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Friday, January 27, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by NOP (vs SAS) and IND (vs SAC).

Final · OT
SAC111
IND115
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -9; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +4
Final
ORL98
BOS128
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +39; Q4 BOS +30
Final
BKN116
CLE124
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +8
Final
CHA107
NYK110
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +3
Final
MIL86
TOR102
Q1 TOR +17; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +16
Final
WAS112
ATL86
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +22; Q3 WAS +25; Q4 WAS +26
Final
MIA100
CHI88
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +12
Final
SAS103
NOP119
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP -9; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP +16
Final
HOU123
PHI118
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +5
Final
MEM109
POR112
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +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 27, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs DAL), 45 points.
The lead · SAC @ IND

Paul George scores 33, Indiana rallies past Sacramento

Indiana trailed by 9 at the half and won 115–111.

Game flow · IND 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-9-60+4IND AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC303423177111
IND2728262311115
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 10, 19, 24, 21, 19, 31, 32, 33IND33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 20, 3, 9, 6, 6, 10, 9, 18IND18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 26, 31, 25, 19, 42, 22, 28, 26SAC26 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 13, 21, 11, 4, 8, 12, 23, 26SAC26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Orlando by 30, the widest margin of 10 games.

NYK over CHA3POR over MEM3IND over SAC4HOU over PHI5CLE over BKN8MIA over CHI12TOR over MIL16NOP over SAS16WAS over ATL26BOS over ORL30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.6Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg25.5Last 3

25.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 51

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 22, 40, 38, 17, 29, 26, 30, 51HOU @ PHI · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Oct 28, 2016: 51 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
51 PTS · 13 REB · 13 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 14, 34, 22, 21, 30, 28, 24, 33POR vs MEM · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 10, 19, 24, 21, 19, 31, 32, 33IND vs SAC · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 9, 14, 24, 28, 28, 32, 42, 32MEM @ POR · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 23, 20, 21, 24, 22, 26, 18, 32PHI vs HOU · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 20, 16, 24, 24, 15, 30, 29, 32TOR vs MIL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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+8.7 24.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Austin RiversLAC+6.5 18.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.3 27.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Kawhi LeonardSAS+4.5 29.9 last 10 · 25.4 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.2 14.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.5 15.8 last 10 · 20.3 season
Anthony DavisNOP−4.3 23.5 last 10 · 27.8 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.3 5.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.2 14.5 last 10 · 18.7 season