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Thursday, January 31, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by Pistons (vs Mavs) and Sixers (vs Warriors).

Final · Box score
Mavs89
Pistons93
Q1 Pistons -2; Q2 Pistons -4; Q3 Pistons -7; Q4 Pistons +4
Final · Box score
Pacers100
Magic107
Q1 Magic +5; Q2 Magic +3; Q3 Magic -4; Q4 Magic +7
Final · Box score
Bucks105
Raptors92
Q1 Bucks -3; Q2 Bucks +9; Q3 Bucks +11; Q4 Bucks +13
Final · Box score
Nets114
Spurs117
Q1 Spurs +4; Q2 Spurs +1; Q3 Spurs -4; Q4 Spurs +3
Final · Box score
Sixers113
Warriors104
Q1 Sixers -5; Q2 Sixers -7; Q3 Sixers +9; Q4 Sixers +9
Final · OT · Box score
Lakers123
Clippers120
Q1 Lakers +6; Q2 Lakers +1; Q3 Lakers +12; Q4 Lakers 0; OT1 Lakers +3
On this day · 2017–18Jan 31, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (Blazers-Bulls), 50 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Pistons

Detroit takes care of Dallas

Stephen Curry goes for 41 points

Game flow · Pistons margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-4-7+4Pistons AHEAD ↑Mavs AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2128211989
Pistons1926183093
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 12, 20, 15, 14, 0, 23, 20, 24Pistons24 PTS · 20 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 44, 19, 30, 32, 38, 29, 37, 35, 18, 24Pistons24 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 11, 20, 8, 20, 9, 14, 19, 27Mavs27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 3, 2, 9, 13, 3, 0, 6, 15Mavs15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 13.

Spurs over Nets3Lakers over Clippers3Pistons over Mavs4Magic over Pacers7Sixers over Warriors9Bucks over Raptors13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Lead changes
Lakers-Clippers13
Bucks-Raptors6
Mavs-Pistons4
Sixers-Warriors4
Pacers-Magic2
The night in charts
Lakers-Clippers combined for 243, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-ClippersLakers 123, Clippers 120
243
Nets-SpursNets 114, Spurs 117
231
Sixers-WarriorsSixers 113, Warriors 104
217
Pacers-MagicPacers 100, Magic 107
207
Bucks-RaptorsBucks 105, Raptors 92
197
Mavs-PistonsMavs 89, Pistons 93
182
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nets-SpursNets 114, Spurs 117
+3 Spurs
Lakers-ClippersLakers 123, Clippers 120
+3 Lakers
Mavs-PistonsMavs 89, Pistons 93
+4 Pistons
Pacers-MagicPacers 100, Magic 107
+7 Magic
Sixers-WarriorsSixers 113, Warriors 104
+9 Sixers
Bucks-RaptorsBucks 105, Raptors 92
+13 Bucks
Pistons rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-PistonsPistons won · Mavs 89, Pistons 93
7 pts
Sixers-WarriorsSixers won · Sixers 113, Warriors 104
7 pts
Pacers-MagicMagic won · Pacers 100, Magic 107
4 pts
Nets-SpursSpurs won · Nets 114, Spurs 117
4 pts
Bucks-RaptorsBucks won · Bucks 105, Raptors 92
3 pts
Drummond shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DrummondPistons · 24 PTS, 20 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
85% (11-13)
SimmonsSixers · 26 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL
77% (10-13)
Joe HarrisNets · 18 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
GaySpurs · 15 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
HarrellClippers · 15 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Lakers-Clippers
Lakers 123Clippers 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Lakers3222332511123
Clippers262722378120
The story
LeBron James had 24 points and 14 rebounds as Los Angeles beat LA 123-120 in OT

Lou Williams led LA with 24 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 24 PTS, 14 REB, 9 AST · 9-22 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the third 33-22, their biggest quarter edge.

Lakers lead by quarter
200 +6+1+120+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nets-Spurs
Nets 114Spurs 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets25263825114
Spurs29233332117
The story
Derrick White's 26 points carried San Antonio past Brooklyn, 117-114

For Brooklyn, D'Angelo Russell had 25 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB 26 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB · 8-13 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 4 going into the fourth, then won it 32-25.

Spurs lead by quarter
200 +4+1−4+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Warriors
Sixers 113Warriors 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers30234218113
Warriors35252618104
The story
Philadelphia beat Golden State 113-104 behind 26 points and 20 rebounds from Joel Embiid

Draymond Green paced Golden State: 10 AST, 8 REB, 4 PTS 26 PTS, 20 REB, 5 AST · 8-24 FG, 0-5 3PT

The swing

A 42-26 third quarter erased a 7-point hole for the 76ers.

Sixers lead by quarter
200 −5−7+9+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
OG AnunobyRaptors
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg26.6Today

27 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 41

Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 48, 31, 41, 28, 11, 38, 24, 26, 41Warriors-Sixers · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson Sixers, Jan 24, 2006: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 13, 16, 16, 9, 16, 15, 16, 30Magic-Pacers · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 6, 10, 17, 18, 16, 22, 14, 28Raptors-Bucks · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 11, 20, 8, 20, 9, 14, 19, 27Mavs-Pistons · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 8, 12, 9, 13, 14, 16, 9, 27Pacers-Magic · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 26, 31, 22, 31, 32, 33, 28, 26Sixers-Warriors · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
James HardenRockets+9.1 45.4 last 10 · 36.3 season
Donovan MitchellJazz+6.8 29.3 last 10 · 22.5 season
Terrance FergusonThunder+6.6 13.1 last 10 · 6.5 season
D'Angelo RussellNets+6.0 25.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Trevor ArizaWizards+4.9 17.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderHeat−5.9 2.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Juancho HernangomezNuggets−5.7 2.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSpurs−5.6 15.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.Knicks−5.4 13.7 last 10 · 19.1 season
Nikola MiroticPelicans−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season