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Thursday, February 1, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 10 after the first quarter and won 109–105.

Final · Box score
Lakers114
Celtics105
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +9
Final · Box score
Pacers105
Knicks109
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +4
Final · Box score
Cavs108
Grizzlies101
Q1 Cavs 0; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +7
Final · Box score
Sixers127
Jazz124
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 Sixers 0; Q4 PHI +3
On this day · 2022–23Feb 1, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Grizzlies), 42 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Knicks

Jalen Brunson goes for 40 in New York win over Indiana

Tyrese Maxey goes for 51 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-7-5+4NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers36222621105
Knicks26252830109
Who led
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 41, 38, 30, 21, 32, 32, 29, 40NYK40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Donte DiVincenzoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 19, 17, 11, 16, 11, 28, 33, 20NYK20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jalen SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 17, 7, 15, 6, 13, 19, 7, 20IND20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 21, 15, 16, 26, 31, 19, 23, 18IND18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Cavs-Grizzlies

Cleveland makes it four straight

Cleveland beat Memphis 108–101 and moved to 30–16. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · CLE
Wvs BKN111–102Wvs CHI109–91Wvs MIL135–95W@ ATL116–95W@ ORL126–99L@ MIL116–126W@ MIL112–100Wvs LAC118–108Wvs DET128–121W@ MEM108–101
Lead changes
Cavs-Grizzlies12
Lakers-Celtics5
Sixers-Jazz4
The night in charts
Sixers-Jazz combined for 251, 32 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-JazzSixers 127, Jazz 124
251
Lakers-CelticsLakers 114, Celtics 105
219
Pacers-KnicksPacers 105, Knicks 109
214
Cavs-GrizzliesCavs 108, Grizzlies 101
209
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Sixers-JazzSixers 127, Jazz 124
+3 PHI
Pacers-KnicksPacers 105, Knicks 109
+4 NYK
Cavs-GrizzliesCavs 108, Grizzlies 101
+7 CLE
Lakers-CelticsLakers 114, Celtics 105
+9 LAL
NYK erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-KnicksNYK won · Pacers 105, Knicks 109
10 pts
Cavs-GrizzliesCLE won · Cavs 108, Grizzlies 101
7 pts
Jalen Smith shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jalen SmithIND · 20 PTS, 9 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
82% (9-11)
MarkkanenUTA · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
MaxeyPHI · 51 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
63% (17-27)
Tobias HarrisPHI · 28 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
62% (13-21)
HaliburtonIND · 15 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
Final · Sixers-Jazz
Sixers 127Jazz 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers39322234127
Jazz32293231124
The story
Tobias Harris' 28 points carried Philadelphia past Utah, 127-124

For Utah, Lauri Markkanen had 28 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB · 13-21 FG, 0-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 39-32, was where the 76ers built it.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +7+100+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Knicks
Pacers 105Knicks 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers36222621105
Knicks26252830109
The story
Precious Achiuwa had 16 rebounds and 12 points as New York beat Indiana 109-105

Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 18 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST 16 REB, 12 PTS, 4 STL · 5-16 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Knicks took the fourth 30-21.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −10−7−5+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Celtics
Lakers 114Celtics 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers28322826114
Celtics25213227105
The story
Los Angeles beat Boston 114-105 behind 16 points and 14 assists from D'Angelo Russell

Kristaps Porzingis paced Boston: 17 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 16 PTS, 14 AST, 8 REB · 5-20 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

A 32-21 second quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +3+14+10+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 16 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tyrese Maxey leads the day with 51

Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 21, 27, 25, 32, 16, 18, 22, 51Sixers-Jazz · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Corey Brewer MIN, Apr 11, 2014: 51 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Career high51 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 41, 38, 30, 21, 32, 32, 29, 40Knicks-Pacers · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Klay Thompson GSW, Mar 25, 2016: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 9, 15, 12, 20, 17, 8, 28, 32Lakers-Celtics · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 26, 22, 11, 29, 33, 13, 14, 28Jazz-Sixers · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 10, 24, 12, 21, 14, 9, 26, 28Sixers-Jazz · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 45, 34, 31, 18, 25, 23, 32, 28, 45, 25Cavs-Grizzlies · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+7.5 16.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+6.4 21.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+5.9 22.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.7 34.0 last 10 · 28.3 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK+5.2 32.3 last 10 · 27.1 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−6.5 14.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−4.7 18.3 last 10 · 23.0 season
Chet HolmgrenOKC−4.4 12.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Max StrusCLE−4.3 8.3 last 10 · 12.6 season