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Tuesday, January 22, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 3 after three quarters and won 95–90.

Final · Box score
Celtics90
Cavs95
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +5
Final · Box score
Magic90
Pistons105
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +15
Final · Box score
Sixers102
Bucks110
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +8
Final · Box score
Thunder109
Clippers97
Q1 Thunder 0; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +12
On this day · 2011–12Jan 22, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (Celtics-Wizards), 34 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Cavs

Kyrie Irving scores 40 as Cleveland beats Boston

Ersan Ilyasova goes for 27 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+1-3+5CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2726201790
Cavs3123162595
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 15, 33, 28, 15, 15, 31, 18, 40CLE40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 14, 11, 16, 10, 17, 19, 12, 21CLE21 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 14, 8, 12, 17, 7, 30, 8, 17BOS17 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 19, 10, 17, 7, 15, 16, 16, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Sixers-Bucks

Milwaukee never trails at a break against Philadelphia

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 110–102. Ersan Ilyasova led Milwaukee with 27 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over BOS5MIL over PHI8OKC over LAC12DET over ORL15Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over PHI.
Lead changes
Celtics-Cavs17
Magic-Pistons11
Sixers-Bucks2
Thunder-Clippers1
The night in charts
Sixers-Bucks combined for 212, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-BucksSixers 102, Bucks 110
212
Thunder-ClippersThunder 109, Clippers 97
206
Magic-PistonsMagic 90, Pistons 105
195
Celtics-CavsCeltics 90, Cavs 95
185
CLE won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Celtics-CavsCeltics 90, Cavs 95
+5 CLE
Sixers-BucksSixers 102, Bucks 110
+8 MIL
Thunder-ClippersThunder 109, Clippers 97
+12 OKC
Magic-PistonsMagic 90, Pistons 105
+15 DET
Redick shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RedickORL · 26 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB
90% (9-10)
EllisMIL · 18 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
KyrieCLE · 40 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
67% (16-24)
KDOKC · 32 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
63% (12-19)
HawesPHI · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST
63% (10-16)
Final · Celtics-Cavs
Celtics 90Cavs 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2726201790
Cavs3123162595
The story
Tristan Thompson had 21 points as Cleveland beat Boston 95-90

Kevin Garnett led Boston with 16 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST · 9-18 FG

The swing

Down 3 after the third, the Cavaliers took the fourth 25-17.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +4+1−3+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Bucks
Sixers 102Bucks 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers18292431102
Bucks28272827110
The story
Brandon Jennings' 25 points carried Milwaukee past Philadelphia, 110-102

For Philadelphia, Spencer Hawes had 21 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 7 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB · 8-17 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 28-18, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +10+8+12+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Clippers
Thunder 109Clippers 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder22273327109
Clippers2223232997
The story
Oklahoma City beat Los Angeles 109-97 behind 26 points from Russell Westbrook

Eric Bledsoe paced Los Angeles: 12 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 26 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB · 9-19 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 33-23 third quarter did the most damage for the Thunder.

OKC lead by quarter
200 0+4+14+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Blake Griffin topped the game at 56.7 FPTS: 31 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.0Season avg32.2Last 5

32.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 40

Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 15, 33, 28, 15, 15, 31, 18, 40Cavs-Celtics · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Sam Cassell MIN, May 4, 2004: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37, 32Thunder-Clippers · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 15, 30, 10, 19, 20, 17, 26, 31Clippers-Thunder · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 12, 13, 8, 9, 6, 4, 27, 27Bucks-Sixers · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36, 32, 31, 36, 26Thunder-Clippers · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 29, 17, 21, 12, 14, 13, 18, 26Magic-Pistons · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Carlos BoozerCHI+5.0 21.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL+4.9 20.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.7 15.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+4.3 22.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Patrick PattersonHOU−5.0 5.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jason TerryBOS−4.3 5.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC−3.9 8.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Austin RiversNOH−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
Gerald WallaceBKN−3.6 5.9 last 10 · 9.5 season