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Friday, January 24, 2014Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SAC by 11 after the first quarter and won 116–111.

Final
LAL105
ORL114
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +9
Final
TOR104
PHI95
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +9
Final
SAS105
ATL79
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +26
Final
DAL106
BKN107
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +1
Final
OKC101
BOS83
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +18
Final
MIL78
CLE93
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +15
Final
NOP103
DET101
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP -9; Q4 NOP +2
Final
CHA96
NYK125
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +35; Q4 NYK +29
Final
LAC112
CHI95
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +17
Final
MEM88
HOU87
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +1
Final
WAS101
PHX95
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +6
Final · OT
IND116
SAC111
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +5
Final
MIN121
GSW120
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN +1
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 24, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ BOS), 28 points.
The lead · IND @ SAC

Paul George scores 36, Indiana wins in overtime

Tied 103–103 after regulation. Final: 116–111. Marcus Thornton scored 42 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-10-50+5IND AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND2624292413116
SAC372324198111
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 28, 8, 31, 25, 36, 23, 26, 36IND36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 13, 11, 13, 28, 22, 14, 6, 24IND24 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 1, 5, 7, 2, 5, 0, 6, 4, 42SAC42 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 26, 7, 26, 14, 38, 20, 20, 38SAC38 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 42 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Knicks rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. New York beat Charlotte by 29.

BKN over DAL1MEM over HOU1MIN over GSW1NOP over DET2IND over SAC5WAS over PHX6ORL over LAL9TOR over PHI9CLE over MIL15LAC over CHI17OKC over BOS18SAS over ATL26NYK over CHA29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 62

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 18, 29, 20, 28, 26, 26, 28, 62NYK vs CHA · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +35.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Dec 13, 2023: 64 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Career high62 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 1, 5, 7, 2, 5, 0, 6, 4, 42SAC vs IND · L
8.3 PPG season to date · +34.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, May 21, 2012: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Ties career high42 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 26, 7, 26, 14, 38, 20, 20, 38SAC vs IND · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 28, 8, 31, 25, 36, 23, 26, 36IND @ SAC · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 26, 19, 23, 15, 23, 25, 40, 34TOR @ PHI · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 16, 8, 3, 8, 9, 8, 14, 34BKN vs DAL · W
9.1 PPG season to date · +25.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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
D.J. AugustinCHI+6.7 16.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.1 37.1 last 10 · 31.0 season
Randy FoyeDEN+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
Darren CollisonLAC+4.1 13.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.4 5.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Arron AfflaloORL−4.2 16.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Kevin LoveMIN−4.0 21.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Khris MiddletonMIL−3.8 6.9 last 10 · 10.7 season