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Thursday, January 31, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed PHX by 7 after the first quarter and won 84–81.

Final · Box score
Lakers89
Pistons90
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +1
Final · Box score
Mavs90
Celtics96
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 Celtics 0; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +6
Final · Box score
Cavs95
Sonics101
Q1 SEA +16; Q2 SEA +20; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +6
Final · Box score
Spurs84
Suns81
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +3
On this day · 2006–07Jan 31, 2007: 13 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Celtics), 43 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Suns

San Antonio takes over late to edge Phoenix

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 31 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-6-5+3SAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1816212984
Suns2515202181
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 21, 16, 12, 18, 11, 29, 29, 19SAS19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jacque VaughnPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 2, 2, 6, 2, 0, 6, 4, 17SAS17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 18, 16, 14, 7, 7, 15, 19, 21PHX21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 17, 13, 37, 21, 26, 14, 10, 17PHX17 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Lead changes
Mavs-Celtics14
Lakers-Pistons7
Spurs-Suns5
Cavs-Sonics0
Shot of the night

Prince's three with 4.5 seconds left puts the Pistons ahead, 90-89 final

The night in charts
Cavs-Sonics combined for 196, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-SonicsCavs 95, Sonics 101
196
Mavs-CelticsMavs 90, Celtics 96
186
Lakers-PistonsLakers 89, Pistons 90
179
Spurs-SunsSpurs 84, Suns 81
165
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-PistonsLakers 89, Pistons 90
+1 DET
Spurs-SunsSpurs 84, Suns 81
+3 SAS
Cavs-SonicsCavs 95, Sonics 101
+6 SEA
Mavs-CelticsMavs 90, Celtics 96
+6 BOS
SAS rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-SunsSAS won · Spurs 84, Suns 81
7 pts
Lakers-PistonsDET won · Lakers 89, Pistons 90
5 pts
Kurt Thomas shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Kurt ThomasSEA · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
80% (8-10)
KDSEA · 24 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
MarionPHX · 21 PTS, 10 REB, 5 STL, 2 AST
57% (8-14)
Ray AllenBOS · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
55% (11-20)
WilcoxSEA · 18 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST
54% (7-13)
Final · Lakers-Pistons
Lakers 89Pistons 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2223271789
Pistons2923152390
The story
Chauncey Billups' 16 points carried Detroit past Los Angeles, 90-89

For Los Angeles, Derek Fisher had 15 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 16 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 5-10 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

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

DET lead by quarter
200 +7+7−5+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Suns
Spurs 84Suns 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1816212984
Suns2515202181
The story
San Antonio beat Phoenix 84-81 behind 17 rebounds and 16 points from Tim Duncan

Amar'e Stoudemire paced Phoenix: 16 PTS, 9 REB 17 REB, 16 PTS, 7 AST · 7-16 FG

The swing

A 29-21 fourth quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −7−6−5+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Shawn Marion topped the game at 51.0 FPTS: 21 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST

Final · Cavs-Sonics
Cavs 95Sonics 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2418262795
Sonics40222316101
The story
Kevin Durant had 24 points as Seattle beat Cleveland 101-95

Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 17 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST 24 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 10-16 FG

The swing

The SuperSonics won the first 40-24, their biggest quarter edge.

SEA lead by quarter
200 +16+20+17+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Larry Hughes led the game in fantasy with 50.7 FPTS (28 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST)

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Lakers-Pistons

Detroit wins a tight one over Lakers

90–89. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over LAL1SAS over PHX3BOS over DAL6SEA over CLE6Final margin, points. Pink = DET over LAL.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 37, 48, 30, 17, 29, 40, 33, 24, 39Lakers-Pistons · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 21, 20, 21, 20, 26, 32, 20, 31Mavs-Celtics · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 4, 4, 9, 4, 25, 16, 8, 28Cavs-Sonics · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 12, 22, 10, 19, 19, 24, 7, 26Celtics-Mavs · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 16, 35, 23, 17, 19, 12, 17, 26Celtics-Mavs · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 22, 6, 12, 25, 17, 19, 26, 24Sonics-Cavs · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chris BoshTOR+6.6 29.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Kareem RushIND+6.1 14.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.7 18.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.4 33.4 last 10 · 28.0 season
Ryan GomesMIN+4.7 16.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.3 9.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ricky DavisMIA−6.0 7.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.5 7.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.2 16.8 last 10 · 22.0 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.5 4.7 last 10 · 9.2 season