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Sunday, February 8, 2026Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Raptors trailed Pacers by 2 at halftime and won 122–104.

Final · Box score
Knicks111
Celtics89
Q1 Knicks +11; Q2 Knicks +7; Q3 Knicks +17; Q4 Knicks +22
Final · Box score
Heat132
Wizards101
Q1 Heat +4; Q2 Heat +22; Q3 Heat +32; Q4 Heat +31
Final · Box score
Clippers115
Wolves96
Q1 Clippers +4; Q2 Clippers +12; Q3 Clippers +21; Q4 Clippers +19
Final · Box score
Pacers104
Raptors122
Q1 Raptors +1; Q2 Raptors -2; Q3 Raptors +16; Q4 Raptors +18
On this day · 2024–25Feb 8, 2025: 11 games. Top scorer: Austin Reaves (Lakers-Pacers), 45 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Raptors

Indiana's skid reaches four

Scottie Barnes goes for 25 points

Game flow · Raptors margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-2+16+18Raptors AHEAD ↑Pacers AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers20282630104
Raptors21254432122
Who led
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 15, 10, 17, 19, 14, 22, 13, 25Raptors25 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 19, 10, 14, 14, 16, 21, 13, 20Raptors20 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 32, 21, 26, 20, 25, 27, 19, 18Pacers18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jay HuffPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 0, 3, 10, 16, 6, 12, 5, 15Pacers15 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Clippers-Wolves

Clippers lead Minnesota wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 115–96. Best quarter: the fourth, 35–37. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 41 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Raptors over Pacers18Clippers over Wolves19Knicks over Celtics22Heat over Wizards31Final margin, points. Pink = Clippers over Wolves.
Lead changes
Clippers-Wolves7
Pacers-Raptors6
Knicks-Celtics4
Heat-Wizards1
The night in charts
Heat-Wizards combined for 233, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-WizardsHeat 132, Wizards 101
233
Pacers-RaptorsPacers 104, Raptors 122
226
Clippers-WolvesClippers 115, Wolves 96
211
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 111, Celtics 89
200
Raptors won the closest game by 18
Closest finishes
Pacers-RaptorsPacers 104, Raptors 122
+18 Raptors
Clippers-WolvesClippers 115, Wolves 96
+19 Clippers
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 111, Celtics 89
+22 Knicks
Heat-WizardsHeat 132, Wizards 101
+31 Heat
Jakučionis shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JakučionisHeat · 22 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
WareHeat · 19 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
BarnesRaptors · 25 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 4 BLK
60% (12-20)
BamHeat · 22 PTS, 8 REB, 5 STL, 3 AST
60% (9-15)
BrunsonKnicks · 31 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB
57% (12-21)
Final · Pacers-Raptors
Pacers 104Raptors 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers20282630104
Raptors21254432122
The story
RJ Barrett's 20 points carried Toronto past Indiana, 122-104

For Indiana, Pascal Siakam had 18 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 7-15 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The Raptors trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 44-26.

Raptors lead by quarter
200 +1−2+16+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Wolves
Clippers 115Wolves 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers23312635115
Wolves1923173796
The story
Yanic Konan Niederhauser had 15 points as LA beat Minnesota 115-96

Julius Randle led Minnesota with 17 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 15 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 5-5 FG

The swing

The Clippers won the third 26-17, their biggest quarter edge.

Clippers lead by quarter
300 +4+12+21+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Wizards
Heat 132Wizards 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat37373325132
Wizards33192326101
The story
Miami beat Washington 132-101 behind 22 points from Bam Adebayo

Alexandre Sarr paced Washington: 12 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST 22 PTS, 8 REB, 5 STL, 3 AST · 9-15 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 37-19 second quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

Heat lead by quarter
400 +4+22+32+31 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
Will RileyWizards
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 41

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 28, 21, 21, 25, 29, 25, 31, 41Clippers-Wolves · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Rashard Lewis Sonics, Nov 13, 2005: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 28, 13, 26, 12, 21, 42, 12, 31Knicks-Celtics · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 27, 33, 20, 21, 30, 33, 29, 26Celtics-Knicks · L
29.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 15, 10, 17, 19, 14, 22, 13, 25Raptors-Pacers · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 38, 20, 32, 20, 26, 33, 39, 30, 35, 23Wolves-Clippers · L
29.6 PPG season to date · −6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 22, 21, 20, 21, 20, 16, 16, 22Heat-Wizards · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Joel EmbiidSixers+6.5 33.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Saddiq BeyPelicans+5.6 22.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Isaiah CollierJazz+5.4 15.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Jarace WalkerPacers+5.3 15.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cooper FlaggMavs+5.1 25.3 last 10 · 20.2 season
Cold
Cam ThomasNets−5.6 10.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Quentin GrimesSixers−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jeremiah FearsPelicans−4.8 8.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Karl-Anthony TownsKnicks−4.7 15.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Tyrese MaxeySixers−4.6 24.2 last 10 · 28.8 season