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Monday, January 27, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIN by 19 after three quarters and won 133–129.

Final
CLE115
DET100
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +15
Final
ORL92
MIA113
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +21
Final
SAS109
CHI110
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI -10; Q4 CHI +1
Final · OT
SAC133
MIN129
Q1 SAC -13; Q2 SAC -18; Q3 SAC -19; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
DAL107
OKC97
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +10
Final
HOU126
UTA117
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +9
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 27, 2019: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs ORL), 40 points.
The lead · SAC @ MIN

Buddy Hield scores 42 as Sacramento beats Minnesota

Sacramento won 133–129. Buddy Hield: 42 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists. Andrew Wiggins scored 36 for Minnesota in the loss.

Game flow · SAC 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.Final0-13-18-190+4SAC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC2426284114133
MIN3731292210129
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 16, 16, 25, 14, 20, 14, 21, 42SAC42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 19, 31, 27, 21, 14, 22, 18, 22SAC22 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 10, 22, 18, 15, 25, 28, 22, 36MIN36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 14, 9, 22, 9, 9, 10, 10, 24MIN24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAS @ CHI

Chicago fights back late to top San Antonio

San Antonio led 85–75 after three. Chicago won the fourth 35–24 and the game 110–109. Zach LaVine led Chicago with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs SAS
Zach LaVine · CHIDeMar DeRozan · SASPTS2336REB610AST23Top 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
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 2 vs 2018–19 avg
Minutes per game
25.82018–19 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.8 in 2018–19 (44 games). Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Eric Gordon 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.
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 23, 20, 13, 5, 25, 27, 19, 50HOU @ UTA · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +35.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Mar 18, 2007: 50 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Career high50 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 16, 16, 25, 14, 20, 14, 21, 42SAC @ MIN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Jan 2, 1998: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 10, 22, 18, 15, 25, 28, 22, 36MIN vs SAC · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 36, 25, 30, 25, 20, 18, 20, 30, 14, 36SAS @ CHI · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 4, 25, 46, 22, 25, 23, 25, 36UTA vs HOU · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 31, 18, 26, 30, 16, 18, 23, 30UTA vs HOU · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 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
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 14.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Eric GordonHOU+5.3 21.6 last 10 · 16.3 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
Jeff TeagueATL−4.0 8.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Mike ConleyUTA−3.8 8.8 last 10 · 12.6 season