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Thursday, January 28, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed MIL by 4 after the first quarter and won 103–83.

Final
ATL92
IND111
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +19
Final
DEN117
WAS113
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +4
Final
MIL83
MEM103
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +20
Final
SAC105
NOP114
Q1 NOP +18; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +13; Q4 NOP +9
Final
NYK93
TOR103
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +10
Final
CHI114
LAL91
Q1 CHI +17; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +23
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 28, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs POR), 55 points.
The lead · MIL @ MEM

Memphis routs Milwaukee by 20

Memphis led by 9 at halftime and won 103–83. Jeff Green led Memphis with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+9+14+20MEM AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2714212183
MEM23272627103
Who led
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 3, 16, 18, 16, 9, 11, 30, 21MEM21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 20, 19, 37, 16, 27, 17, 17, 15MEM15 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 21, 15, 19, 15, 21, 22, 21, 21MIL21 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 25, 26, 24, 22, 21, 22, 25, 15MIL15 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Chicago by 23.

DEN over WAS4NOP over SAC9TOR over NYK10IND over ATL19MEM over MIL20CHI over LAL23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.7Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 2.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Ryan Anderson 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.
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 18, 32, 14, 7, 13, 23, 22, 36NOP vs SAC · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 36, 19, 36, 24, 48, 56, 17, 26SAC @ NOP · L
27.2 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 25, 24, 31, 14, 15, 21, 29, 26TOR vs NYK · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 53, 4, 16, 23, 28, 20, 13, 26CHI @ LAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 11, 23, 27, 17, 30, 15, 23, 26DEN @ WAS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Ben McLemorePoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 4, 15, 6, 14, 5, 4, 4, 26SAC @ NOP · L
7.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Chandler ParsonsDAL+7.8 19.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.6 17.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+5.5 32.7 last 10 · 27.2 season
Ish SmithPHI+5.2 16.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+4.8 20.3 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−6.1 3.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.4 18.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
CJ MilesIND−4.8 7.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.5 11.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−3.9 11.0 last 10 · 14.9 season