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Wednesday, February 8, 2017Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed IND by 11 after the first quarter and won 132–117.

Final
CLE132
IND117
Q1 CLE -11; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +15
Final
SAS111
PHI103
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +8
Final
DEN106
ATL117
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +11
Final · OT
WAS114
BKN110
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final
LAL102
DET121
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +19
Final
PHX91
MEM110
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +19
Final
MIA106
MIL88
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +18
Final
TOR109
MIN112
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +3
Final
UTA127
NOP94
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +33
Final
LAC119
NYK115
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC +4
Final
CHI92
GSW123
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +31
Final
BOS92
SAC108
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +16
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 · 2015–16Feb 8, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ MEM), 33 points.
The lead · CLE @ IND

Cleveland climbs out of an 11-point hole against Indiana

Down 11 after one, the Cavaliers won the third quarter 40–18 and the game 132–117. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 29 points, 0 rebounds and 7 assists.

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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-6+16+15CLE AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE25324035132
IND36271836117
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 49, 20, 28, 29, 18, 14, 23, 29CLE29 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 12, 14, 3, 4, 20, 11, 13, 29CLE29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 9, 18, 0, 16, 9, 13, 8, 23IND23 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 20, 17, 17, 13, 24, 13, 17, 22IND22 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg6.2Last 3

6.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Jazz rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat New Orleans by 33.

MIN over TOR3WAS over BKN4LAC over NYK4SAS over PHI8ATL over DEN11CLE over IND15SAC over BOS16MIA over MIL18DET over LAL19MEM over PHX19GSW over CHI31UTA over NOP33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 32

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 26, 12, 20, 29, 31, 23, 26, 32LAC @ NYK · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 38, 34, 34, 41, 23, 24, 36, 19, 19, 32SAS @ PHI · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 21, 23, 27, 23, 21, 23, 27, 31MIN vs TOR · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 31, 15, 27, 28, 23, 12, 41, 31WAS @ BKN · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 41, 28, 23, 36, 25, 23, 22, 22, 31, 30TOR @ MIN · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 33, 37, 23, 26, 24, 27, 35, 29MIN vs TOR · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 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
Nikola JokicDEN+6.0 21.5 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.8 21.8 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dion WaitersMIA+5.5 21.0 last 10 · 15.5 season
Marc GasolMEM+5.1 25.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+4.9 28.4 last 10 · 23.5 season
Cold
Tim FrazierNOP−5.5 3.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Anthony DavisNOP−5.3 22.3 last 10 · 27.6 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−4.5 6.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jared DudleyPHX−3.8 3.2 last 10 · 7.0 season