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Monday, February 26, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAC by 1 after the first quarter and won 121–110.

Final · Box score
Raptors130
Pacers122
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +8
Final · Box score
Pistons111
Knicks113
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +2
Final · Box score
Nets111
Grizzlies86
Q1 BKN +12; Q2 BKN +26; Q3 BKN +23; Q4 BKN +25
Final · Box score
Heat121
Kings110
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +11
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The lead · Heat-Kings

Miami keeps rolling, beats Sacramento

Scottie Barnes posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+3+20+11MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat32333620121
Kings33291929110
Who led
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 14, 20, 22, 16, 23, 24, 28MIA28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jaime Jaquez Jr.Points, last 10 games: 8, 8, 7, 12, 10, 6, 12, 12, 8, 26MIA26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Keegan MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 0, 17, 13, 6, 6, 16, 11, 28SAC28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 12, 15, 15, 40, 30, 28, 33, 27SAC27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Pistons-Knicks

New York never trails at a break against Detroit

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–111. Jalen Brunson led New York with 35 points, 1 rebound and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over DET2TOR over IND8MIA over SAC11BKN over MEM25Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over DET.
Lead changes
Raptors-Pacers21
Pistons-Knicks10
Nets-Grizzlies0
Shot of the night

Hart's layup with 2.1 seconds left puts the Knicks ahead, 113-111 final

The night in charts
Raptors-Pacers combined for 252, 21 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-PacersRaptors 130, Pacers 122
252
Heat-KingsHeat 121, Kings 110
231
Pistons-KnicksPistons 111, Knicks 113
224
Nets-GrizzliesNets 111, Grizzlies 86
197
NYK won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Pistons-KnicksPistons 111, Knicks 113
+2 NYK
Raptors-PacersRaptors 130, Pacers 122
+8 TOR
Heat-KingsHeat 121, Kings 110
+11 MIA
Nets-GrizzliesNets 111, Grizzlies 86
+25 BKN
Mathurin shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MathurinIND · 34 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
73% (11-15)
Keegan MurraySAC · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
71% (10-14)
JaquezMIA · 26 PTS, 5 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST
71% (12-17)
PoeltlTOR · 15 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
RJTOR · 24 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB
69% (11-16)
Final · Pistons-Knicks
Pistons 111Knicks 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons27312627111
Knicks29333021113
The story
Josh Hart had 23 points as New York beat Detroit 113-111

Quentin Grimes led Detroit with 14 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 8-17 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Knicks won the third 30-26, their biggest quarter edge.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +2+4+8+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Pacers
Raptors 130Pacers 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors30312940130
Pacers28283135122
The story
Immanuel Quickley's 19 points carried Toronto past Indiana, 130-122

For Indiana, Pascal Siakam had 27 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST 19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 8-16 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 40-35, was where the Raptors built it.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +2+5+3+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Kings
Heat 121Kings 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat32333620121
Kings33291929110
The story
Miami beat Sacramento 121-110 behind 28 points and 10 rebounds from Bam Adebayo

De'Aaron Fox paced Sacramento: 27 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 28 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST · 11-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 36-19 third quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −1+3+20+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 35

Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 40, 36, 27, 39, 27, 33, 21, 34, 35Knicks-Pistons · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 31, 14, 11, 4, 0, 15, 14, 34Pacers-Raptors · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 18, 23, 22, 12, 13, 30, 26, 32Pistons-Knicks · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 14, 20, 22, 16, 23, 24, 28Heat-Kings · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Keegan MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 0, 17, 13, 6, 6, 16, 11, 28Kings-Heat · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 29, 16, 19, 18, 23, 20, 12, 27Pacers-Raptors · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+9.5 23.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.2 16.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.2 18.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Precious AchiuwaNYK+4.8 12.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Josh HartNYK+4.8 13.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−8.0 12.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.0 11.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.5 6.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−5.4 16.1 last 10 · 21.5 season