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Saturday, January 29, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed SAC by 11 at halftime and won 103–101.

Final
IND105
DAL132
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +24; Q4 DAL +27
Final
BOS107
NOP97
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +10
Final
SAC101
PHI103
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +2
Final
WAS95
MEM115
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +22; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +20
Final · 3OT
TOR124
MIA120
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR 0; OT2 TOR 0; OT3 TOR +4
Final
BKN106
GSW110
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +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 29, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Trae Young (ATL @ WAS), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHI

Joel Embiid scores 36, Philadelphia rallies past Sacramento

Philadelphia trailed by 11 at the half and won 103–101. Tyrese Haliburton scored 38 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-4-11-2+2PHI AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC31302218101
PHI27233122103
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40, 38, 42, 26, 36PHI36 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 22, 7, 21, 20, 18, 33, 23, 16PHI16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 17, 21, 14, 9, 24, 7, 11, 38SAC38 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 23, 16, 12, 20, 29, 4, 28, 16SAC16 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.9Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 25.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg56Today

56 minutes today, against 33.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 33 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Indiana by 27.

PHI over SAC2TOR over MIA4GSW over BKN4BOS over NOP10MEM over WAS20DAL over IND27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Jayson Tatum leads the day with 38

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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 23, 27, 12, 27, 51, 36, 20, 38BOS @ NOP · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 17, 21, 14, 9, 24, 7, 11, 38SAC @ PHI · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 8, 19, 4, 13, 20, 22, 26, 37MIA vs TOR · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 27, 2017: 37 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Ties season high37 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40, 38, 42, 26, 36PHI vs SAC · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 19, 25, 33, 38, 35, 41, 30, 34MEM vs WAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gary Trent Jr.Points, last 10 games: 10, 5, 21, 22, 10, 13, 13, 32, 32, 33TOR @ MIA · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 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+7.5 23.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+6.1 35.2 last 10 · 29.1 season
Amir CoffeyLAC+5.9 14.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.8 23.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Devin BookerPHX+4.8 29.9 last 10 · 25.1 season
Cold
Cole AnthonyORL−6.0 11.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.1 21.6 last 10 · 25.7 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Julius RandleNYK−3.7 14.8 last 10 · 18.5 season
Dennis SchroderBOS−3.7 11.1 last 10 · 14.8 season