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Thursday, January 15, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAL by 4 at halftime and won 109–102.

Final
NYK79
MIL95
Q1 MIL +18; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +26; Q4 MIL +16
Final
OKC101
HOU112
Q1 HOU +22; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +11
Final
CLE109
LAL102
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +7
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 15, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Victor Oladipo (ORL vs CHI), 35 points.
The lead · CLE @ LAL

LeBron James scores 36 as Cleveland wins in Los Angeles

Final: 109–102. LeBron James made 12 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-4+4+7CLE AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE30272230109
LAL30311427102
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 22, 25, 24, 30, 29, 17, 33, 36CLE36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 25, 23, 6, 38, 23, 21, 9, 22CLE22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 3, 4, 23, 13, 11, 14, 12, 20LAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 25, 10, 23, 15, 20, 4, 12, 19LAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 17 AST
Second story · OKC @ HOU

Houston never trails at a break against OKC

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 112–101. James Harden led Houston with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over LAL7HOU over OKC11MIL over NYK16Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg7.8Last 3

7.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 30.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 22, 25, 24, 30, 29, 17, 33, 36CLE @ LAL · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 11, 28, 20, 21, 25, 30, 30, 26, 31HOU vs OKC · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 26, 25, 28, 34, 36, 13, 19, 25NYK @ MIL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 26, 30, 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24OKC @ HOU · L
24.9 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 25, 23, 6, 38, 23, 21, 9, 22CLE @ LAL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 15, 11, 4, 4, 15, 12, 12, 22MIL vs NYK · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 0 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
Kemba WalkerCHA+8.0 27.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Brandon JenningsDET+5.9 20.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.6 20.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.6 14.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN+4.6 21.6 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.8 15.8 last 10 · 22.6 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jeff GreenMEM−5.2 12.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−4.7 6.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Tony ParkerSAS−3.8 11.0 last 10 · 14.8 season