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Sunday, February 1, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 8 after three quarters and won 90–80.

Final
MIN101
BOS109
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +8
Final
ORL113
TOR90
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +23
Final
CLE90
DET80
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +10
Final · OT
OKC118
SAC122
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2007–08Feb 1, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ TOR), 46 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

LeBron James scores 33 as Cleveland wins in Detroit

Final: 90–80. LeBron James made 12 of 25 shots from the field.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3-8+10CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1620223290
DET1821271480
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23, 25, 33CLE33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 16, 33, 14, 25, 43, 12, 23, 22CLE22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 12, 27, 11, 11, 17, 19, 19, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 19, 14, 7, 17, 27, 11, 14, 16DET16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · OKC @ SAC

Sacramento needs overtime to survive OKC

Tied 112–112 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 10–6 for a 122–118 win. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 37 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs OKC
Kevin Martin · SACRussell Westbrook · OKCPTS3734REB26AST18Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 45 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 37

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 25, 22, 20, 12, 35, 18, 27, 37SAC vs OKC · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 39, 22, 13, 12, 14, 27, 8, 8, 20, 36BOS vs MIN · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 5, 14, 30, 11, 13, 16, 20, 34OKC @ SAC · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 20, 25, 24, 39, 23, 24, 34, 34MIN @ BOS · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23, 25, 33CLE @ DET · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 32, 31, 27, 46, 18, 35, 29, 33OKC @ SAC · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+7.7 22.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Eric GordonLAC+7.4 21.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.5 24.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Flip MurrayATL+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mo WilliamsCLE+5.8 23.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.2 6.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Vince CarterNJN−6.0 15.1 last 10 · 21.1 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.8 8.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.6 16.9 last 10 · 21.5 season
Brandon RushIND−4.5 1.5 last 10 · 6.0 season