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Thursday, July 30, 2020Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NOP by 12 at halftime and won 106–104.

Final · Box score
Jazz106
Pelicans104
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -12; Q3 UTA -8; Q4 UTA +2
Final · Box score
Clippers101
Lakers103
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +2
The lead · Jazz-Pelicans

Utah rallies from 12 down to beat New Orleans

Kawhi Leonard goes for 28 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-12-8+2UTA AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz23253127106
Pelicans26342717104
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 9, 20, 13, 7, 17, 14, 9, 23UTA23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 37, 30, 19, 23, 11, 25, 11, 20UTA20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 34, 29, 15, 24, 27, 12, 15, 23NOP23 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 23, 20, 24, 9, 9, 3, 0, 21NOP21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Clippers-Lakers

Lakers take over late to edge Clippers

Down 1 after three, Lakers won the fourth 27–24. Final: 103–101. Anthony Davis led Lakers with 34 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Clippers
Anthony Davis · LALPaul George · LACPTS3430REB85AST43Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Clippers-Lakers6
Shot of the night

LeBron's tip-in with 12 seconds left breaks the tie, 103-101 final

The night in charts
Jazz-Pelicans combined for 210, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-PelicansJazz 106, Pelicans 104
210
Clippers-LakersClippers 101, Lakers 103
204
2 of 2 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-LakersClippers 101, Lakers 103
+2 LAL
Jazz-PelicansJazz 106, Pelicans 104
+2 UTA
UTA erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Jazz-PelicansUTA won · Jazz 106, Pelicans 104
12 pts
Clippers-LakersLAL won · Clippers 101, Lakers 103
1 pt
George shot 11-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GeorgeLAC · 30 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
65% (11-17)
JrueNOP · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
50% (9-18)
WaitersLAL · 11 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
50% (5-10)
ClarksonUTA · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
47% (8-17)
RedickNOP · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
47% (7-15)
Final · Jazz-Pelicans
Jazz 106Pelicans 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz23253127106
Pelicans26342717104
The story
Donovan Mitchell had 20 points as Utah beat New Orleans 106-104

Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 20 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 20 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 6-14 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Jazz took the fourth 27-17.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −3−12−8+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Lakers
Clippers 101Lakers 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers23292524101
Lakers35192227103
The story
LeBron James' 16 points and 11 rebounds carried Los Angeles past LA, 103-101

Kyle Kuzma chipped in 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 16 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 6-19 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 35-23, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +12+2−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 56 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 34

Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 21, 23, 15, 37, 30, 30, 26, 34Lakers-Clippers · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 11, 24, 24, 16, 13, 31, 15, 30Clippers-Lakers · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 24, 19, 30, 25, 25, 27, 23, 28Clippers-Lakers · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 34, 29, 15, 24, 27, 12, 15, 23Pelicans-Jazz · L
24.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 9, 20, 13, 7, 17, 14, 9, 23Jazz-Pelicans · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 23, 20, 24, 9, 9, 3, 0, 21Pelicans-Jazz · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Coby WhiteCHI+11.5 24.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Christian WoodDET+11.1 24.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+8.5 19.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Terrence RossORL+7.4 22.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jayson TatumBOS+7.2 30.8 last 10 · 23.6 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−9.0 8.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.2 17.0 last 10 · 22.2 season
Kemba WalkerBOS−4.9 16.3 last 10 · 21.2 season
James HardenHOU−4.8 29.6 last 10 · 34.4 season
Markieff MorrisLAL−4.7 5.2 last 10 · 9.9 season