It was preceded by an ice storm, which made things much worse. The blizzard actually started in the Southwest, dropping snow on places not used to it: Las Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas, on the State Line with New Mexico and the border with Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Chicago, normally used to bad Winter weather, was hit particularly hard, getting 21 inches of snow and winds over 60 miles per hour. Other Midwestern cities hard hit included (going from west to west) Kansas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit and Cleveland.
The storm moved east, and also hit Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, and Albany, New York, before hitting the Northeast Corridor: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. And then it socked Canada's Maritime Provinces, before heading out to sea. At least 36 deaths were attributed to the storm, most of them from car crashes or heart attacks while shoveling snow.
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February 2, 2011 was a Wednesday. Baseball was out of season. The football season was about to end, with Super Bowl XLV 4 days later: The Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25.
In spite of the bad weather, 11 NBA games were started, and all were played to their conclusion, including some in the affected cities:
* The New York Knicks lost to the Dallas Mavericks, 113-97 at Madison Square Garden.
* The New Jersey Nets lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, 106-92 at the Prudential Center in Newark.
* The Indiana Pacers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 117-112 at the Quicken Loans Arena (now the Rocket Arena) in Cleveland. Attendance: 18,877, close to a sellout. And this was in the 1st season of LeBron James' Miami sojourn, so that's extraordinary.
* The Charlotte Bobcats beat the Detroit Pistons, 97-87 at The Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan. Stephen Jackson scored 39 points for the Bobcats. Attendance: 14,376.
* The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 102-84 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Attendance: 12,662.
* The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Hornets, 104-93 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena (now the Paycom Center) in Oklahoma City. Attendance: 17,849, close to a sellout.
* The Atlanta Hawks beat the Toronto Raptors, 100-87 at the Philips Arena (now the State Farm Arena) in Atlanta. Joe Johnson scored 37 points.
* The Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 109-90 at the Pepsi Center (now the Ball Arena) in Denver.
* The Houston Rockets beat the Utah Jazz, 97-96 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City (then named the EnergySolutions Arena).
* The Phoenix Suns beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 92-77 at the the US Airways Center (now the Mortgage Matchup Center) in Phoenix.
* The Chicago Bulls beat the Los Angeles Clippers, 106-88 at the Staples Center (now the Crypto.com Arena) in Los Angeles.
And there were 6 games played in the NHL:
* The New York Islanders lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-0 at the Consol Energy Center (now the PPG Paints Arena) in Pittsburgh. The New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils were not scheduled.
* The Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers, 3-2 at the Bell Center in Montreal. Attendance: Same as always, 21,273.
* The Detroit Red Wings beat the Ottawa Senators, 7-5 at Scotiabank Place (now the Canadian Tire Centre) in Ottawa. Attendance: 18,011, a sellout.
* The Vancouver Canucks beat the Phoenix Coyotes, 6-0 at the Jobing.com Arena (now the Desert Diamond Arena) in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona.
* The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers, 3-1 at Rexall Place (as the Northlands Coliseum was temporarily known) in Edmonton.
* And the San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks, 4-3 at the Honda Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Anaheim, California.
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