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Wednesday, January 1, 2020Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIN by 4 after the first quarter and won 106–104.

Final
ORL122
WAS101
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +21
Final
POR93
NYK117
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +24
Final
MIN104
MIL106
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +2
Final
PHX107
LAL117
Q1 LAL +26; Q2 LAL +33; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +10
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 · 2018–19Jan 1, 2019: 5 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (TOR vs UTA), 45 points.
The lead · MIN @ MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo posts 32 and 17 as Milwaukee beats Minnesota

32 points and 17 rebounds in a 106–104 win.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+1+6+2MIL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN23282033104
MIL19332529106
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 29, 48, 34, 22, 18, 18, 23, 32MIL32 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 15, 23, 12, 31, 23, 21, 25, 13MIL13 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shabazz NapierPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 0, 10, 4, 18, 2, 9, 24, 22MIN22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 13, 18, 15, 11, 21, 5, 11, 15MIN15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · POR @ NYK

New York routs Portland by 24

New York led by 3 at halftime and won 117–93. Julius Randle led New York with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over MIN2LAL over PHX10ORL over WAS21NYK over POR24Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 32

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 29, 48, 34, 22, 18, 18, 23, 32MIL vs MIN · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 15, 18, 19, 11, 34, 32, 33, 32PHX @ LAL · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 28, 32, 20, 21, 23, 21, 13, 31LAL vs PHX · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Mar 6, 2023: 31 PTS · 13 REB · 12 AST
31 PTS · 13 REB · 12 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 29, 35, 22, 37, 36, 30, 15, 27WAS vs ORL · L
27.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 50, 16, 33, 27, 36, 32, 24, 20, 23, 26LAL vs PHX · W
27.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 24, 19, 13, 26, 14, 6, 20, 29, 26PHX @ LAL · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Joe InglesUTA+6.5 16.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+5.5 28.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Julius RandleNYK+5.2 24.0 last 10 · 18.8 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+4.8 29.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−5.5 8.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.7 4.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−3.6 11.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Langston GallowayDET−3.4 7.6 last 10 · 11.0 season