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Sunday, January 26, 2020Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed HOU by 9 after the first quarter and won 117–110.

Final
HOU110
DEN117
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +7
Final
TOR110
SAS106
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +4
Final
WAS133
ATL152
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +19
Final
PHX109
MEM114
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +5
Final
BOS108
NOP123
Q1 NOP +12; Q2 NOP +20; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +15
Final
BKN97
NYK110
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +13
Final
LAC112
ORL97
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +15
Final
IND129
POR139
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +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 26, 2019: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (GSW @ BOS), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ DEN

Denver climbs back to beat Houston

Houston led by 9 after one. Denver won it 117–110. Jerami Grant led Denver with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+1+7DEN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU36233021110
DEN27303327117
Who led
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 11, 14, 6, 16, 19, 17, 14, 25DEN25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 20, 12, 23, 30, 17, 19, 27, 24DEN24 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 34, 30, 31, 35, 32, 28, 45, 32HOU32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 17, 23, 20, 13, 5, 25, 27, 19HOU19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.3Season avg45.2Last 5

45.2 points a game over his last five games, against 28.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · LAC @ ORL

Orlando's skid reaches three

Clippers won 112–97; the Magic fall to 21–26. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 31 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · ORL
Wvs WAS123–89L@ PHX94–98W@ SAC114–112W@ LAL119–118L@ LAC95–122L@ GSW95–109W@ CHA106–83Lvs OKC114–120Lvs BOS98–109Lvs LAC97–112ORL: last 10 games through Jan 26, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 50

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: 20, 20, 26, 30, 25, 34, 34, 61, 47, 50POR vs IND · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Dec 25, 2023: 50 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
50 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 41, 29, 42, 19, 36, 31, 16, 42, 26, 45ATL vs WAS · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Jun 6, 2021: 46 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
45 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 27, 25, 23, 14, 29, 38, 36, 40WAS @ ATL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Jan 6, 2017: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 12, 39, 29, 39, 37, 16, 35, 36PHX @ MEM · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 15, 21, 12, 14, 18, 18, 23, 35TOR @ SAS · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 17, 14, 19, 40, 20, 8, 37, 35BOS @ NOP · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
Damian LillardPOR+5.9 34.7 last 10 · 28.8 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+5.5 31.5 last 10 · 26.0 season
Svi MykhailiukDET+5.4 14.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Zach LaVineCHI+5.4 30.7 last 10 · 25.3 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+5.1 21.0 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
James HardenHOU−7.1 29.0 last 10 · 36.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN−4.9 16.3 last 10 · 21.2 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−4.8 12.3 last 10 · 17.1 season
Mike ConleyUTA−4.3 8.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−4.2 18.4 last 10 · 22.6 season