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Friday, February 21, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed WAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final · Box score
Knicks105
Cavs142
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +27; Q3 CLE +31; Q4 CLE +37
Final · Box score
Grizzlies105
Magic104
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 Grizzlies 0; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +1
Final · Box score
Bucks104
Wizards101
Q1 MIL -13; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +3
Final · OT · Box score
Heat120
Raptors111
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 Heat 0; OT1 MIA +9
Final · Box score
Pelicans103
Mavs111
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +8
Final · Box score
Pistons125
Spurs110
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +15
Final · Box score
Wolves115
Rockets121
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +6
Final · Box score
Thunder130
Jazz107
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +23
Final · Box score
Warriors132
Kings108
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +24
The lead · Bucks-Wizards

Milwaukee climbs out of a 13-point hole against Washington

DeMar DeRozan goes for 34 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-6+9+3MIL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks19313420104
Wizards32241926101
Who led
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 31, 22, 12, 13, 21, 19, 13, 19MIL19 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 15, 14, 16, 15, 6, 11, 22, 18MIL18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Alexandre SarrPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 11, 6, 10, 14, 11, 4, 9, 22WAS22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Corey KispertPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 8, 25, 17, 10, 13, 14, 21, 16WAS16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat New York by 37, the widest margin of 9 games.

MEM over ORL1MIL over WAS3HOU over MIN6DAL over NOP8MIA over TOR9DET over SAS15OKC over UTA23GSW over SAC24CLE over NYK37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Lead changes
Wolves-Rockets20
Pelicans-Mavs13
Heat-Raptors9
Grizzlies-Magic6
Pistons-Spurs4
Bucks-Wizards2
Knicks-Cavs1
Thunder-Jazz0
The night in charts
Knicks-Cavs combined for 247, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-CavsKnicks 105, Cavs 142
247
Warriors-KingsWarriors 132, Kings 108
240
Thunder-JazzThunder 130, Jazz 107
237
Wolves-RocketsWolves 115, Rockets 121
236
Pistons-SpursPistons 125, Spurs 110
235
Heat-RaptorsHeat 120, Raptors 111 · OT
231
Pelicans-MavsPelicans 103, Mavs 111
214
Grizzlies-MagicGrizzlies 105, Magic 104
209
Bucks-WizardsBucks 104, Wizards 101
205
2 of 9 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-MagicGrizzlies 105, Magic 104
+1 MEM
Bucks-WizardsBucks 104, Wizards 101
+3 MIL
Wolves-RocketsWolves 115, Rockets 121
+6 HOU
Pelicans-MavsPelicans 103, Mavs 111
+8 DAL
Heat-RaptorsHeat 120, Raptors 111 · OT
+9 MIA
Pistons-SpursPistons 125, Spurs 110
+15 DET
Thunder-JazzThunder 130, Jazz 107
+23 OKC
Warriors-KingsWarriors 132, Kings 108
+24 GSW
Knicks-CavsKnicks 105, Cavs 142
+37 CLE
MIL erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bucks-WizardsMIL won · Bucks 104, Wizards 101
13 pts
Grizzlies-MagicMEM won · Grizzlies 105, Magic 104
3 pts
Keldon Johnson shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Keldon JohnsonSAS · 28 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB
85% (11-13)
MobleyCLE · 21 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
82% (9-11)
Tobias HarrisDET · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
ZionNOP · 29 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
73% (11-15)
MoodyGSW · 22 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
Final · Grizzlies-Magic
Grizzlies 105Magic 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies29242725105
Magic22313021104
The story
Ja Morant's 23 points carried Memphis past Orlando, 105-104

For Orlando, Paolo Banchero had 21 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 10-24 FG, 1-7 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 29-22, was where the Grizzlies built it.

MEM lead by quarter
200 +70−3+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Wizards
Bucks 104Wizards 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks19313420104
Wizards32241926101
The story
Brook Lopez had 18 points as Milwaukee beat Washington 104-101

Khris Middleton led Washington with 12 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 5-8 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the second, the Bucks took the third 34-19.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −13−6+9+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Alexandre Sarr led the game in fantasy with 40.9 FPTS (22 PTS, 7 REB)

Final · Heat-Raptors
Heat 120Raptors 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Heat3027272313120
Raptors192932274111
The story
Miami beat Toronto 120-111 in OT behind 28 points from Tyler Herro

Immanuel Quickley paced Toronto: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 10-18 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

A 30-19 first quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +11+9+40+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

RJ Barrett topped the game at 45.6 FPTS: 29 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 37

Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 36, 21, 49, 41, 44, 28, 23, 37Wolves-Rockets · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 21, 13, 28, 24, 18, 22, 9, 35Rockets-Wolves · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 25, 28, 34, 19, 13, 30, 42, 35Mavs-Pelicans · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 33, 19, 22, 11, 42, 24, 20, 34Kings-Warriors · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 31, 29, 14, 28, 40, 17, 33, 29Pelicans-Mavs · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 15, 23, 17, 11, 19, 20, 27, 29Raptors-Heat · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Aaron WigginsOKC+6.5 17.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+5.9 33.5 last 10 · 27.6 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.5 26.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Max ChristieDAL+5.5 15.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Bam AdebayoMIA+5.3 22.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−6.2 21.1 last 10 · 27.3 season
Dennis SchroderDET−4.5 9.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−4.5 5.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−4.3 14.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
Goga BitadzeORL−4.2 4.2 last 10 · 8.4 season