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Sunday, January 19, 2020Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DEN by 7 after three quarters and won 115–107.

Final
MIA102
SAS107
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +5
Final
IND115
DEN107
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -7; Q4 IND +8
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 19, 2019: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs LAL), 48 points.
The lead · IND @ DEN

Indiana makes it five straight

Indiana beat Denver 115–107 and moved to 28–15. Doug McDermott led Indiana with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-6-6-7+8IND AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND15293041115
DEN21293126107
Who led
Doug McDermottPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 5, 8, 2, 16, 8, 14, 13, 24IND24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 18, 25, 18, 27, 10, 29, 8, 22IND22 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 14, 47, 33, 19, 20, 12, 23, 30DEN30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 14, 10, 28, 18, 6, 13, 31, 16DEN16 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · MIA @ SAS

San Antonio upsets Miami

San Antonio (17–23) beat Miami (29–12) 107–102. LaMarcus Aldridge led San Antonio with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs MIA
LaMarcus Aldridge · SASBam Adebayo · MIAPTS2121REB416AST36Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 30

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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 14, 47, 33, 19, 20, 12, 23, 30DEN vs IND · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Doug McDermottPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 5, 8, 2, 16, 8, 14, 13, 24IND @ DEN · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 18, 25, 18, 27, 10, 29, 8, 22IND @ DEN · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Garnett MIN, Dec 14, 1999: 22 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
22 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 14, 13, 10, 0, 21, 21, 12, 22IND @ DEN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 17, 36, 3, 17, 21, 12, 28, 22IND @ DEN · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 14, 20, 18, 22, 15, 14, 21, 21MIA @ SAS · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 16 REB · 6 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
Svi MykhailiukDET+6.1 14.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Zach LaVineCHI+5.6 30.6 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jarrett CulverMIN+5.5 15.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.5 32.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Lonzo BallNOP+4.9 17.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Andrew WigginsMIN−6.2 16.4 last 10 · 22.6 season
PJ TuckerHOU−4.6 3.2 last 10 · 7.8 season
James HardenHOU−4.6 32.5 last 10 · 37.1 season
Dario SaricPHX−4.4 5.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Isaiah ThomasWAS−3.7 8.5 last 10 · 12.2 season