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Wednesday, February 1, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed GSW by 11 after three quarters and won 119–114.

Final
POR122
MEM112
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +10
Final
ORL94
PHI105
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +11
Final
BKN96
BOS139
Q1 BOS +30; Q2 BOS +34; Q3 BOS +38; Q4 BOS +43
Final
OKC106
HOU112
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +6
Final · OT
GSW114
MIN119
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -9; Q3 MIN -11; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +5
Final
SAC119
SAS109
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +10
Final
TOR128
UTA131
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +3
Final
ATL132
PHX100
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +35; Q4 ATL +32
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 · 2021–22Feb 1, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs BKN), 35 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIN

Minnesota needs overtime to survive Golden State

Tied 110–110 after regulation. Minnesota won the final period 9–4 for a 119–114 win. D'Angelo Russell led Minnesota with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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.Final0-2-9-110+5MIN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
GSW343722174114
MIN323020289119
Who led
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 25, 23, 30, 19, 19, 25, 10, 29MIN29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 23, 44, 31, 37, 25, 34, 33, 27MIN27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 20, 41, 29, 26, 34, 35, 38, 29GSW29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 32, 24, 32, 17, 21, 9, 15, 18GSW18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Brooklyn by 43, the widest margin of 8 games.

UTA over TOR3MIN over GSW5HOU over OKC6POR over MEM10SAC over SAS10PHI over ORL11ATL over PHX32BOS over BKN43Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.4Season avg42.2Last 5

42.2 points a game over his last five games, against 30.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 42

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 36, 40, 44, 25, 24, 37, 60, 30, 42, 42POR @ MEM · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Apr 28, 2001: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
42 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 3, 33, 39, 25, 28, 17, 28, 11, 24, 34TOR @ UTA · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony NYK, Apr 17, 2012: 35 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
34 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 18, 18, 16, 14, 9, 23, 17, 34SAC @ SAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 29, 24, 22, 27, 29, 27, 27, 32MEM vs POR · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 33, 51, 34, 26, 31, 35, 30, 31BOS vs BKN · W
31.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 31, 25, 31, 17, 16, 29, 32, 31SAC @ SAS · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 10 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
Kawhi LeonardLAC+7.9 29.7 last 10 · 21.8 season
Damian LillardPOR+7.3 38.0 last 10 · 30.7 season
Mikal BridgesPHX+6.1 23.0 last 10 · 16.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.8 23.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Reggie BullockDAL+5.0 11.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Cold
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.7 9.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Kyle LowryMIA−4.3 7.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Bol BolORL−4.2 6.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kelly OlynykUTA−4.0 7.7 last 10 · 11.7 season