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Friday, January 21, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHI by 14 at halftime and won 102–101.

Final
OKC98
CHA121
Q1 CHA +17; Q2 CHA +17; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +23
Final
LAL116
ORL105
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +11
Final
LAC102
PHI101
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC -14; Q3 LAC -10; Q4 LAC +1
Final
MIA108
ATL110
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +2
Final
POR109
BOS105
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +4
Final
CHI90
MIL94
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +4
Final
TOR109
WAS105
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +4
Final
BKN117
SAS102
Q1 BKN -2; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +15
Final
MEM122
DEN118
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +4
Final
DET101
UTA111
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +10
Final
HOU103
GSW105
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW -11; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +2
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 21, 2021: 3 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (UTA vs NOP), 36 points.
The lead · LAC @ PHI

Clippers rally from 14 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 14 at the half, Clippers outscored the 76ers 62–47 the rest of the way. Final: 102–101. Reggie Jackson led Clippers with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists. Joel Embiid scored 40 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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+7-14-10+1LAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC24163032102
PHI17372621101
Who led
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 18, 12, 13, 5, 7, 26, 28, 19LAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 1, 9, 10, 6, 6, 13, 32, 15LAC15 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40PHI40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 23, 13, 17, 17, 22, 7, 21, 20PHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games go down to the wire

Seven of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Charlotte by 23.

LAC over PHI1ATL over MIA2GSW over HOU2POR over BOS4MIL over CHI4TOR over WAS4MEM over DEN4UTA over DET10LAL over ORL11BKN over SAS15CHA over OKC23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 40

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: 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40PHI vs LAC · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 5, 2010: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 22, 16, 29, 16, 19, 25, 33, 38MEM @ DEN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 16, 26, 25, 26, 27, 22, 18, 37BKN @ SAS · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Mar 2, 2021: 37 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
37 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 20, 20, 19, 17, 23, 24, 30, 35CHI @ MIL · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 31, 43, 26, 30, 30, 27, 33, 30MIL vs CHI · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 14, 14, 14, 10, 23, 21, 18, 29POR @ BOS · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 17 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
Anfernee SimonsPOR+8.7 23.8 last 10 · 15.1 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
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.0 33.4 last 10 · 28.4 season
Cold
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.7 21.6 last 10 · 26.3 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−4.3 6.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jordan PooleGSW−4.2 12.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Russell WestbrookLAL−4.2 14.3 last 10 · 18.5 season