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Tuesday, January 28, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 97–90.

Final · Box score
Pelicans100
Cavs89
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +12; Q3 NOP +18; Q4 NOP +11
Final · Box score
Magic87
Pistons103
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +16
Final · Box score
Celtics88
Knicks114
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +26; Q3 NYK +27; Q4 NYK +26
Final · Box score
Spurs90
Rockets97
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +7
Final · Box score
Grizzlies98
Blazers81
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +17
Final · Box score
Wizards88
Warriors85
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
Final · Box score
Pacers104
Lakers92
Q1 IND +3; Q2 Pacers 0; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +12
On this day · 2012–13Jan 28, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: Marc Gasol (Grizzlies-Sixers), 27 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Rockets

Houston climbs out of an 8-point hole against San Antonio

Anthony Davis goes for 30 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-7+8+7HOU AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2818182690
Rockets2019332597
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 12, 11, 20, 24, 26, 11, 10, 23HOU23 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 19, 12, 25, 16, 36, 9, 8, 21HOU21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 0, 3, 14, 4, 14, 21, 15, 22SAS22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 14, 27, 25, 12, 37, 11, 11, 17SAS17 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Wizards-Warriors

Washington holds off Golden State, 88–85

Washington led 66–65 after three and held on to win by three. Bradley Beal led Washington with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over GSW3HOU over SAS7NOP over CLE11IND over LAL12DET over ORL16MEM over POR17NYK over BOS26Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over GSW.
Lead changes
Pacers-Lakers14
Wizards-Warriors8
Magic-Pistons6
Spurs-Rockets3
Pelicans-Cavs1
Celtics-Knicks0
Grizzlies-Blazers0
The night in charts
Celtics-Knicks combined for 202, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 88, Knicks 114
202
Pacers-LakersPacers 104, Lakers 92
196
Magic-PistonsMagic 87, Pistons 103
190
Pelicans-CavsPelicans 100, Cavs 89
189
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 90, Rockets 97
187
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 98, Blazers 81
179
Wizards-WarriorsWizards 88, Warriors 85
173
WAS won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Wizards-WarriorsWizards 88, Warriors 85
+3 WAS
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 90, Rockets 97
+7 HOU
Pelicans-CavsPelicans 100, Cavs 89
+11 NOP
Pacers-LakersPacers 104, Lakers 92
+12 IND
Magic-PistonsMagic 87, Pistons 103
+16 DET
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 98, Blazers 81
+17 MEM
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 88, Knicks 114
+26 NYK
HOU rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-RocketsHOU won · Spurs 90, Rockets 97
8 pts
Wizards-WarriorsWAS won · Wizards 88, Warriors 85
4 pts
Pelicans-CavsNOP won · Pelicans 100, Cavs 89
3 pts
Magic-PistonsDET won · Magic 87, Pistons 103
2 pts
Terrence Jones shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Terrence JonesHOU · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
WaitersCLE · 21 PTS, 4 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
ADNOP · 30 PTS, 8 BLK, 7 REB, 3 AST
67% (12-18)
Josh SmithDET · 16 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
DuncanSAS · 14 REB, 12 PTS, 4 BLK, 2 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Wizards-Warriors
Wizards 88Warriors 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2421212288
Warriors2227162085
The story
John Wall had 15 points as Washington beat Golden State 88-85

Stephen Curry led Golden State with 23 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 15 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 6-19 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Wizards took the third 21-16.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +2−4+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pelicans-Cavs
Pelicans 100Cavs 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans26302717100
Cavs2915212489
The story
Eric Gordon's 20 points and 9 assists carried New Orleans past Cleveland, 100-89

For Cleveland, Kyrie Irving had 23 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 20 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 8-17 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The Pelicans trailed by 3 going into the second, then won it 30-15.

NOP lead by quarter
200 −3+12+18+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Blazers
Grizzlies 98Blazers 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies3130201798
Blazers2224122381
The story
Memphis beat Portland 98-81 behind 23 points and 10 rebounds from Zach Randolph

Robin Lopez paced Portland: 14 PTS, 5 REB 23 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 11-22 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 31-22 first quarter did the most damage for the Grizzlies.

MEM lead by quarter
300 +9+15+23+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LaMarcus Aldridge topped the game at 52.2 FPTS: 27 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg31.3Today

31 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 30

Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 22, 24, 31, 27, 16, 14, 22, 30Pelicans-Cavs · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 26, 30, 27, 29, 44, 21, 10, 27Blazers-Grizzlies · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 20, 28, 26, 26, 28, 62, 35, 24Knicks-Celtics · W
27.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 12, 11, 20, 24, 26, 11, 10, 23Rockets-Spurs · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 18, 23, 6, 12, 23, 15, 15, 23Grizzlies-Blazers · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 13, 21, 23, 26, 26, 10, 24, 23Cavs-Pelicans · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
D.J. AugustinCHI+8.7 18.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.2 37.5 last 10 · 31.3 season
Courtney LeeMEM+5.7 15.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.6 16.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al JeffersonCHA+5.3 24.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesGSW−5.3 4.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kevin LoveMIN−4.9 20.0 last 10 · 24.9 season
James HardenHOU−3.5 20.2 last 10 · 23.7 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.3 8.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Damian LillardPOR−3.3 17.3 last 10 · 20.6 season