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Sunday, February 1, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 8 after three quarters and won 90–80.

Final · Box score
Wolves101
Celtics109
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
Magic113
Raptors90
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +23
Final · Box score
Cavs90
Pistons80
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +10
Final · OT · Box score
Thunder118
Kings122
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 Kings 0; OT1 SAC +4
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The lead · Cavs-Pistons

LeBron James scores 33 as Cleveland wins in Detroit

Al Jefferson goes for 34 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3-8+10CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1620223290
Pistons1821271480
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23, 25, 33CLE33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 16, 33, 14, 25, 43, 12, 23, 22CLE22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 12, 27, 11, 11, 17, 19, 19, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 19, 14, 7, 17, 27, 11, 14, 16DET16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Thunder-Kings

Sacramento needs overtime to survive OKC

Tied 112–112 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 10–6 for a 122–118 win. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 37 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Kings-Thunder
Kevin Martin · SACRussell Westbrook · OKCPTS3734REB26AST18Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Thunder-Kings10
Cavs-Pistons9
Wolves-Celtics6
Magic-Raptors0
The night in charts
Thunder-Kings combined for 240, 30 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-KingsThunder 118, Kings 122
240
Wolves-CelticsWolves 101, Celtics 109
210
Magic-RaptorsMagic 113, Raptors 90
203
Cavs-PistonsCavs 90, Pistons 80
170
SAC won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Thunder-KingsThunder 118, Kings 122
+4 SAC
Wolves-CelticsWolves 101, Celtics 109
+8 BOS
Cavs-PistonsCavs 90, Pistons 80
+10 CLE
Magic-RaptorsMagic 113, Raptors 90
+23 ORL
Jefferson shot 15-of-21 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JeffersonMIN · 34 PTS, 11 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
71% (15-21)
CalderonTOR · 16 PTS, 5 AST, 2 STL, 1 REB
67% (8-12)
Jason ThompsonSAC · 15 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
DwightORL · 29 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
58% (11-19)
KDOKC · 33 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
57% (13-23)
Final · Thunder-Kings
Thunder 118Kings 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Thunder312633226118
Kings3330292010122
The story
Francisco Garcia had 17 points as Sacramento beat Oklahoma City 122-118 in OT

Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma City with 34 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 17 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL, 3 BLK · 7-16 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The Kings won the second 30-26, their biggest quarter edge.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +2+6+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Jeff Green led the game in fantasy with 59.1 FPTS (28 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST)

Final · Wolves-Celtics
Wolves 101Celtics 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves24202928101
Celtics29332522109
The story
Paul Pierce's 36 points carried Boston past Minnesota, 109-101

For Minnesota, Randy Foye had 21 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB 36 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 13-24 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 33-20, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +5+18+14+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Raptors
Magic 113Raptors 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic31223426113
Raptors2522182590
The story
Orlando beat Toronto 113-90 behind 29 points and 14 rebounds from Dwight Howard

Joey Graham paced Toronto: 14 PTS, 12 REB 29 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST · 11-19 FG

The swing

A 34-18 third quarter did the most damage for the Magic.

ORL lead by quarter
300 +6+6+22+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 45 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 37

Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 25, 22, 20, 12, 35, 18, 27, 37Kings-Thunder · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 39, 22, 13, 12, 14, 27, 8, 8, 20, 36Celtics-Wolves · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 5, 14, 30, 11, 13, 16, 20, 34Thunder-Kings · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 20, 25, 24, 39, 23, 24, 34, 34Wolves-Celtics · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23, 25, 33Cavs-Pistons · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 32, 31, 27, 46, 18, 35, 29, 33Thunder-Kings · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+7.7 22.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Eric GordonLAC+7.4 21.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.5 24.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Flip MurrayATL+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mo WilliamsCLE+5.8 23.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.2 6.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Vince CarterNJN−6.0 15.1 last 10 · 21.1 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.8 8.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.6 16.9 last 10 · 21.5 season
Brandon RushIND−4.5 1.5 last 10 · 6.0 season