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Tuesday, February 2, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed GSW by 11 after the first quarter and won 111–107.

Final · Box score
Raptors123
Magic108
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +15
Final · Box score
Clippers120
Nets124
Q1 BKN -8; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +4
Final · Box score
Grizzlies116
Pacers134
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +18
Final · Box score
Blazers132
Wizards121
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +11
Final · Box score
Celtics111
Warriors107
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 Celtics 0; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +4
Final · Box score
Pistons105
Jazz117
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +12
On this day · 2019–20Feb 2, 2020: 4 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Pelicans), 40 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Warriors

Boston rallies from 11 down to beat Golden State

Fred VanVleet goes for 54 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-110+1+4BOS AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics24283425111
Warriors35173322107
Who led
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 24, 40, 27, 32, 24, 25, 30, 27BOS27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 7 games: 9, 19, 19, 21, 14, 4, 19BOS19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 26, 30, 24, 36, 16, 27, 28, 38GSW38 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Juan Toscano-AndersonPoints, last 8 games: 4, 0, 5, 5, 5, 0, 3, 16GSW16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Clippers-Nets

Brooklyn climbs out of an 8-point hole against Clippers

Down 8 after one, the Nets won the fourth quarter 36–30 and the game 124–120. Kyrie Irving led Brooklyn with 39 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nets-Clippers
Kyrie Irving · BKNKawhi Leonard · LACPTS3933REB55AST25Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Clippers-Nets11
Blazers-Wizards1
Grizzlies-Pacers0
Pistons-Jazz0
The night in charts
Blazers-Wizards combined for 253, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-WizardsBlazers 132, Wizards 121
253
Grizzlies-PacersGrizzlies 116, Pacers 134
250
Clippers-NetsClippers 120, Nets 124
244
Raptors-MagicRaptors 123, Magic 108
231
Pistons-JazzPistons 105, Jazz 117
222
Celtics-WarriorsCeltics 111, Warriors 107
218
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Celtics-WarriorsCeltics 111, Warriors 107
+4 BOS
Clippers-NetsClippers 120, Nets 124
+4 BKN
Blazers-WizardsBlazers 132, Wizards 121
+11 POR
Pistons-JazzPistons 105, Jazz 117
+12 UTA
Raptors-MagicRaptors 123, Magic 108
+15 TOR
Grizzlies-PacersGrizzlies 116, Pacers 134
+18 IND
BOS erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Celtics-WarriorsBOS won · Celtics 111, Warriors 107
11 pts
Clippers-NetsBKN won · Clippers 120, Nets 124
8 pts
Sabonis shot 13-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SabonisIND · 32 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
87% (13-15)
KDBKN · 28 PTS, 9 REB, 1 BLK
85% (11-13)
HachimuraWAS · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
83% (10-12)
FVVTOR · 54 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 3 BLK
74% (17-23)
BatumLAC · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Final · Celtics-Warriors
Celtics 111Warriors 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics24283425111
Warriors35173322107
The story
Stephen Curry had 38 points and 11 rebounds, but Boston won 111-107

For Boston, Jayson Tatum had 27 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 38 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL · 12-21 FG, 7-14 3PT

The swing

The Celtics trailed by 11 going into the second, then won it 28-17.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −110+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Nets
Clippers 120Nets 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers32263230120
Nets24333136124
The story
Brooklyn beat LA 124-120 behind 39 points from Kyrie Irving

Paul George paced LA: 26 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 39 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 15-23 FG, 6-8 3PT

The swing

A 33-26 second quarter erased a 8-point hole for the Nets.

BKN lead by quarter
200 −8−1−2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kawhi Leonard topped the game at 65.0 FPTS: 33 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST

Final · Raptors-Magic
Raptors 123Magic 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors33313227123
Magic31292226108
The story
Kyle Lowry had a 14-10-10 triple-double as Toronto beat Orlando 123-108

Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 21 PTS, 18 REB, 4 AST 14 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST, 4 STL · 4-11 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The Raptors won the third 32-22, their biggest quarter edge.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +2+4+14+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Fred VanVleet leads the day with 54

Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 24, 13, 21, 25, 10, 26, 9, 54Raptors-Magic · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +35.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 6, 2001: 54 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Season high54 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 37, 38, 28, 16, 26, 25, 26, 39Nets-Clippers · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 26, 30, 24, 36, 16, 27, 28, 38Warriors-Celtics · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 60, 41, 34, 31, 33, 47, 26, 37, 37Wizards-Blazers · L
35.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 27, 17, 32, 31, 34, 24, 28, 33Clippers-Nets · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 25, 18, 10, 11, 22, 22, 21, 32Pacers-Grizzlies · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
De'Aaron FoxSAC+4.1 26.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
Jeff GreenBKN+3.7 12.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Damian LillardPOR+3.1 32.3 last 10 · 29.2 season
Devonte' GrahamCHA+3.0 17.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
DeAndre JordanBKN+2.5 9.1 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Elfrid PaytonNYK−3.2 8.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Lonnie Walker IVSAS−2.7 9.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Chris BoucherTOR−2.5 10.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIL−2.0 7.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dejounte MurraySAS−1.8 12.8 last 10 · 14.6 season