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Saturday, February 27, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 9 after the first quarter and won 110–107.

Final · OT · Box score
Cavs112
Sixers109
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 Cavs 0; OT1 CLE +3
Final · Box score
Wolves112
Wizards128
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +16
Final · Box score
Pacers107
Knicks110
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +3
Final · Box score
Nuggets126
Thunder96
Q1 DEN +18; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +30
Final · Box score
Jazz124
Magic109
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +15
Final · Box score
Pelicans114
Spurs117
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +3
Final · Box score
Mavs115
Nets98
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +17
On this day · 2019–20Feb 27, 2020: 4 games. Top scorer: Tobias Harris (Sixers-Knicks), 34 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Knicks

New York climbs out of a 9-point hole against Indiana

Joel Embiid goes for 42 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+2+3+3NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers32202629107
Knicks23312729110
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 24, 22, 44, 25, 25, 25, 21, 28NYK28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 8, 7, 21, 15, 21, 4, 12, 24NYK24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Doug McDermottPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 18, 12, 9, 26, 8, 15, 6, 20IND20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
T.J. McConnellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 13, 7, 6, 19, 6, 9, 6, 17IND17 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 30.

CLE over PHI3NYK over IND3SAS over NOP3UTA over ORL15WAS over MIN16DAL over BKN17DEN over OKC30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Lead changes
Wolves-Wizards11
Cavs-Sixers8
Pacers-Knicks7
Mavs-Nets4
Pelicans-Spurs3
Nuggets-Thunder0
The night in charts
Wolves-Wizards combined for 240, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-WizardsWolves 112, Wizards 128
240
Jazz-MagicJazz 124, Magic 109
233
Pelicans-SpursPelicans 114, Spurs 117
231
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 126, Thunder 96
222
Cavs-SixersCavs 112, Sixers 109 · OT
221
Pacers-KnicksPacers 107, Knicks 110
217
Mavs-NetsMavs 115, Nets 98
213
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pelicans-SpursPelicans 114, Spurs 117
+3 SAS
Pacers-KnicksPacers 107, Knicks 110
+3 NYK
Cavs-SixersCavs 112, Sixers 109 · OT
+3 CLE
Jazz-MagicJazz 124, Magic 109
+15 UTA
Wolves-WizardsWolves 112, Wizards 128
+16 WAS
Mavs-NetsMavs 115, Nets 98
+17 DAL
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 126, Thunder 96
+30 DEN
NYK rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-KnicksNYK won · Pacers 107, Knicks 110
9 pts
Wolves-WizardsWAS won · Wolves 112, Wizards 128
2 pts
Jokic shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JokicDEN · 19 PTS, 13 AST, 11 REB, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
ReidMIN · 17 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
SimmonsPHI · 24 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
MPJDEN · 20 PTS, 10 REB
64% (7-11)
McConnellIND · 17 PTS, 12 AST, 6 REB, 2 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Cavs-Sixers
Cavs 112Sixers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Cavs2828162020112
Sixers2324232217109
The story
Collin Sexton had 28 points as Cleveland beat Philadelphia 112-109 in OT

Ben Simmons led Philadelphia with 24 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB 28 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 11-27 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the first 28-23, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +5+9+20+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Pacers-Knicks
Pacers 107Knicks 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers32202629107
Knicks23312729110
The story
Julius Randle's 28 points and 10 rebounds carried New York past Indiana, 110-107

For Indiana, T.J. McConnell had 17 PTS, 12 AST, 6 REB 28 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 4 STL · 12-22 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The Knicks trailed by 9 going into the second, then won it 31-20.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −9+2+3+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pelicans-Spurs
Pelicans 114Spurs 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans32292231114
Spurs33342624117
The story
San Antonio beat New Orleans 117-114 behind 32 points and 11 assists from DeMar DeRozan

Zion Williamson paced New Orleans: 23 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST 32 PTS, 11 AST, 1 REB · 11-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 34-29 second quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +1+6+10+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 42

Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 35, 35, 31, 50, 25, 18, 23, 42Sixers-Cavs · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kevin Durant SEA, Apr 16, 2008: 42 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 35, 37, 25, 37, 33, 28, 33, 34Wizards-Wolves · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 42, 14, 16, 30, 37, 20, 28, 34Magic-Jazz · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 5, 14, 30, 30, 21, 12, 23, 8, 32Spurs-Pelicans · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 26, 24, 24, 35, 23, 13, 30, 31Jazz-Magic · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 19, 29, 38, 23, 37, 29, 20, 29Nets-Mavs · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jamal MurrayDEN+6.3 27.9 last 10 · 21.6 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+5.7 18.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
LaMelo BallCHA+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.0 21.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Saddiq BeyDET+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−4.5 5.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
RJ BarrettNYK−3.5 12.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.4 21.6 last 10 · 25.0 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−3.2 18.2 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jayson TatumBOS−3.1 21.9 last 10 · 25.0 season