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Friday, February 21, 2020Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 9 after the first quarter and won 113–108.

Final · Box score
Mavs122
Magic106
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +16
Final · Box score
Cavs113
Wizards108
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +5
Final · Box score
Pacers106
Knicks98
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +8
Final · Box score
Suns101
Raptors118
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +24; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +17
Final · Box score
Celtics127
Wolves117
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
Nuggets101
Thunder113
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 Thunder 0; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +12
Final · Box score
Spurs113
Jazz104
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
Grizzlies105
Lakers117
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
Final · Box score
Pelicans128
Blazers115
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +19; Q4 NOP +13
On this day · 2018–19Feb 21, 2019: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (Warriors-Kings), 36 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Wizards

Cleveland rallies from 9 down to beat Washington

Anthony Davis goes for 28 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-5-6+5CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs32292032113
Wizards41252121108
Who led
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 24, 23, 23, 29, 23, 13, 23, 25CLE25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Cedi OsmanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 9, 8, 10, 15, 11, 7, 3, 16CLE16 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 47, 34, 34, 43, 29, 26, 30, 30, 26WAS26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Rui HachimuraPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 10, 7, 11, 17, 12, 20, 8, 17WAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Toronto by 17.

CLE over WAS5IND over NYK8SAS over UTA9BOS over MIN10OKC over DEN12LAL over MEM12NOP over POR13DAL over ORL16TOR over PHX17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Thunder9
Suns-Raptors6
Pacers-Knicks5
Celtics-Wolves5
Spurs-Jazz3
Mavs-Magic2
Cavs-Wizards1
Grizzlies-Lakers0
Pelicans-Blazers0
The night in charts
Celtics-Wolves combined for 244, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 127, Wolves 117
244
Pelicans-BlazersPelicans 128, Blazers 115
243
Mavs-MagicMavs 122, Magic 106
228
Grizzlies-LakersGrizzlies 105, Lakers 117
222
Cavs-WizardsCavs 113, Wizards 108
221
Suns-RaptorsSuns 101, Raptors 118
219
Spurs-JazzSpurs 113, Jazz 104
217
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 101, Thunder 113
214
Pacers-KnicksPacers 106, Knicks 98
204
CLE won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Cavs-WizardsCavs 113, Wizards 108
+5 CLE
Pacers-KnicksPacers 106, Knicks 98
+8 IND
Spurs-JazzSpurs 113, Jazz 104
+9 SAS
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 127, Wolves 117
+10 BOS
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 101, Thunder 113
+12 OKC
Grizzlies-LakersGrizzlies 105, Lakers 117
+12 LAL
Pelicans-BlazersPelicans 128, Blazers 115
+13 NOP
Mavs-MagicMavs 122, Magic 106
+16 DAL
Suns-RaptorsSuns 101, Raptors 118
+17 TOR
CLE rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-WizardsCLE won · Cavs 113, Wizards 108
9 pts
Pacers-KnicksIND won · Pacers 106, Knicks 98
5 pts
Jokic shot 12-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JokicDEN · 32 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
80% (12-15)
KleberDAL · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
77% (10-13)
Josh JacksonMEM · 20 PTS, 3 REB
75% (9-12)
HaywardBOS · 29 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
71% (12-17)
CP3OKC · 29 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
65% (11-17)
Final · Cavs-Wizards
Cavs 113Wizards 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs32292032113
Wizards41252121108
The story
Andre Drummond had 12 points and 12 rebounds as Cleveland beat Washington 113-108

Bradley Beal led Washington with 26 PTS, 3 REB 12 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST · 6-11 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Cavaliers took the fourth 32-21.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −9−5−6+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Rui Hachimura led the game in fantasy with 36.4 FPTS (17 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Grizzlies-Lakers
Grizzlies 105Lakers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies22193628105
Lakers28322433117
The story
LeBron James' 32 points carried Los Angeles past Memphis, 117-105

For Memphis, Brandon Clarke had 14 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST 32 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 10-17 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 32-19, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +6+19+7+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Raptors
Suns 101Raptors 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns23203523101
Raptors31362625118
The story
Toronto beat Phoenix 118-101 behind 14 points from Fred VanVleet

Ricky Rubio paced Phoenix: 13 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB 14 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 6-13 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

A 36-20 second quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
300 +8+24+15+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Pascal Siakam leads the day with 37

Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 30, 17, 25, 15, 20, 34, 16, 37Raptors-Suns · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 35, 36, 27, 25, 29, 21, 33, 33Mavs-Magic · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 15, 39, 29, 30, 23, 19, 22, 32Nuggets-Thunder · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 22, 15, 36, 18, 22, 17, 32, 32Lakers-Grizzlies · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 25, 4, 24, 23, 13, 20, 21, 29Celtics-Wolves · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 9, 20, 12, 22, 22, 31, 14, 29Thunder-Nuggets · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Malik MonkCHA+7.6 17.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+6.5 33.5 last 10 · 27.0 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.2 34.7 last 10 · 29.5 season
Miles BridgesCHA+5.0 18.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
James HardenHOU−6.2 29.0 last 10 · 35.2 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.4 17.3 last 10 · 21.7 season
Aron BaynesPHX−4.2 7.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jeff TeagueATL−3.8 7.5 last 10 · 11.3 season