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Friday, January 31, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed DAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 117–102.

Final
LAC112
CHA104
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +8
Final
DAL102
DET117
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +15
Final
DEN137
PHI134
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +3
Final
CHI122
TOR106
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +16
Final
BOS118
NOP116
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +2
Final
MIL118
SAS144
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +26
Final
PHX130
GSW105
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +25
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 · 2023–24Jan 31, 2024: 10 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (CLE vs DET), 45 points.
The lead · DAL @ DET

Cade Cunningham scores 40 as Detroit beats Dallas

Detroit won 117–102. Cade Cunningham: 40 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+4+8+15DET AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32262717102
DET28343124117
Who led
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 20, 20, 32, 29, 35, 22, 32, 40DET40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 10, 21, 4, 9, 2, 2, 19, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 25, 33, 36, 24, 22, 13, 25, 28DAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 16, 13, 30, 22, 17, 19, 25, 22DAL22 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · BOS @ NOP

Boston holds off New Orleans, 118–116

Boston led 91–86 after three and held on to win by two. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over NOP2DEN over PHI3LAC over CHA8DET over DAL15CHI over TOR16PHX over GSW25SAS over MIL26Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over NOP.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.1Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tyrese Maxey 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.
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 28, 37, 28, 29, 31, 43, 30, 42PHI vs DEN · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tony Parker SAS, Feb 4, 2012: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
42 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 20, 20, 32, 29, 35, 22, 32, 40DET vs DAL · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Dickerson VAN, Feb 10, 2000: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 24, 19, 24, 22, 16, 14, 32, 40NOP vs BOS · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 13, 2001: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 26, 35, 34, 25, 36, 35, 39, 35MIL @ SAS · L
31.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 45, 22, 30, 19, 9, 18, 25, 18, 33, 31DEN @ PHI · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 37, 35, 15, 32, 18, 26, 28, 31PHX @ GSW · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 11 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
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.2 11.8 last 10 · 5.6 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI+5.5 33.0 last 10 · 27.5 season
Daniel GaffordDAL+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Scoot HendersonPOR+5.0 17.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Nikola JokicDEN−6.3 23.3 last 10 · 29.6 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.7 19.4 last 10 · 25.1 season
Jayson TatumBOS−5.0 21.7 last 10 · 26.7 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−4.6 6.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
RJ BarrettTOR−4.4 17.2 last 10 · 21.6 season