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Tuesday, January 7, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed POR by 11 after the first quarter and won 123–119.

Final
WAS97
CHA83
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +14
Final
PHI93
CLE111
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +23; Q3 CLE +25; Q4 CLE +18
Final
TOR79
IND86
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +7
Final
NOP88
MIA107
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +19
Final
DET85
NYK89
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +4
Final
PHX87
CHI92
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +5
Final · OT
SAS110
MEM108
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final
GSW101
MIL80
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +21
Final
LAL97
DAL110
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +13
Final
BOS98
DEN129
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +23; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +31
Final
OKC101
UTA112
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +11
Final
POR119
SAC123
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +4
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 · 2012–13Jan 7, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ WAS), 29 points.
The lead · POR @ SAC

DeMarcus Cousins scores 35, Sacramento rallies past Portland

Sacramento trailed by 11 after one and won 123–119. Damian Lillard scored 41 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-11-5+7+4SAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR35251346119
SAC24312543123
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 14, 24, 27, 29, 17, 33, 26, 35SAC35 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 23, 11, 26, 24, 25, 18, 17, 32SAC32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 29, 14, 16, 29, 21, 24, 17, 41POR41 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 18, 32, 22, 28, 25, 10, 29, 24POR24 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 30 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg42.0Today

42 minutes today, against 25.4 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Boston by 31.

SAS over MEM2NYK over DET4SAC over POR4CHI over PHX5IND over TOR7UTA over OKC11DAL over LAL13WAS over CHA14CLE over PHI18MIA over NOP19GSW over MIL21DEN over BOS31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 48

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 29, 34, 33, 37, 24, 48, 21, 48OKC @ UTA · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell NYK, Jan 26, 2002: 48 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Ties season high48 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 29, 14, 16, 29, 21, 24, 17, 41POR @ SAC · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anfernee Hardaway ORL, May 1, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Career high41 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 12, 16, 24, 9, 9, 22, 22, 37UTA vs OKC · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 14, 24, 27, 29, 17, 33, 26, 35SAC vs POR · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 10, 0, 17, 5, 14, 19, 21, 34CLE vs PHI · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 32, 29, 30, 19, 27, 25, 19, 34NYK vs DET · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Brandon KnightMIL+6.5 21.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.4 26.3 last 10 · 21.9 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.3 22.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+4.1 21.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Blake GriffinLAC+3.9 25.7 last 10 · 21.8 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.2 18.6 last 10 · 22.8 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.9 15.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.8 13.9 last 10 · 17.7 season
Jeremy LinHOU−3.3 10.8 last 10 · 14.1 season