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Tuesday, January 8, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SAC by 19 at halftime and won 115–111.

Final
IND123
CLE115
Q1 IND +22; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +8
Final
WAS115
PHI132
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +23; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +17
Final
DEN103
MIA99
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +4
Final
ATL101
TOR104
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +3
Final
MIN119
OKC117
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +2
Final
SAC111
PHX115
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX -19; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +4
Final
NYK95
GSW122
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +26; Q4 GSW +27
Final
CHA109
LAC128
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +19
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 · 2017–18Jan 8, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ BKN), 35 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHX

Phoenix erases 19-point lead, steals one from Sacramento

Sacramento led 72–53 at halftime. Phoenix won the second half 62–39 to take it 115–111. Kelly Oubre Jr. led Phoenix with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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+3-190+4PHX AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC32401425111
PHX35183329115
Who led
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 20, 7, 19, 4, 4, 15, 9, 8, 6, 26PHX26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 4, 24, 19, 22, 24, 7, 20, 23, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 19, 15, 26, 13, 16, 8, 20, 24SAC24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ben McLemorePoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 7, 0, 11, 2, 5, 5, 0, 20SAC20 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Warriors rout

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat New York by 27.

MIN over OKC2TOR over ATL3DEN over MIA4PHX over SAC4IND over CLE8PHI over WAS17LAC over CHA19GSW over NYK27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
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
17.3Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
30.62017–18 avg17.6Last 2

17.6 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.6 in 2017–18 (30 games). Today: 15 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg38.6Today

39 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 43

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: 12, 14, 12, 5, 15, 32, 15, 26, 20, 43GSW vs NYK · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerami Grant DET, Feb 17, 2021: 43 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
43 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 14, 16, 13, 20, 31, 16, 28, 40MIN @ OKC · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Elden Campbell LAL, Feb 23, 1997: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 37, 30, 21, 27, 45, 21, 30, 31TOR vs ATL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 4, 21, 23, 19, 26, 39, 24, 29DEN @ MIA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antoine Walker BOS, Jan 18, 2001: 29 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
29 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Landry ShametPoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5, 7, 29PHI vs WAS · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 40, 7, 21, 34, 19, 24, 33, 25, 28WAS @ PHI · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
James HardenHOU+5.6 39.3 last 10 · 33.7 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+5.6 32.4 last 10 · 26.8 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+4.8 12.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.4 23.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+4.4 13.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerPHI−5.0 14.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Damyean DotsonNYK−4.3 5.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Justin HolidayMEM−4.0 7.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.9 16.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Allonzo TrierNYK−3.9 6.2 last 10 · 10.1 season