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Monday, February 27, 2023Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Pistons106
Hornets117
Q1 CHA +20; Q2 CHA +19; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +11
Final · Box score
Heat101
Sixers99
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +2
Final · Box score
Celtics94
Knicks109
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +15
Final · Box score
Magic101
Pelicans93
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +8
On this day · 2021–22Feb 27, 2022: 8 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (Sixers-Knicks), 37 points.
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The lead · Heat-Sixers

Miami holds off Philadelphia, 101–99

Jimmy Butler goes for 23 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+8+4+2MIA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat28302617101
Sixers2228301999
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 32, 25, 16, 22, 24, 13, 23, 28, 23MIA23 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Gabe VincentPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 17, 5, 20, 15, 21, 2, 5, 14MIA14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 28, 35, 37, 23, 29, 27, 41, 27PHI27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 6, 27, 12, 26, 16, 16, 8, 23PHI23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Magic-Pelicans

Orlando leads New Orleans wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 101–93. Best quarter: the first, 36–25. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over PHI2ORL over NOP8CHA over DET11NYK over BOS15Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over NOP.
Lead changes
Heat-Sixers3
Pistons-Hornets1
Celtics-Knicks1
Magic-Pelicans1
The night in charts
Pistons-Hornets combined for 223, 20 more than any other game
Points by game
Pistons-HornetsPistons 106, Hornets 117
223
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 94, Knicks 109
203
Heat-SixersHeat 101, Sixers 99
200
Magic-PelicansMagic 101, Pelicans 93
194
MIA won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Heat-SixersHeat 101, Sixers 99
+2 MIA
Magic-PelicansMagic 101, Pelicans 93
+8 ORL
Pistons-HornetsPistons 106, Hornets 117
+11 CHA
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 94, Knicks 109
+15 NYK
Wiseman shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WisemanDET · 23 PTS, 7 REB
82% (9-11)
Mark WilliamsCHA · 15 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
DialloDET · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
67% (10-15)
JimmyMIA · 23 PTS, 11 REB, 9 AST, 4 STL
64% (9-14)
BrogdonBOS · 22 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Heat-Sixers
Heat 101Sixers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat28302617101
Sixers2228301999
The story
Bam Adebayo had 13 points as Miami beat Philadelphia 101-99

Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 27 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 4-14 FG

The swing

The Heat won the first 28-22, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +6+8+4+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Pelicans
Magic 101Pelicans 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic36142922101
Pelicans2524251993
The story
Markelle Fultz's 14 points carried Orlando past New Orleans, 101-93

For New Orleans, CJ McCollum had 18 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 14 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 6-9 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 36-25, was where the Magic built it.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +11+1+5+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Hornets
Pistons 106Hornets 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons21253030106
Hornets41242725117
The story
Charlotte beat Detroit 117-106 behind 19 points from Gordon Hayward

Hamidou Diallo paced Detroit: 23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 8-15 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

A 41-21 first quarter did the most damage for the Hornets.

CHA lead by quarter
200 +20+19+16+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Killian Hayes topped the game at 48.8 FPTS: 12 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 55 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paolo Banchero leads the day with 29

Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 16, 11, 16, 22, 13, 11, 19, 29Magic-Pelicans · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 28, 35, 37, 23, 29, 27, 41, 27Sixers-Heat · L
33.0 PPG season to date · −6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 35, 30, 25, 34, 25, 36, 19, 25Pelicans-Magic · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 32, 25, 16, 22, 24, 13, 23, 28, 23Heat-Sixers · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 22, 30, 31, 18, 25, 46, 28, 23Knicks-Celtics · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
James WisemanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 0, 8, 4, 9, 6, 11, 8, 10, 23Pistons-Hornets · L
7.9 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Malaki BranhamSAS+8.6 18.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+8.3 20.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Damian LillardPOR+7.9 40.2 last 10 · 32.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+6.6 32.0 last 10 · 25.4 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+5.7 23.4 last 10 · 17.7 season
Cold
OG AnunobyTOR−7.1 9.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−6.0 6.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Thomas BryantDEN−5.9 5.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.0 9.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kyle LowryMIA−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season