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Wednesday, January 30, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NOP by 3 at halftime and won 105–99.

Final
CHA94
BOS126
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +32
Final
CHI105
MIA89
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +16
Final
DAL114
NYK90
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +24
Final · OT
MEM97
MIN99
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +2
Final
DEN105
NOP99
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +6
Final
IND89
WAS107
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +18
Final
ATL113
SAC135
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +25; Q4 SAC +22
Final
UTA105
POR132
Q1 POR +18; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +29; Q4 POR +27
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 30, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs ORL), 60 points.
The lead · DEN @ NOP

Denver makes it four straight

Denver beat New Orleans 105–99 and moved to 35–15. Malik Beasley led Denver with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-3+11+6DEN AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN29243319105
NOP2630192499
Who led
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 22, 13, 13, 0, 19, 14, 18, 22DEN22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 40, 17, 18, 19, 28, 32, 24, 20DEN20 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 25, 20, 21, 29, 22, 29, 19, 22NOP22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kenrich WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 2, 2, 8, 21NOP21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MEM @ MIN

Minnesota needs overtime to survive Memphis

Tied 93–93 after regulation. Minnesota won the final period 6–4 for a 99–97 win. Jerryd Bayless led Minnesota with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs MEM
Jerryd Bayless · MINMike Conley · MEMPTS1926REB75AST128Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Damian Lillard 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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 26, 35, 33, 24, 26, 34, 24, 36POR vs UTA · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 6, 19, 20, 14, 31, 20, 28, 30POR vs UTA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 26, 10, 20, 31, 16, 22, 23, 26MEM @ MIN · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 10, 21, 15, 9, 18, 9, 12, 26CHI @ MIA · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 43, 26, 16, 22, 27, 21, 31, 25WAS vs IND · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 7, 12, 14, 6, 23, 10, 21, 24BOS vs CHA · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 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+9.1 45.4 last 10 · 36.3 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+6.8 29.3 last 10 · 22.5 season
Terrance FergusonOKC+6.6 13.1 last 10 · 6.5 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.9 25.4 last 10 · 19.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+5.3 26.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.9 2.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.7 2.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.4 13.7 last 10 · 19.1 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.1 16.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season