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Thursday, January 16, 2020Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed GSW by 17 at halftime and won 134–131.

Final
PHX121
NYK98
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +23
Final
BOS123
MIL128
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +5
Final · OT
UTA132
NOP138
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +7; Q3 NOP -4; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +6
Final · OT
DEN134
GSW131
Q1 DEN -15; Q2 DEN -17; Q3 DEN -12; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
ORL95
LAC122
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +19; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +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 · 2018–19Jan 16, 2019: 8 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs BKN), 58 points.
The lead · DEN @ GSW

Will Barton drops 31 in 17-point comeback win over Golden State

Golden State led by 17 at the half. Final: 134–131.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-17-120+3DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN1926284021134
GSW3428232818131
Who led
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 10, 14, 10, 28, 18, 6, 13, 31DEN31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 0, 11, 10, 8, 10, 2, 0, 27DEN27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 7, 27, 10, 19, 16, 13, 10, 25GSW25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Damion LeePoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 18, 20, 10, 14, 8, 15, 10, 21GSW21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · PHX @ NYK

Phoenix routs New York by 23

Phoenix led by 6 at halftime and won 121–98. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over GSW3MIL over BOS5NOP over UTA6PHX over NYK23LAC over ORL27Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.3Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 26.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Ingram leads the day with 49

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.
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 27, 22, 16, 35, 29, 28, 16, 49NOP vs UTA · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerami Grant POR, Feb 8, 2024: 49 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Career high49 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 23, 17, 32, 19, 16, 4, 25, 46UTA @ NOP · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Nov 2, 2002: 46 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ties career high46 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 30, 22, 6, 26, 17, 14, 19, 40BOS @ MIL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Richard Jefferson NJN, Apr 6, 2006: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 32, 32, 24, 30, 13, 32, 37, 32MIL vs BOS · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 19, 24, 18, 24, 36, 30, 43, 32LAC vs ORL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 10, 14, 10, 28, 18, 6, 13, 31DEN @ GSW · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Jordan McRaeWAS+6.1 19.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.1 31.3 last 10 · 26.2 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS+5.1 27.7 last 10 · 22.6 season
Julius RandleNYK+5.1 24.1 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jarrett CulverMIN+4.9 14.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Dario SaricPHX−5.6 4.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−5.1 17.6 last 10 · 22.8 season
James HardenHOU−4.7 32.5 last 10 · 37.2 season
PJ TuckerHOU−4.5 3.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.2 9.5 last 10 · 13.7 season