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Thursday, February 13, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed UTA by 9 after three quarters and won 120–116.

Final · Box score
Warriors105
Rockets98
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +7
Final · OT · Box score
Kings133
Pelicans140
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 Pelicans 0; OT1 NOP +7
Final · Box score
Heat113
Mavs118
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
Thunder101
Wolves116
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +15
Final · OT · Box score
Clippers120
Jazz116
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC -9; Q4 Clippers 0; OT1 LAC +4
On this day · 2023–24Feb 13, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Jayson Tatum (Celtics-Nets), 41 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Jazz

Norman Powell scores 41, Clippers win in overtime

James Harden goes for 32 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-6-90+4LAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Clippers2628322212120
Jazz332735138116
Who led
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 23, 27, 27, 20, 22, 26, 18, 41LAC41 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 24, 21, 14, 25, 7, 22, 23, 18, 32LAC32 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Kyle FilipowskiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 0, 10, 4, 11, 13, 9, 3, 20UTA20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 19, 15, 12, 16, 20, 17, 32, 20UTA20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Kings-Pelicans

New Orleans flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Sacramento led 65–60 at the break. Tied 127–127 after regulation, New Orleans won the extra time 13–6. Final: 140–133. CJ McCollum led New Orleans with 43 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pelicans-Kings
CJ McCollum · NOPZach LaVine · SACPTS4332REB72AST210Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Heat-Mavs32
Kings-Pelicans22
Clippers-Jazz5
Warriors-Rockets4
Thunder-Wolves0
The night in charts
Kings-Pelicans combined for 273, 37 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-PelicansKings 133, Pelicans 140 · OT
273
Clippers-JazzClippers 120, Jazz 116 · OT
236
Heat-MavsHeat 113, Mavs 118
231
Thunder-WolvesThunder 101, Wolves 116
217
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 105, Rockets 98
203
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-JazzClippers 120, Jazz 116 · OT
+4 LAC
Heat-MavsHeat 113, Mavs 118
+5 DAL
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 105, Rockets 98
+7 GSW
Kings-PelicansKings 133, Pelicans 140 · OT
+7 NOP
Thunder-WolvesThunder 101, Wolves 116
+15 MIN
LAC rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-JazzLAC won · Clippers 120, Jazz 116 · OT
9 pts
Kings-PelicansNOP won · Kings 133, Pelicans 140 · OT
5 pts
Heat-MavsDAL won · Heat 113, Mavs 118
1 pt
Exum shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ExumDAL · 27 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
85% (11-13)
FilipowskiUTA · 20 PTS, 10 REB
67% (8-12)
CJNOP · 43 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST
64% (16-25)
SabonisSAC · 28 REB, 22 PTS, 5 AST
63% (10-16)
ReidMIN · 27 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST, 1 BLK
61% (11-18)
Final · Clippers-Jazz
Clippers 120Jazz 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Clippers2628322212120
Jazz332735138116
The story
Ben Simmons had 12 points as LA beat Utah 120-116 in OT

Isaiah Collier led Utah with 16 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB 12 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL · 4-5 FG

The swing

Down 9 after the third, the Clippers took the fourth 22-13.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −7−6−90+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Heat-Mavs
Heat 113Mavs 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat22342730113
Mavs21342934118
The story
Dallas won 118-113 despite 40 points from Tyler Herro

Dante Exum paced Dallas: 27 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 40 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 15-30 FG, 3-14 3PT

The swing

A 34-30 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −1−1+1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Pelicans
Kings 133Pelicans 140
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Kings293630326133
Pelicans2832382913140
The story
Jose Alvarado's 18 points and 8 assists carried New Orleans past Sacramento, 140-133 in OT

For Sacramento, Zach LaVine had 32 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB 18 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL · 6-12 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

The Pelicans trailed by 5 going into the third, then won it 38-30.

NOP lead by quarter
200 −1−5+30+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Domantas Sabonis was the fantasy play: 58.6 FPTS on 28 REB, 22 PTS, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.5Season avg37.0Last 5

37.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.5 in 53 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 50 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 43

CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 22, 23, 17, 30, 19, 31, 14, 43Pelicans-Kings · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Jeff Green BOS, Mar 18, 2013: 43 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
43 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 23, 27, 27, 20, 22, 26, 18, 41Clippers-Jazz · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Vernon Maxwell PHI, Apr 8, 1996: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Season high41 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 30, 22, 11, 23, 30, 15, 14, 40Heat-Mavs · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kevin Garnett MIN, Mar 22, 2000: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 24, 21, 14, 25, 7, 22, 23, 18, 32Clippers-Jazz · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 25, 21, 13, 22, 22, 17, 23, 32Kings-Pelicans · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 30, 22, 15, 23, 10, 22, 27Wolves-Thunder · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anthony EdwardsMIN+5.7 33.2 last 10 · 27.5 season
Aaron WigginsOKC+5.7 16.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.7 12.5 last 10 · 6.8 season
Stephon CastleSAS+5.4 18.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Keon JohnsonBKN+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−5.7 21.6 last 10 · 27.3 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−5.3 4.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Dennis SchroderDET−4.8 9.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kevin HuerterCHI−4.5 3.1 last 10 · 7.6 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−4.1 15.0 last 10 · 19.1 season