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Thursday, January 5, 2012Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIL by 21 at halftime and won 103–100.

Final · 3OT
MIA116
ATL109
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA 0; OT3 MIA +7
Final
DAL71
SAS93
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +26; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +22
Final
MIL100
SAC103
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -21; Q3 SAC -14; Q4 SAC +3
Final
LAL96
POR107
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +11
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 · 2010–11Jan 5, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (HOU vs POR), 45 points.
The lead · MIL @ SAC

Sacramento erases 21-point lead, steals one from Milwaukee

Milwaukee led 58–37 at halftime. Sacramento won the second half 66–42 to take it 103–100. Marcus Thornton led Sacramento with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-21-14+3SAC AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL30282418100
SAC25123135103
Who led
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 8 games: 27, 14, 20, 14, 25, 5, 23, 27SAC27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 8 games: 20, 4, 19, 13, 27, 9, 8, 26SAC26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 6 games: 22, 24, 22, 12, 8, 31MIL31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 4 games: 4, 2, 24, 18MIL18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ POR

Portland tops Lakers in Portland

Final: 107–96. Gerald Wallace led Portland with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over MIL3MIA over ATL7POR over LAL11SAS over DAL22Final margin, points. Pink = POR over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 7 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+37.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg43.7Today

44 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 33

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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 8 games: 4, 18, 25, 20, 24, 19, 22, 33MIA @ ATL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 6 games: 22, 24, 22, 12, 8, 31MIL @ SAC · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 6 games: 21, 25, 13, 0, 13, 31POR vs LAL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 28, 29, 26, 28, 17, 16, 37, 30LAL @ POR · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mario ChalmersPoints, last 8 games: 3, 4, 15, 9, 16, 6, 14, 29MIA @ ATL · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 6 games: 25, 24, 13, 19, 30, 28POR vs LAL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST