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Wednesday, January 20, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed UTA by 11 at halftime and won 118–111.

Final
PHI96
ORL87
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +9
Final
MIA87
WAS106
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +19
Final
CLE91
BKN78
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +13
Final · OT
UTA111
NYK118
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK -11; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +7
Final
BOS109
TOR115
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +6
Final
GSW125
CHI94
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +31
Final
DET123
HOU114
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +9
Final
CHA95
OKC109
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +14
Final · OT
MIN94
DAL106
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +12
Final
SAC112
LAL93
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +19
Final
ATL104
POR98
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +6
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 20, 2015: 2 games. Top scorer: Kenneth Faried (DEN vs SAS), 26 points.
The lead · UTA @ NYK

Carmelo Anthony scores 30, New York wins in overtime

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Final: 118–111.

Game flow · NYK 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.Final0-5-11-80+7NYK AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA2226282312111
NYK1720313119118
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 11, 23, 25, 20, 24, 17, 19, 30NYK30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Robin LopezPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 12, 13, 15, 9, 6, 16, 22NYK22 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 9, 10, 14, 19, 15, 14, 11, 29UTA29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 15, 34, 25, 19, 21, 14, 36, 27UTA27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Golden State by 31.

TOR over BOS6ATL over POR6NYK over UTA7PHI over ORL9DET over HOU9DAL over MIN12CLE over BKN13OKC over CHA14WAS over MIA19SAC over LAL19GSW over CHI31Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.7Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg35.1Today

35 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins 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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 33, 35, 29, 33, 32, 36, 19, 36SAC @ LAL · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 24, 19, 15, 35, 19, 13, 30, 34TOR vs BOS · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 33, 21, 25, 27, 11, 31, 20, 33HOU vs DET · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, May 3, 2019: 33 PTS · 18 REB · 14 AST
33 PTS · 17 REB · 14 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 11, 23, 25, 20, 24, 17, 19, 30NYK vs UTA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 21, 3, 14, 25, 8, 5, 16, 30DAL vs MIN · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 9, 10, 14, 19, 15, 14, 11, 29UTA @ NYK · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Lou WilliamsLAL+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Robin LopezNYK+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Ish SmithPHI+4.8 16.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+4.6 23.6 last 10 · 19.0 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+4.4 30.6 last 10 · 26.2 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.6 6.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.2 18.8 last 10 · 24.0 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.2 5.7 last 10 · 10.9 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 9.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Julius RandleLAL−3.7 6.8 last 10 · 10.5 season