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Sunday, February 7, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAC by 2 after the first quarter and won 113–110.

Final · Box score
Wizards97
Hornets119
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +17; Q3 CHA +29; Q4 CHA +22
Final · Box score
Jazz103
Pacers95
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 Jazz 0; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +8
Final · Box score
Heat109
Knicks103
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
Celtics91
Suns100
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +9
Final · Box score
Kings113
Clippers110
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +3
On this day · 2019–20Feb 7, 2020: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Jazz), 42 points.
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The lead · Kings-Clippers

De'Aaron Fox goes for 36 in Sacramento win over Clippers

Julius Randle goes for 26 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+3-1+3SAC AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings22322534113
Clippers24272930110
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 43, 25, 22, 16, 24, 30, 38, 26, 24, 36SAC36 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 11, 29, 22, 18, 16, 15, 5, 22SAC22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 11, 17, 9, 9, 4, 15, 18, 23LAC23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 31, 34, 24, 28, 33, 24, 28, 20LAC20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Heat-Knicks

Miami leads New York wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 109–103. Best quarter: the second, 35–36. Bam Adebayo led Miami with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over LAC3MIA over NYK6UTA over IND8PHX over BOS9CHA over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over NYK.
Lead changes
Kings-Clippers23
Heat-Knicks12
Jazz-Pacers9
Celtics-Suns2
Wizards-Hornets1
The night in charts
Kings-Clippers combined for 223, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-ClippersKings 113, Clippers 110
223
Wizards-HornetsWizards 97, Hornets 119
216
Heat-KnicksHeat 109, Knicks 103
212
Jazz-PacersJazz 103, Pacers 95
198
Celtics-SunsCeltics 91, Suns 100
191
SAC won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Kings-ClippersKings 113, Clippers 110
+3 SAC
Heat-KnicksHeat 109, Knicks 103
+6 MIA
Jazz-PacersJazz 103, Pacers 95
+8 UTA
Celtics-SunsCeltics 91, Suns 100
+9 PHX
Wizards-HornetsWizards 97, Hornets 119
+22 CHA
Rozier shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RozierCHA · 26 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 1 BLK
64% (9-14)
AytonPHX · 16 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Mikal BridgesPHX · 19 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
62% (8-13)
FoxSAC · 36 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 1 BLK
60% (15-25)
HolmesSAC · 12 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
Final · Kings-Clippers
Kings 113Clippers 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings22322534113
Clippers24272930110
The story
Buddy Hield had 22 points as Sacramento beat LA 113-110

Kawhi Leonard led LA with 20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 7-18 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the first, the Kings took the second 32-27.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −2+3−1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Knicks
Heat 109Knicks 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat25352227109
Knicks23361826103
The story
Bam Adebayo's 24 points and 11 rebounds carried Miami past New York, 109-103

For New York, Reggie Bullock had 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST · 10-17 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 22-18, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +2+1+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Pacers
Jazz 103Pacers 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz25222828103
Pacers2027212795
The story
Utah beat Indiana 103-95 behind 27 points and 11 assists from Donovan Mitchell

Domantas Sabonis paced Indiana: 20 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 27 PTS, 11 AST, 8 REB · 9-24 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

A 28-21 third quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +50+7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

De'Aaron Fox leads the day with 36

De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 43, 25, 22, 16, 24, 30, 38, 26, 24, 36Kings-Clippers · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 33, 47, 26, 37, 37, 32, 7, 31Wizards-Hornets · L
33.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 36, 23, 9, 13, 32, 18, 30, 27Jazz-Pacers · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 25, 18, 16, 27, 23, 27, 22, 26Knicks-Heat · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 10, 7, 24, 20, 19, 12, 15, 26Hornets-Wizards · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 39, 24, 16, 11, 27, 19, 22, 25, 25Hornets-Wizards · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
De'Aaron FoxSAC+5.4 28.4 last 10 · 23.0 season
Norman PowellTOR+5.1 20.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Trae YoungATL+4.1 30.8 last 10 · 26.7 season
Bojan BogdanovicUTA+3.7 19.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Nikola JokicDEN+3.6 30.8 last 10 · 27.2 season
Cold
Lonnie Walker IVSAS−3.6 7.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Terrence RossORL−3.4 10.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Shake MiltonPHI−3.0 11.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Coby WhiteCHI−3.0 12.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Chris BoucherTOR−2.9 11.0 last 10 · 13.9 season