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Thursday, January 20, 2022Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by PHX (vs DAL) and IND (vs GSW).

Final
PHX109
DAL101
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -8; Q4 PHX +8
Final
NOP102
NYK91
Q1 NOP +10; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +24; Q4 NOP +11
Final · OT
IND121
GSW117
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +4
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 20, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs BOS), 42 points.
The lead · IND @ GSW

Indiana needs overtime to survive Golden State

Tied 110–110 after regulation. Indiana won the final period 11–7 for a 121–117 win. Chris Duarte led Indiana with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Stephen Curry scored 39 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-800+4IND AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND2332282711121
GSW303320277117
Who led
Chris DuartePoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 18, 16, 11, 9, 7, 24, 11, 27IND27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 7, 15, 11, 13, 25, 18, 11, 16IND16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 9, 14, 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39GSW39 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevon LooneyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 10, 4, 0, 13GSW13 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHX @ DAL

Phoenix fights back from 8 down against Dallas

Final: 109–101, after trailing by 8 at the half. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs DAL
Devin Booker · PHXLuka Doncic · DALPTS2828REB58AST68Top 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
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 44 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 9, 14, 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39GSW vs IND · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 26, 22, 21, 27, 23, 20, 41, 28DAL vs PHX · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 33, 11, 26, 16, 35, 30, 48, 28PHX @ DAL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Chris DuartePoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 18, 16, 11, 9, 7, 24, 11, 27IND @ GSW · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 11, 14, 9, 15, 12, 10, 15, 20PHX @ DAL · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 15, 17, 14, 15, 19, 14, 8, 19DAL vs PHX · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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
Caris LeVertIND+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.5 22.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Amir CoffeyLAC+5.2 12.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Cold
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.7 21.7 last 10 · 26.4 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