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Thursday, January 19, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DAL by 9 at halftime and won 99–95.

Final
PHX103
CLE118
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +15
Final
DAL95
MIA99
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA -9; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +4
Final
WAS113
NYK110
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DEN104
SAS118
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +14
Final
MIN104
LAC101
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +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 · 2015–16Jan 19, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs MIN), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIA

Goran Dragic scores 32, Miami rallies past Dallas

Miami trailed by 9 at the half and won 99–95.

Game flow · MIA 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+7-9-3+4MIA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2231202295
MIA2915262999
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 5, 24, 19, 16, 24, 17, 19, 21, 32MIA32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 11, 23, 11, 12, 18, 14, 16, 23MIA23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 11, 13, 11, 26, 18, 17, 10, 19DAL19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 12, 9, 9, 2, 18, 19, 11, 18DAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ LAC

Minnesota takes over late to edge Clippers

Down 2 after three, Minnesota won the fourth 27–22. Final: 104–101. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 37 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over NYK3MIN over LAC3MIA over DAL4SAS over DEN14CLE over PHX15Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 36 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.7Season avg34.5Today

34 minutes today, against 5.7 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 37

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 18, 18, 34, 23, 29, 18, 27, 37MIN @ LAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 25, 21, 18, 19, 22, 30, 29, 35DEN @ SAS · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 17, 18, 28, 23, 18, 30, 13, 34NYK vs WAS · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 25, 24, 19, 30, 31, 38, 34, 34SAS vs DEN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 5, 24, 19, 16, 24, 17, 19, 21, 32MIA vs DAL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
DeAndre JordanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 9, 18, 20, 7, 10, 24, 19, 29LAC vs MIN · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 16 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
Nikola JokicDEN+9.1 23.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+5.4 34.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Austin RiversLAC+5.4 16.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Raymond FeltonLAC+4.9 12.2 last 10 · 7.3 season
Devin BookerPHX+4.9 25.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cold
Sean KilpatrickBKN−5.0 9.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN−4.1 15.7 last 10 · 19.8 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−4.1 7.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.0 22.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Patty MillsSAS−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season