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Thursday, February 27, 2020Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAC by 11 at halftime and won 112–108.

Final · Box score
Knicks106
Sixers115
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +9
Final · Box score
Blazers100
Pacers106
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +6
Final · Box score
Kings108
Thunder112
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -11; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +4
Final · Box score
Lakers116
Warriors86
Q1 Lakers 0; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +25; Q4 LAL +30
On this day · 2018–19Feb 27, 2019: 11 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (Wolves-Hawks), 37 points.
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The lead · Kings-Thunder

OKC turns it around against Sacramento

Tobias Harris goes for 34 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-11-1+4OKC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings27342126108
Thunder25253131112
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 19, 24, 15, 29, 15, 12, 24, 24OKC24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 21, 24, 17, 17, 11, 22, 21, 20OKC20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 9, 25, 23, 6, 32, 13, 21, 21SAC21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Harry Giles IIIPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 10, 8, 8, 11, 3, 14, 13, 19SAC19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Blazers-Pacers

Indiana handles Portland by 6

The Pacers won the third quarter 37–26. Final: 106–100. Domantas Sabonis led Indiana with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over SAC4IND over POR6PHI over NYK9LAL over GSW30Final margin, points. Pink = IND over POR.
Lead changes
Kings-Thunder14
Blazers-Pacers8
Lakers-Warriors3
Knicks-Sixers0
The night in charts
Knicks-Sixers combined for 221, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-SixersKnicks 106, Sixers 115
221
Kings-ThunderKings 108, Thunder 112
220
Blazers-PacersBlazers 100, Pacers 106
206
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 116, Warriors 86
202
OKC won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Kings-ThunderKings 108, Thunder 112
+4 OKC
Blazers-PacersBlazers 100, Pacers 106
+6 IND
Knicks-SixersKnicks 106, Sixers 115
+9 PHI
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 116, Warriors 86
+30 LAL
OKC erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-ThunderOKC won · Kings 108, Thunder 112
11 pts
Blazers-PacersIND won · Blazers 100, Pacers 106
6 pts
Tobias Harris shot 14-of-21 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Tobias HarrisPHI · 34 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
67% (14-21)
GilesSAC · 19 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
RandleNYK · 30 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST
61% (11-18)
WhitesidePOR · 18 PTS, 16 REB, 4 BLK, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
CP3OKC · 17 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
55% (6-11)
Final · Kings-Thunder
Kings 108Thunder 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings27342126108
Thunder25253131112
The story
Danilo Gallinari had 24 points as Oklahoma City beat Sacramento 112-108

Cory Joseph led Sacramento with 11 AST, 6 PTS, 2 REB 24 PTS, 6 REB · 8-17 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

Down 11 after the second, the Thunder took the third 31-21.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −2−11−1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Chris Paul led the game in fantasy with 36.8 FPTS (17 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB)

Final · Blazers-Pacers
Blazers 100Pacers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers24252625100
Pacers30133726106
The story
Domantas Sabonis' 20 points and 11 rebounds carried Indiana past Portland, 106-100

For Portland, CJ McCollum had 28 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB 20 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 8-15 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Pacers trailed by 6 going into the third, then won it 37-26.

IND lead by quarter
200 +6−6+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Hassan Whiteside was the fantasy play: 51.2 FPTS on 18 PTS, 16 REB

Final · Knicks-Sixers
Knicks 106Sixers 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks21253327106
Sixers26352628115
The story
Philadelphia beat New York 115-106 behind 15 points and 9 assists from Al Horford

Elfrid Payton paced New York: 18 PTS, 12 AST, 6 REB 15 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 5-10 FG, 4-4 3PT

The swing

A 35-25 second quarter did the most damage for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +5+15+8+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.9Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.9 in 55 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tobias Harris leads the day with 34

Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 21, 14, 17, 22, 11, 25, 11, 34Sixers-Knicks · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 22, 17, 35, 21, 7, 17, 18, 30Knicks-Sixers · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 27, 13, 20, 23, 27, 41, 28, 28Blazers-Pacers · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 19, 24, 15, 29, 15, 12, 24, 24Thunder-Kings · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 32, 27, 25, 33, 28, 32, 21, 23Lakers-Warriors · W
26.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Eric PaschallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 6, 9, 12, 12, 13, 12, 23Warriors-Lakers · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Malik BeasleyMIN+9.5 19.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jayson TatumBOS+7.8 31.1 last 10 · 23.3 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL+6.0 21.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Kristaps PorzingisDAL+6.0 24.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Caris LeVertBKN+5.8 22.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeLAC−6.3 14.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Aron BaynesPHX−5.3 5.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Devin BookerPHX−4.9 21.2 last 10 · 26.1 season
Josh RichardsonPHI−4.8 9.2 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season