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Sunday, January 27, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by NOH (vs MEM) and BOS (vs MIA).

Final · 2OT · Box score
Heat98
Celtics100
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 Celtics 0; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 Celtics 0; OT1 Celtics 0; OT2 BOS +2
Final · Box score
Thunder96
Lakers105
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 LAL +9
Final · Box score
Hornets91
Grizzlies83
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH -4; Q4 NOH +8
Final · Box score
Pistons104
Magic102
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +2
Final · Box score
Hawks104
Knicks106
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 Knicks 0; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +2
Final · Box score
Suns95
Mavs110
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +15
Final · Box score
Blazers83
Clippers96
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +13
On this day · 2011–12Jan 27, 2012: 13 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Thunder-Warriors), 37 points.
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The lead · Heat-Celtics

Boston needs two overtimes to survive Miami

LeBron James goes for 34 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-40-400+2BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Heat261923196598
Celtics2223192367100
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 7, 15, 16, 16, 16, 8, 24, 24BOS24 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 19, 12, 13, 10, 12, 22, 12, 17BOS17 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 15, 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34MIA34 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 15, 10, 10, 10, 9, 18, 11, 21MIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Hornets-Grizzlies

New Orleans upsets Memphis

New Orleans (14–29) beat Memphis (28–14) 91–83. Ryan Anderson led New Orleans with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MIA2DET over ORL2NYK over ATL2NOH over MEM8LAL over OKC9LAC over POR13DAL over PHX15Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over MEM.
Lead changes
Pistons-Magic20
Heat-Celtics19
Hornets-Grizzlies17
Blazers-Clippers12
Suns-Mavs1
The night in charts
Hawks-Knicks combined for 210, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Hawks-KnicksHawks 104, Knicks 106
210
Pistons-MagicPistons 104, Magic 102
206
Suns-MavsSuns 95, Mavs 110
205
Thunder-LakersThunder 96, Lakers 105
201
Heat-CelticsHeat 98, Celtics 100
198
Blazers-ClippersBlazers 83, Clippers 96
179
Hornets-GrizzliesHornets 91, Grizzlies 83
174
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pistons-MagicPistons 104, Magic 102
+2 DET
Hawks-KnicksHawks 104, Knicks 106
+2 NYK
Heat-CelticsHeat 98, Celtics 100
+2 BOS
Hornets-GrizzliesHornets 91, Grizzlies 83
+8 NOH
Thunder-LakersThunder 96, Lakers 105
+9 LAL
Blazers-ClippersBlazers 83, Clippers 96
+13 LAC
Suns-MavsSuns 95, Mavs 110
+15 DAL
NOH rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hornets-GrizzliesNOH won · Hornets 91, Grizzlies 83
4 pts
Heat-CelticsBOS won · Heat 98, Celtics 100
4 pts
Thunder-LakersLAL won · Thunder 96, Lakers 105
1 pt
Knight shot 12-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KnightDET · 31 PTS, 4 REB, 1 STL
75% (12-16)
PauLAL · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
KobeLAL · 21 PTS, 14 AST, 9 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
AldridgePOR · 21 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
MonroeDET · 17 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 2 BLK
64% (7-11)
Final · Heat-Celtics
Heat 98Celtics 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Heat261923196598
Celtics2223192367100
The story
Kevin Garnett had 24 points and 11 rebounds as Boston beat Miami 100-98 in OT

Dwyane Wade led Miami with 17 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 24 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK · 10-19 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the first, the Celtics took the second 23-19.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −40−400+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Hawks-Knicks
Hawks 104Knicks 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks25272230104
Knicks27253024106
The story
Amar'e Stoudemire's 18 points carried New York past Atlanta, 106-104

For Atlanta, Josh Smith had 20 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 18 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 6-9 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 30-22, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +20+8+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Magic
Pistons 104Magic 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons29252426104
Magic25193325102
The story
Detroit beat Orlando 104-102 behind 31 points from Brandon Knight

Nikola Vucevic paced Orlando: 17 REB, 12 PTS, 3 AST 31 PTS, 4 REB · 12-16 FG, 5-8 3PT

The swing

A 25-19 second quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 +4+10+1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

JJ Redick topped the game at 49.2 FPTS: 31 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 42

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 20, 39, 27, 26, 29, 28, 25, 42Knicks-Hawks · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Zach LaVine SAC, Dec 6, 2025: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
42 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37, 32, 33, 24, 35Thunder-Lakers · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 15, 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34Heat-Celtics · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 21, 12, 14, 13, 18, 26, 14, 31Magic-Pistons · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 20, 16, 1, 15, 18, 13, 9, 31Pistons-Magic · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 6, 28, 21, 16, 9, 10, 23, 27Hawks-Knicks · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kevin DurantOKC+5.3 34.9 last 10 · 29.6 season
Ed DavisTOR+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Amir JohnsonTOR+5.0 14.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.8 15.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.4 15.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−5.0 23.7 last 10 · 28.7 season
Patrick PattersonHOU−4.6 6.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Paul PierceBOS−4.0 14.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.0 6.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season