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Wednesday, January 4, 2023Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed PHX by 10 at halftime and won 90–88.

Final
MEM131
CHA107
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +29; Q3 MEM +29; Q4 MEM +24
Final
PHX88
CLE90
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -10; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +2
Final
OKC115
ORL126
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +11
Final · OT
IND126
PHI129
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final
SAS114
NYK117
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +3
Final · OT
MIL104
TOR101
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +3
Final
BKN112
CHI121
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +9
Final
POR106
MIN113
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +7
Final
HOU108
NOP119
Q1 NOP +23; Q2 NOP +23; Q3 NOP +25; Q4 NOP +11
Final
DET122
GSW119
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +3
Final
MIA109
LAL112
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
Final
ATL120
SAC117
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +3
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 · 2021–22Jan 4, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ NOP), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ CLE

Cleveland rallies from 10 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 10 at the half, Cleveland outscored the Suns 57–45 the rest of the way. Final: 90–88. Caris LeVert led Cleveland with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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+1-10-5+2CLE AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1429212488
CLE1518263190
Who led
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 13, 6, 8, 8, 19, 23, 10, 21CLE21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 41, 25, 23, 36, 12, 15, 28, 15, 71, 20CLE20 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 12, 10, 17, 14, 20, 20, 11, 25PHX25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 30, 18, 22, 15, 31, 4, 12, 15PHX15 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.3Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 30 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 2 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
26.32021–22 avg11.0Last 2

11.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.3 in 2021–22 (71 games). Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 25.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Seven of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat Charlotte by 24.

CLE over PHX2PHI over IND3NYK over SAS3MIL over TOR3DET over GSW3LAL over MIA3ATL over SAC3MIN over POR7CHI over BKN9ORL over OKC11NOP over HOU11MEM over CHA24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 44

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 43, 23, 24, 32, 26, 23, 25, 44BKN @ CHI · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Donovan Mitchell CLE, Mar 1, 2023: 44 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
44 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 22, 30, 21, 7, 12, 23, 24, 38NYK vs SAS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 42, 27, 35, 35, 27, 44, 28, 28, 14, 33OKC @ ORL · L
30.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 23, 30, 29, 27, 30, 30, 29, 32MIN vs POR · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 12, 30, 18, 9, 7, 7, 15, 12, 15, 32LAL vs MIA · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 42, 45, 26, 27, 45, 43, 55, 30MIL @ TOR · W
32.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Feb 5, 2020: 30 PTS · 21 REB · 10 AST
30 PTS · 21 REB · 10 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
Jordan PooleGSW+8.0 28.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+6.0 17.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.8 26.0 last 10 · 20.2 season
LeBron JamesLAL+5.4 34.4 last 10 · 29.0 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+5.2 29.4 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cold
Terry RozierCHA−4.1 16.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.6 6.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.1 19.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Gabe VincentMIA−2.9 5.3 last 10 · 8.2 season