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Wednesday, February 7, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIN by 2 at halftime and won 140–138.

Final · Box score
Nets106
Pistons115
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +9
Final · Box score
Rockets109
Heat101
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +8
Final · OT · Box score
Wolves138
Cavs140
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 Cavs 0; OT1 CLE +2
Final · Box score
Jazz92
Grizzlies88
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +4
Final · Box score
Spurs129
Suns81
Q1 SAS +19; Q2 SAS +38; Q3 SAS +47; Q4 SAS +48
On this day · 2016–17Feb 7, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (Blazers-Mavs), 32 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Cavs

LeBron James posts 37-10-15 as Cleveland tops Minnesota

Andre Drummond goes for 27 rebounds

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-2+20+2CLE AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Wolves293733309138
Cavs3133372811140
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 28, 26, 25, 21, 24, 11, 25, 37CLE37 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 0, 23, 15, 4, 6, 12, 12, 20CLE20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 28, 23, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35MIN35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 16, 31, 16, 15, 11, 24, 22, 30MIN30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Jazz-Grizzlies

Utah leads Memphis wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 92–88. Best quarter: the third, 24–24. Ricky Rubio led Utah with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over MIN2UTA over MEM4HOU over MIA8DET over BKN9SAS over PHX48Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over MEM.
Lead changes
Wolves-Cavs34
Rockets-Heat9
Nets-Pistons4
Jazz-Grizzlies0
Shot of the night

LeBron's jumper at the buzzer of OT breaks the tie, 140-138 final

The night in charts
Wolves-Cavs combined for 278, 57 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-CavsWolves 138, Cavs 140
278
Nets-PistonsNets 106, Pistons 115
221
Rockets-HeatRockets 109, Heat 101
210
Spurs-SunsSpurs 129, Suns 81
210
Jazz-GrizzliesJazz 92, Grizzlies 88
180
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Wolves-CavsWolves 138, Cavs 140
+2 CLE
Jazz-GrizzliesJazz 92, Grizzlies 88
+4 UTA
Rockets-HeatRockets 109, Heat 101
+8 HOU
Nets-PistonsNets 106, Pistons 115
+9 DET
Spurs-SunsSpurs 129, Suns 81
+48 SAS
KAT shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KATMIN · 30 PTS, 10 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
83% (10-12)
LeBronCLE · 37 PTS, 15 AST, 10 REB, 1 STL
73% (16-22)
AldridgeSAS · 23 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
71% (10-14)
JimmyMIN · 35 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
67% (14-21)
DragicMIA · 30 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
Final · Wolves-Cavs
Wolves 138Cavs 140
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Wolves293733309138
Cavs3133372811140
The story
Jimmy Butler had 35 points in a 140-138 in OT loss to Cleveland

Tristan Thompson led Cleveland with 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 35 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 14-21 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Cavaliers took the third 37-33.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +2−2+20+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Jazz-Grizzlies
Jazz 92Grizzlies 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2123242492
Grizzlies1623242588
The story
Utah beat Memphis 92-88 behind 29 points from Ricky Rubio

Marc Gasol paced Memphis: 20 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 29 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 8-16 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 21-16 first quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +5+5+5+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Heat
Rockets 109Heat 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets35262226109
Heat24332321101
The story
Chris Paul's 24 points carried Houston past Miami, 109-101

For Miami, Goran Dragic had 30 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 24 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 10-19 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 35-24, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +11+4+3+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 52 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg12.1Last 3

12.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 45 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg32.2Today

32 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 41

James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 25, 23, 27, 60, 28, 16, 36, 41Rockets-Heat · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 24, 2006: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 28, 26, 25, 21, 24, 11, 25, 37Cavs-Wolves · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 17, 2004: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
37 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 28, 23, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35Wolves-Cavs · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 13, 8, 12, 14, 8, 11, 6, 34Nets-Pistons · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 16, 31, 16, 15, 11, 24, 22, 30Wolves-Cavs · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 23, 5, 13, 18, 10, 33, 13, 30Heat-Rockets · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.9 28.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Nicolas BatumCHA+5.3 17.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Ricky RubioUTA+5.2 17.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.0 15.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+4.2 12.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN−6.7 8.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−4.3 11.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Doug McDermottNYK−4.1 3.1 last 10 · 7.2 season