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Tuesday, January 25, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed WAS by 30 at halftime and won 116–115.

Final
DEN110
DET105
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +5
Final
NOP107
PHI117
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +10
Final
CHA113
TOR125
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +12
Final
LAC116
WAS115
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 LAC -30; Q3 LAC -17; Q4 LAC +1
Final
LAL106
BKN96
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +10
Final
SAC75
BOS128
Q1 BOS +25; Q2 BOS +33; Q3 BOS +42; Q4 BOS +53
Final
SAS134
HOU104
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +30
Final
DAL92
GSW130
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +38
Final
MIN109
POR107
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +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 25, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL @ CLE), 46 points.
The lead · LAC @ WAS

Clippers erase 30-point lead, steal one from Washington

Washington led 66–36 at halftime. Clippers won the second half 80–49 to take it 116–115. Amir Coffey led Clippers with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-30-17+1LAC AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC23134040116
WAS32342722115
Who led
Amir CoffeyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 18, 5, 20, 16, 8, 12, 2, 29LAC29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Luke KennardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 5, 8, 10, 17, 13, 7, 10, 14, 25LAC25 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 27, 26, 20, 13, 23, 25, 19, 23WAS23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 27, 29, 19, 16, 15, 16, 12, 19WAS19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Boston by 53.

LAC over WAS1MIN over POR2DEN over DET5PHI over NOP10LAL over BKN10TOR over CHA12SAS over HOU30GSW over DAL38BOS over SAC53Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.7Season avg40.4Last 5

40.4 points a game over his last five games, against 28.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 42

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, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40, 38, 42PHI vs NOP · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Dec 9, 1999: 42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 19, 28, 30, 9, 21, 20, 25, 40MIN @ POR · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rik Smits IND, Mar 30, 1997: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 33, 20, 23, 27, 12, 27, 51, 36BOS vs SAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 8, 18, 21, 8, 13, 25, 18, 34DET vs DEN · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 25, 26, 27, 22, 18, 37, 13, 33BKN vs LAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Nov 18, 2022: 33 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
33 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 35, 34, 25, 25, 30, 29, 33, 33LAL @ BKN · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 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+7.2 22.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+6.2 35.2 last 10 · 29.0 season
Amir CoffeyLAC+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.1 22.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.8 24.9 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−4.8 21.0 last 10 · 25.8 season
Cole AnthonyORL−4.7 13.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−4.7 7.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.3 20.6 last 10 · 24.9 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season