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Sunday, January 12, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed CLE by 2 after the first quarter and won 124–80.

Final
ATL101
MEM108
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +7
Final
CLE80
SAC124
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +28; Q4 SAC +44
Final
MIN86
SAS104
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +18
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 12, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (SAC vs MIA), 34 points.
The lead · CLE @ SAC

Sacramento routs Cleveland by 44

Sacramento led by 9 at halftime and won 124–80. Isaiah Thomas led Sacramento with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-50-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40+50TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+9+28+44SAC AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE3218111980
SAC30293035124
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 27, 17, 23, 21, 22, 9, 26SAC26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 26, 24, 25, 18, 17, 32, 22, 20SAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 17, 5, 14, 19, 21, 34, 17, 14CLE14 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 17, 26, 18, 16, 14, 17, 10, 12CLE12 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ATL @ MEM

Memphis controls Atlanta start to finish

Memphis won 108–101, leading by as many as 7 at a break. Mike Conley led Memphis with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over ATL7SAS over MIN18SAC over CLE44Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 32 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.7Season avg24.9Last 3

24.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Isaiah Thomas leads the day with 26

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.
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 27, 17, 23, 21, 22, 9, 26SAC vs CLE · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 19, 18, 22, 31, 16, 17, 26, 22MIN @ SAS · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 14, 26, 11, 23, 15, 30, 31, 21MEM vs ATL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 17, 34, 12, 16, 16, 4, 20, 21ATL @ MEM · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 26, 24, 25, 18, 17, 32, 22, 20SAC vs CLE · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 22, 16, 14, 16, 16, 15, 7, 20ATL @ MEM · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 1 REB · 5 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
CJ MilesCLE+4.7 15.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+4.4 11.6 last 10 · 7.2 season
Terrence RossTOR+4.2 13.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.1 33.7 last 10 · 29.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.0 26.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.6 8.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jared SullingerBOS−3.7 9.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Caron ButlerMIL−3.6 7.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.5 4.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.4 14.1 last 10 · 17.5 season