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Sunday, February 4, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NJN by 2 after the first quarter and won 101–99.

Final · OT · Box score
Hawks101
Nets99
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 Hawks 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final · Box score
Clippers110
Raptors122
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +12
Final · Box score
Pistons90
Cavs78
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +12
On this day · 2005–06Feb 4, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (Bulls-Suns), 39 points.
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The lead · Hawks-Nets

Joe Johnson scores 37 as Atlanta wins in New Jersey

Vince Carter goes for 27 points

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2+1+70+2ATL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Hawks2221241915101
Nets241818261399
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 29, 21, 39, 16, 34, 33, 28, 37ATL37 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 16, 21, 24, 21, 19, 4, 26, 14ATL14 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 8, 23, 33, 40, 33, 11, 25, 27NJN27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Marcus WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 0, 17, 16, 11, 12, 14, 6, 18NJN18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Clippers-Raptors

Toronto leads Clippers wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 122–110. Best quarter: the first, 36–29. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over NJN2TOR over LAC12DET over CLE12Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over LAC.
Lead changes
Hawks-Nets21
Pistons-Cavs7
Clippers-Raptors0
Shot of the night

Lue's jumper with 0.8 seconds left in OT breaks the tie, 101-99 final

The night in charts
Clippers-Raptors combined for 232, 32 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-RaptorsClippers 110, Raptors 122
232
Hawks-NetsHawks 101, Nets 99
200
Pistons-CavsPistons 90, Cavs 78
168
ATL won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Hawks-NetsHawks 101, Nets 99
+2 ATL
Clippers-RaptorsClippers 110, Raptors 122
+12 TOR
Pistons-CavsPistons 90, Cavs 78
+12 DET
Webber shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WebberDET · 15 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Tim ThomasLAC · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Marcus WilliamsNJN · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
62% (8-13)
Marvin WilliamsATL · 12 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
VinceNJN · 27 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB, 2 BLK
56% (10-18)
Final · Hawks-Nets
Hawks 101Nets 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Hawks2221241915101
Nets241818261399
The story
Josh Smith had 14 points and 10 rebounds as Atlanta beat New Jersey 101-99 in OT

Marcus Williams led New Jersey with 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 14 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 5-17 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Hawks won the third 24-18, their biggest quarter edge.

ATL lead by quarter
200 −2+1+70+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Clippers-Raptors
Clippers 110Raptors 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers29252828110
Raptors36302630122
The story
Chris Bosh's 27 points carried Toronto past Los Angeles, 122-110

For Los Angeles, Tim Thomas had 18 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 10-20 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 36-29, was where the Raptors built it.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +7+12+10+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Elton Brand was the fantasy play: 48.0 FPTS on 21 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST

Final · Pistons-Cavs
Pistons 90Cavs 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2723202090
Cavs2419161978
The story
Detroit beat Cleveland 90-78 behind 18 points and 10 assists from Chauncey Billups

Zydrunas Ilgauskas paced Cleveland: 12 PTS, 11 REB 18 PTS, 10 AST, 3 REB · 4-9 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 23-19 second quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 +3+7+11+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James topped the game at 39.5 FPTS: 21 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 23.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 37

Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 29, 21, 39, 16, 34, 33, 28, 37Hawks-Nets · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 8, 23, 33, 40, 33, 11, 25, 27Nets-Hawks · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 29, 20, 35, 26, 26, 34, 24, 27Raptors-Clippers · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 11, 22, 17, 6, 10, 11, 20, 24Clippers-Raptors · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 34, 25, 18, 25, 22, 26, 26, 21Clippers-Raptors · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 30, 32, 18, 39, 30, 17, 18, 21Cavs-Pistons · L
26.6 PPG season to date · −5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Nick CollisonSEA+7.3 17.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 21.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Ray AllenSEA+5.4 32.1 last 10 · 26.7 season
Jose CalderonTOR+5.0 13.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.9 7.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
T.J. FordTOR−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.3 7.1 last 10 · 11.4 season