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Wednesday, January 19, 2022Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIN by 16 after the first quarter and won 134–122.

Final
ORL110
PHI123
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +13
Final
BKN119
WAS118
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +1
Final
MIN122
ATL134
Q1 ATL -16; Q2 ATL -12; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +12
Final
CHA111
BOS102
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +9
Final
POR92
MIA104
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +12
Final
CLE104
CHI117
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +13
Final
MEM114
MIL126
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +12
Final
TOR98
DAL102
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +4
Final
OKC96
SAS118
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +22
Final
HOU116
UTA111
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +5
Final · OT
LAC128
DEN130
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN -12; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final
DET133
SAC131
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +2
Final
IND111
LAL104
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +7
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 19, 2021: 2 games. Top scorer: Zion Williamson (NOP @ UTA), 32 points.
The lead · MIN @ ATL

Trae Young drops 37 in 16-point comeback win over Minnesota

Minnesota led by 16 after one. Final: 134–122.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-16-12+13+12ATL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN42312029122
ATL26354528134
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 56, 25, 19, 15, 24, 29, 30, 37ATL37 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
De'Andre HunterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 2, 11, 2, 15, 20, 8, 20, 22ATL22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 6, 27, 22, 18, 29, 7, 17, 31MIN31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 22, 24, 19, 28, 30, 9, 21, 20MIN20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Spurs rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat OKC by 22.

BKN over WAS1DEN over LAC2DET over SAC2DAL over TOR4HOU over UTA5IND over LAL7CHA over BOS9ATL over MIN12MIA over POR12MIL over MEM12PHI over ORL13CHI over CLE13SAS over OKC22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Joel Embiid 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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 25, 32, 32, 50PHI vs ORL · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Alonzo Mourning MIA, Mar 29, 1996: 50 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Ties career high50 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 26, 33, 22, 21, 20, 17, 25, 49DEN vs LAC · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 4, 2015: 49 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Season high49 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 21, 26, 22, 21, 27, 23, 20, 41DAL vs TOR · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jalen Johnson ATL, Nov 30, 2025: 41 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Season high41 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 56, 25, 19, 15, 24, 29, 30, 37ATL vs MIN · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Terence DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 15, 11, 2, 2, 3, 14, 17, 35SAC vs DET · L
10.1 PPG season to date · +25.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 31, 31, 43, 26, 30, 30, 27, 33MIL vs MEM · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 7 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
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.9 22.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Kyle KuzmaWAS+7.5 23.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
RJ BarrettNYK+6.4 23.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Caris LeVertIND+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Herbert JonesNOP+5.2 14.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.9 21.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−4.4 6.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Russell WestbrookLAL−4.4 14.1 last 10 · 18.5 season
Cole AnthonyORL−4.0 14.7 last 10 · 18.7 season