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Friday, January 2, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed CHA by 9 after the first quarter and won 91–87.

Final
CLE91
CHA87
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +4
Final
BKN100
ORL98
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +25; Q4 BKN +2
Final
DAL119
BOS101
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +28; Q4 DAL +18
Final
DET97
NYK81
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +30; Q4 DET +16
Final
HOU83
NOP111
Q1 NOP +9; Q2 NOP +17; Q3 NOP +29; Q4 NOP +28
Final
WAS102
OKC109
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +7
Final
IND94
MIL91
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +3
Final
PHI96
PHX112
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +16
Final
ATL98
UTA92
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +6
Final
TOR105
GSW126
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +21
Final
MEM109
LAL106
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +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 2, 2014: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ MIA), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ CHA

Cleveland fights back from 9 down against Charlotte

Final: 91–87, after trailing by 9 after one. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-6+8+4CLE AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1624321991
CHA2521182387
Who led
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 6, 8, 20, 14, 22, 20, 7, 27CLE27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 9, 16, 17, 29, 25, 35, 25, 23CLE23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 17, 4, 20, 2, 7, 19, 16, 14CHA14 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Michael Kidd-GilchristPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 13, 5, 10, 9, 9, 10, 16, 12CHA12 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−28.4minutes, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
31.12013–14 avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 2013–14 (65 games). Today: 2 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg35.9Today

36 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pelicans rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Orleans beat Houston by 28.

BKN over ORL2IND over MIL3MEM over LAL3CLE over CHA4ATL over UTA6OKC over WAS7DET over NYK16PHX over PHI16DAL over BOS18GSW over TOR21NOP over HOU28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 34

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: 10, 28, 23, 19, 16, 23, 26, 30, 44, 34OKC vs WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 34, 19, 34, 12, 22, 14, 25, 13, 32GSW vs TOR · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 13, 6, 13, 13, 21, 15, 11, 29DAL @ BOS · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 6, 13, 22, 8, 14, 25, 5, 29DET @ NYK · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tony WrotenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 17, 0, 19, 10, 22, 20, 10, 28PHI @ PHX · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 6, 8, 20, 14, 22, 20, 7, 27CLE @ CHA · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Mason PlumleeBKN+7.3 16.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+6.1 20.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jared DudleyMIL+5.4 12.6 last 10 · 7.2 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.7 22.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
CJ MilesIND+3.9 15.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.3 9.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jeremy LambOKC−5.3 3.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 19.7 last 10 · 23.8 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.9 5.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Robin LopezPOR−3.5 6.1 last 10 · 9.6 season