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Thursday, February 1, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 10 after the first quarter and won 109–105.

Final
LAL114
BOS105
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +9
Final
IND105
NYK109
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +4
Final
CLE108
MEM101
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +7
Final
PHI127
UTA124
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +3
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 · 2022–23Feb 1, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ MEM), 42 points.
The lead · IND @ NYK

Jalen Brunson goes for 40 in New York win over Indiana

New York won 109–105.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-10-7-5+4NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND36222621105
NYK26252830109
Who led
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 41, 38, 30, 21, 32, 32, 29, 40NYK40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Donte DiVincenzoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 19, 17, 11, 16, 11, 28, 33, 20NYK20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jalen SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 17, 7, 15, 6, 13, 19, 7, 20IND20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 21, 15, 16, 26, 31, 19, 23, 18IND18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CLE @ MEM

Cleveland makes it four straight

Cleveland beat Memphis 108–101 and moved to 30–16. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · CLE
Wvs BKN111–102Wvs CHI109–91Wvs MIL135–95W@ ATL116–95W@ ORL126–99L@ MIL116–126W@ MIL112–100Wvs LAC118–108Wvs DET128–121W@ MEM108–101CLE: last 10 games through Feb 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 16 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tyrese Maxey 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.
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 21, 27, 25, 32, 16, 18, 22, 51PHI @ UTA · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Corey Brewer MIN, Apr 11, 2014: 51 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Career high51 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 41, 38, 30, 21, 32, 32, 29, 40NYK vs IND · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Klay Thompson GSW, Mar 25, 2016: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 9, 15, 12, 20, 17, 8, 28, 32LAL @ BOS · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 26, 22, 11, 29, 33, 13, 14, 28UTA vs PHI · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 10, 24, 12, 21, 14, 9, 26, 28PHI @ UTA · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 45, 34, 31, 18, 25, 23, 32, 28, 45, 25CLE @ MEM · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+7.5 16.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+6.4 21.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+5.9 22.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.7 34.0 last 10 · 28.3 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK+5.2 32.3 last 10 · 27.1 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−6.5 14.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−4.7 18.3 last 10 · 23.0 season
Chet HolmgrenOKC−4.4 12.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Max StrusCLE−4.3 8.3 last 10 · 12.6 season