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Sunday, February 2, 2020Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed DEN by 14 after the first quarter and won 128–123.

Final · OT
DEN123
DET128
Q1 DET -14; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final
NOP109
HOU117
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +8
Final
PHX108
MIL129
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +21
Final
CHI102
TOR129
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +27
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 · 2018–19Feb 2, 2019: 12 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ UTA), 43 points.
The lead · DEN @ DET

Detroit needs overtime to survive Denver

Tied 111–111 after regulation. Detroit won the final period 17–12 for a 128–123 win. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 21 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists. Nikola Jokic scored 39 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14+3+10+5DET AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN4421242212123
DET3038222117128
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 15, 12, 20, 21DET21 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 8 games: 5, 5, 22, 14, 16, 23, 8, 20DET20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 17, 19, 27, 24, 25, 28, 15, 39DEN39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 18, 8, 13, 11, 9, 18, 24, 20DEN20 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CHI @ TOR

Toronto rolls past Chicago, 129–102

The Bulls were held to 17 points in the fourth quarter. Terence Davis led Toronto with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DET over DEN5HOU over NOP8MIL over PHX21TOR over CHI27Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 25.5 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 40

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 41, 13, 34, 29, 27, 12, 18, 35, 40HOU vs NOP · W
35.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Nov 16, 2007: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 17, 19, 27, 24, 25, 28, 15, 39DEN @ DET · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Mar 5, 2024: 39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 29, 39, 37, 16, 35, 36, 32, 27, 32PHX @ MIL · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Terence DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 0, 12, 0, 5, 9, 15, 0, 5, 31TOR vs CHI · W
7.7 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 32, 37, 32, 29, 28, 30, 31, 30MIL vs PHX · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 19 REB · 9 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 16, 49, 21, 25, 22, 13, 16, 24, 20, 28NOP @ HOU · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 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
Damian LillardPOR+11.8 41.6 last 10 · 29.8 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+6.8 23.5 last 10 · 16.7 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+6.2 32.6 last 10 · 26.4 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+6.0 33.5 last 10 · 27.5 season
Svi MykhailiukDET+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
James HardenHOU−7.6 28.1 last 10 · 35.7 season
Jeff TeagueATL−5.5 6.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE−4.6 7.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Devonte' GrahamCHA−4.4 13.6 last 10 · 18.0 season