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Thursday, January 1, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DEN by 11 at halftime and won 106–101.

Final
DEN101
CHI106
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -11; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +5
Final
SAC110
MIN107
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +3
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 · 2013–14Jan 1, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (LAC vs CHA), 31 points.
The lead · DEN @ CHI

Chicago climbs back to beat Denver

Denver led by 11 at the half. Chicago won it 106–101. Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-1-11+3+5CHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN23302127101
CHI22203529106
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 31, 27, 11, 21, 33, 27, 8, 26CHI26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 6, 14, 18, 23, 8, 20, 10, 17CHI17 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 16, 4, 6, 11, 21, 20, 9, 22DEN22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 10, 15, 18, 29, 16, 28, 16, 20DEN20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · SAC @ MIN

Sacramento leads Minnesota wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 110–107. Best quarter: the first, 37–29. Rudy Gay led Sacramento with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs MIN
Rudy Gay · SACAndrew Wiggins · MINPTS2127REB69AST52Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg30.8Today

31 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Wiggins leads the day with 27

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.
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 9, 5, 5, 27, 22, 10, 21, 27MIN vs SAC · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 31, 27, 11, 21, 33, 27, 8, 26CHI vs DEN · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 16, 4, 6, 11, 21, 20, 9, 22DEN @ CHI · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 20, 24, 13, 16, 29, 25, 9, 21SAC @ MIN · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 15, 19, 17, 19, 27, 16, 14, 21SAC @ MIN · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 10, 15, 18, 29, 16, 28, 16, 20DEN @ CHI · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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
Mason PlumleeBKN+6.9 16.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+6.1 20.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+5.9 23.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
CJ MilesIND+5.1 16.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jared DudleyMIL+4.7 11.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.2 9.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 20.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.6 6.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Donald SloanIND−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season