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Wednesday, January 5, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed IND by 13 at halftime and won 129–121.

Final
DET111
CHA140
Q1 CHA +18; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +25; Q4 CHA +29
Final
PHI116
ORL106
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +10
Final
HOU114
WAS111
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SAS99
BOS97
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +2
Final
GSW82
DAL99
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +17
Final
BKN129
IND121
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN -13; Q3 BKN -7; Q4 BKN +8
Final
TOR117
MIL111
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +6
Final
OKC90
MIN98
Q1 MIN +20; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +8
Final
UTA115
DEN109
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +6
Final
MIA115
POR109
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +6
Final
ATL108
SAC102
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +6
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 · 2020–21Jan 5, 2021: 5 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs MIN), 35 points.
The lead · BKN @ IND

Kevin Durant scores 39 as Brooklyn wins in Indiana

Final: 129–121. Kevin Durant made 15 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · BKN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-13-7+8BKN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN32283435129
IND37362820121
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 31, 51, 34, 34, 33, 28, 26, 39BKN39 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingBKN22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 12, 12, 14, 15, 24, 32, 15, 32IND32 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 9 games: 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 5, 30IND30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · TOR @ MIL

Toronto rallies from 9 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 9 at the half, Toronto outscored the Bucks 49–34 the rest of the way. Final: 117–111. Pascal Siakam led Toronto with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · TOR vs MIL
Pascal Siakam · TORKhris Middleton · MILPTS3325REB66AST64Top 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
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 39

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 31, 51, 34, 34, 33, 28, 26, 39BKN @ IND · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 18, 25, 19, 15, 24, 20, 21, 36UTA @ DEN · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 13, 16, 25, 28, 25, 20, 18, 33TOR @ MIL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 12, 12, 14, 15, 24, 32, 15, 32IND vs BKN · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd PHX, Dec 17, 1999: 32 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
32 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 3, 18, 18, 5, 23, 18, 13, 15, 7, 32CHA vs DET · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 32, 41, 23, 36, 36, 34, 31, 31PHI @ ORL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 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
Saddiq BeyDET+8.5 23.6 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kevin LoveCLE+6.7 21.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
Gary HarrisORL+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Hamidou DialloDET+6.6 17.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Max StrusMIA+5.7 17.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.1 8.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Luguentz DortOKC−2.9 13.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−2.8 9.8 last 10 · 12.6 season