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Saturday, January 7, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed UTA by 5 after three quarters and won 126–118.

Final
BOS121
SAS116
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +5
Final
UTA118
CHI126
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +8
Final
NOP117
DAL127
Q1 DAL +19; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +10
Final
ORL115
GSW101
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +14
Final
LAL136
SAC134
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +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 · 2021–22Jan 7, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: Fred VanVleet (TOR vs UTA), 37 points.
The lead · UTA @ CHI

Zach LaVine hits six threes, Chicago tops Utah

36 points for Zach LaVine. Final: 126–118.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+4-5+8CHI AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA24254029118
CHI28253142126
Who led
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 22, 24, 43, 15, 26, 13, 41, 36CHI36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 31, 42, 22, 21, 44, 22, 12, 35CHI35 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 38, 21, 32, 29, 36, 29, 28, 49, 28UTA28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ochai AgbajiPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 0, 4, 0, 3, 0, 0, 11, 19UTA19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAL @ SAC

Lakers win a tight one over Sacramento

136–134. Neither team led by more than 2 at any break. LeBron James led Lakers with 37 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over SAC2BOS over SAS5CHI over UTA8DAL over NOP10ORL over GSW14Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.5Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 34, 38, 28, 27, 47, 43, 25, 37LAL @ SAC · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 22, 24, 43, 15, 26, 13, 41, 36CHI vs UTA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 31, 42, 22, 21, 44, 22, 12, 35CHI vs UTA · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 50, 32, 60, 35, 51, 39, 23, 34DAL vs NOP · W
34.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Mar 29, 2010: 34 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
34 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 37, 22, 26, 26, 31, 24, 19, 37, 25, 34SAC vs LAL · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 41, 30, 41, 38, 29, 25, 27, 29, 34BOS @ SAS · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+7.2 27.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+6.8 18.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA+6.8 31.4 last 10 · 24.6 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.7 26.1 last 10 · 20.4 season
Julius RandleNYK+5.5 29.9 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.4 19.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Terry RozierCHA−3.3 17.4 last 10 · 20.7 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.3 6.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Kelly OlynykUTA−2.9 9.1 last 10 · 12.0 season