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Wednesday, February 3, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed CLE by 9 at halftime and won 106–97.

Final
CLE97
CHA106
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -9; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +9
Final
ATL124
PHI86
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +38
Final
IND114
BKN100
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +14
Final
DET95
BOS102
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +7
Final
ORL114
OKC117
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +3
Final
GSW134
WAS121
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +13
Final
MIA93
DAL90
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +3
Final
NOP97
SAS110
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +13
Final
DEN81
UTA85
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +4
Final
CHI107
SAC102
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +5
Final
MIN108
LAC102
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +6
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 · 2014–15Feb 3, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (MIA @ DET), 34 points.
The lead · CLE @ CHA

Charlotte climbs out of a 9-point hole against Cleveland

Down 9 at the half, the Hornets won the third quarter 33–17 and the game 106–97. Jeremy Lin led Charlotte with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-9+7+9CHA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2335172297
CHA23263324106
Who led
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 9, 16, 7, 26, 20, 4, 6, 24CHA24 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 3, 11, 4, 21, 9, 20, 19, 16CHA16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 21, 11, 17, 8, 28, 21, 25, 26CLE26 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 22, 26, 25, 21, 20, 29, 24, 23CLE23 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hawks rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Philadelphia by 38.

OKC over ORL3MIA over DAL3UTA over DEN4CHI over SAC5MIN over LAC6BOS over DET7CHA over CLE9GSW over WAS13SAS over NOP13IND over BKN14ATL over PHI38Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg7.6Last 3

7.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 29 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg37.6Today

38 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 51

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 38, 35, 25, 39, 37, 14, 23, 13, 51GSW @ WAS · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Crawford CHI, Apr 11, 2004: 50 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
51 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 9, 18, 8, 18, 17, 19, 17, 41WAS vs GSW · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nick Van Exel DEN, Mar 30, 2001: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Season high41 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 27, 29, 5, 18, 11, 11, 19, 37ORL @ OKC · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 26, 24, 32, 44, 27, 33, 28, 37OKC vs ORL · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 6, 23, 7, 5, 25, 15, 28, 36SAS vs NOP · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 23, 19, 20, 20, 5, 15, 30, 31MIN @ LAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Chandler ParsonsDAL+8.7 20.8 last 10 · 12.1 season
Devin BookerPHX+8.3 18.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.6 17.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.1 19.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Monta EllisIND+4.0 18.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.4 3.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−5.6 8.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
CJ MilesIND−4.8 7.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.2 6.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.8 12.6 last 10 · 16.4 season