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Tuesday, January 31, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed CHI by 12 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final · Box score
Heat100
Cavs97
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 Heat 0; Q4 MIA +3
Final · OT · Box score
Lakers129
Knicks123
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 Lakers 0; OT1 LAL +6
Final · Box score
Clippers108
Bulls103
Q1 LAC -12; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +5
Final · Box score
Hornets115
Bucks124
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 Bucks 0; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +9
Final · Box score
Pelicans113
Nuggets122
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +9
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The lead · Clippers-Bulls

Kawhi Leonard scores 33 in Clippers win over Chicago

Nikola Jokic posts a triple-double

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-4+1+5LAC AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers20343123108
Bulls32262619103
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 30, 27, 36, 30, 25, 27, 32, 33LAC33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 30, 26, 19, 22, 15, 10, 11, 27LAC27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 19, 43, 16, 14, 20, 12, 26, 23CHI23 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 35, 13, 26, 26, 33, 28, 32, 20CHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Pelicans-Nuggets

New Orleans's skid reaches nine

Denver won 122–113; the Pelicans fall to 26–26. Jamal Murray led Denver with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · NOP
W@ DET116–110L@ CLE103–113Lvs MIA98–124L@ ORL110–123L@ MIA96–100Lvs DEN98–99Lvs MIN102–111Lvs WAS103–113L@ MIL110–135L@ DEN113–122
Lead changes
Hornets-Bucks17
Lakers-Knicks15
Heat-Cavs11
Clippers-Bulls5
Pelicans-Nuggets5
The night in charts
Lakers-Knicks combined for 252, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-KnicksLakers 129, Knicks 123 · OT
252
Hornets-BucksHornets 115, Bucks 124
239
Pelicans-NuggetsPelicans 113, Nuggets 122
235
Clippers-BullsClippers 108, Bulls 103
211
Heat-CavsHeat 100, Cavs 97
197
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Heat-CavsHeat 100, Cavs 97
+3 MIA
Clippers-BullsClippers 108, Bulls 103
+5 LAC
Lakers-KnicksLakers 129, Knicks 123 · OT
+6 LAL
Pelicans-NuggetsPelicans 113, Nuggets 122
+9 DEN
Hornets-BucksHornets 115, Bucks 124
+9 MIL
LAC erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-BullsLAC won · Clippers 108, Bulls 103
12 pts
Pelicans-NuggetsDEN won · Pelicans 113, Nuggets 122
4 pts
Heat-CavsMIA won · Heat 100, Cavs 97
2 pts
Lakers-KnicksLAL won · Lakers 129, Knicks 123 · OT
1 pt
Jokic shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JokicDEN · 26 PTS, 18 REB, 15 AST, 1 STL
71% (10-14)
HartensteinNYK · 16 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
VucevicCHI · 23 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
HachimuraLAL · 19 PTS, 9 REB, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
PowellLAC · 27 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Heat-Cavs
Heat 100Cavs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat24312421100
Cavs2626271897
The story
Miami beat Cleveland 100-97 behind 23 points from Jimmy Butler

Evan Mobley paced Cleveland: 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 23 PTS, 5 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB · 6-16 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 31-26 second quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −2+30+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Donovan Mitchell topped the game at 44.6 FPTS: 16 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB

Final · Clippers-Bulls
Clippers 108Bulls 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers20343123108
Bulls32262619103
The story
Norman Powell's 27 points carried LA past Chicago, 108-103

For Chicago, DeMar DeRozan had 20 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB 27 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 7-11 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Clippers trailed by 12 going into the second, then won it 34-26.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −12−4+1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Knicks
Lakers 129Knicks 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Lakers2923342815129
Knicks242930319123
The story
LeBron James had a 28-10-11 triple-double as Los Angeles beat New York 129-123 in OT

Julius Randle led New York with 23 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST 28 PTS, 11 AST, 10 REB · 11-25 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the overtime 15-9.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5−1+30+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.3Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 34 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 37

Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 26, 32, 19, 21, 14, 29, 26, 37Knicks-Lakers · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 55, 30, 9, 22, 7, 29, 33, 41, 50, 34Bucks-Hornets · W
31.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 30, 27, 36, 30, 25, 27, 32, 33Clippers-Bulls · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 18, 17, 28, 17, 26, 25, 22, 32Nuggets-Pelicans · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 48, 32, 23, 37, 46, 20, 41, 28Lakers-Knicks · W
30.2 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Baron Davis CHH, Jan 3, 2002: 28 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
28 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 24, 32, 31, 25, 13, 15, 19, 27Hornets-Bucks · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: James Harden HOU, Oct 27, 2017: 27 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
27 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Damian LillardPOR+8.4 38.8 last 10 · 30.4 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+7.9 29.7 last 10 · 21.8 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.9 27.0 last 10 · 21.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.8 23.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Reggie BullockDAL+5.0 11.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Cold
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Jalen SuggsORL−4.4 4.7 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kyle LowryMIA−4.3 7.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tyler HerroMIA−3.7 16.5 last 10 · 20.2 season