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Thursday, January 6, 2022Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BOS by 16 at halftime and won 108–105.

Final
BOS105
NYK108
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -16; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +3
Final
DET88
MEM118
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +30
Final
GSW96
NOP101
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +5
Final
LAC89
PHX106
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +17
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 6, 2021: 11 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS @ PHI), 60 points.
The lead · BOS @ NYK

Evan Fournier drops 41 in 16-point comeback win over Boston

Boston led by 16 at the half. Final: 108–105. Jayson Tatum scored 36 for Boston in the loss.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-16-7+3NYK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS25382121105
NYK18293031108
Who led
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 22, 8, 15, 13, 3, 20, 0, 41NYK41 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 20, 21, 23, 25, 13, 5, 30, 22NYK22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 42, 27, 25, 17, 18, 25, 19, 36BOS36 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 19, 15, 7, 8, 3, 21, 15, 20BOS20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · GSW @ NOP

New Orleans upsets Golden State

New Orleans (13–25) beat Golden State (29–8) 101–96. Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over BOS3NOP over GSW5PHX over LAC17MEM over DET30Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Evan Fournier leads the day with 41

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.
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 22, 8, 15, 13, 3, 20, 0, 41NYK vs BOS · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +28.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rashard Lewis SEA, Nov 13, 2005: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 42, 27, 25, 17, 18, 25, 19, 36BOS @ NYK · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 34, 22, 28, 31, 0, 10, 16, 32NOP vs GSW · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 2, 24, 24, 24, 23, 20, 12, 26LAC @ PHX · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Cameron JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 21, 11, 19, 12, 20, 14, 18, 24PHX vs LAC · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 21, 18, 33, 41, 30, 36, 26, 22MEM vs DET · W
25.0 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 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
Kevin LoveCLE+6.7 21.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
Gary HarrisORL+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Hamidou DialloDET+6.5 17.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Saddiq BeyDET+6.3 21.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Max StrusMIA+5.7 17.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.5 4.6 last 10 · 8.1 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