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Sunday, January 3, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed TOR by 12 at halftime and won 115–113.

Final
ATL97
NYK111
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +14
Final
CHI115
TOR113
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -12; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MIA97
WAS75
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +22
Final
POR112
DEN106
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +6
Final
PHX77
LAL97
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +20
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 · 2014–15Jan 3, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR vs ATL), 30 points.
The lead · CHI @ TOR

Jimmy Butler scores 42 as Chicago beats Toronto

Chicago won 115–113. Jimmy Butler: 42 points, 4 rebounds, 5 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 Q3Final00-12-6+2CHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI26223334115
TOR26342726113
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 43, 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23, 42CHI42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 30, 20, 21, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19CHI19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 30, 28, 28, 22, 19, 34, 23, 24TOR24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 21, 13, 17, 16, 28, 11, 18, 22TOR22 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Second story · POR @ DEN

Denver's skid reaches six

Portland won 112–106; the Nuggets fall to 12–23. CJ McCollum led Portland with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ UTA88–97Lvs NOP125–130Lvs LAL107–111W@ PHX104–96L@ SAS86–101L@ OKC112–122Lvs CLE87–93L@ POR103–110L@ GSW108–111Lvs POR106–112DEN: last 10 games through Jan 3, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg25.1Last 3

25.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jimmy Butler leads the day with 42

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.
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 43, 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23, 42CHI @ TOR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 3, 2002: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 18, 4, 16, 10, 4, 9, 4, 38NYK vs ATL · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 17, 2, 7, 5, 11, 19, 24, 30LAL vs PHX · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 13, 23, 15, 15, 11, 18, 24, 29DEN vs POR · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 26, 21, 21, 18, 11, 15, 23, 25PHX @ LAL · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 27, 20, 19, 16, 35, 29, 32, 25POR @ DEN · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.1 26.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.9 21.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Draymond GreenGSW+4.6 19.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Will BartonDEN+4.6 21.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Garrett TempleWAS+4.3 11.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−6.0 23.7 last 10 · 29.7 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−4.7 6.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Paul GeorgeIND−4.6 19.9 last 10 · 24.5 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.6 12.9 last 10 · 16.5 season