28.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 16, 33, 10, 17, 44, 22, 10, 25Raptors-Celtics · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 10, 3, 14, 8, 13, 10, 3, 23Nuggets-Thunder · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.4 35.0 last 10 · 28.6 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI+5.9 25.2 last 10 · 19.3 season
Pascal SiakamTOR+5.7 22.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+5.7 17.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cedi OsmanCLE+5.5 18.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.6 2.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.1 1.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
Josh HartLAL−4.8 3.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Anthony DavisNOP−4.7 22.9 last 10 · 27.6 season
Gary HarrisDEN−4.3 10.0 last 10 · 14.3 season