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Wednesday, January 17, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NOP by 15 at halftime and won 94–93.

Final
WAS109
CHA133
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +23; Q4 CHA +24
Final
NOP93
ATL94
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -15; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +1
Final
SAS100
BKN95
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +5
Final
DET91
TOR96
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +5
Final
GSW119
CHI112
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +7
Final
NYK99
MEM105
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +6
Final
MIA106
MIL101
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +5
Final
LAL90
OKC114
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +24
Final
UTA120
SAC105
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +15
Final
DEN104
LAC109
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC -9; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +5
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 · 2016–17Jan 17, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ MIA), 40 points.
The lead · NOP @ ATL

Atlanta erases 15-point lead, steals one from New Orleans

New Orleans led 60–45 at halftime. Atlanta won the second half 49–33 to take it 94–93. Kent Bazemore led Atlanta with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-15+1+1ATL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP3228102393
ATL2520262394
Who led
Kent BazemorePoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 20, 7, 15, 13, 14, 16, 10, 20ATL20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 6, 7, 15, 3, 8, 5, 12, 18ATL18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 24, 13, 14, 12, 25, 31, 23, 22NOP22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 19, 23, 20, 29, 24, 15, 19, 19NOP19 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
37.22016–17 avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.2 in 2016–17 (47 games). Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg30.0Today

30 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · DEN @ LAC

Clippers rally from 9 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 9 at the half, Clippers outscored the Nuggets 59–45 the rest of the way. Final: 109–104. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs DEN
Blake Griffin · LACGary Harris · DENPTS2019REB122AST44Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 38

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 25, 28, 10, 19, 12, 26, 17, 38GSW @ CHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 29, 24, 30, 31, 20, 15, 25, 34SAS @ BKN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 29, 24, 15, 27, 16, 35, 23, 34UTA @ SAC · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 38, 32, 29, 45, 32, 24, 23, 30GSW @ CHI · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 10, 12, 14, 13, 16, 15, 9, 27MIA @ MIL · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 21, 22, 14, 19, 15, 7, 20, 27OKC vs LAL · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 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
Lou WilliamsLAC+7.8 31.0 last 10 · 23.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP+4.2 30.9 last 10 · 26.7 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.0 23.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Reggie BullockDET+4.0 11.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC+3.9 16.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Jonathon SimmonsORL−5.1 8.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−4.0 9.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−3.8 12.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.7 23.6 last 10 · 27.3 season