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Wednesday, January 11, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHI by 13 at halftime and won 100–97.

Final
MIN118
DET135
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +17
Final
CHI97
WAS100
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -13; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MIL114
ATL105
Q1 MIL +20; Q2 MIL +21; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +9
Final
NOP114
BOS125
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +11
Final
IND113
NYK119
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +6
Final
SAS129
MEM135
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +6
Final
PHX97
DEN126
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +29
Final
HOU115
SAC135
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +20
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 11, 2022: 6 games. Top scorer: Brandon Ingram (NOP vs MIN), 33 points.
The lead · CHI @ WAS

Washington rallies from 13 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 13 at the half, Washington outscored the Bulls 54–38 the rest of the way. Final: 100–97. Kyle Kuzma led Washington with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Zach LaVine scored 38 for Chicago in the loss.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-4-13+7+3WAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2930211797
WAS25214113100
Who led
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 14, 22, 23, 10, 20, 23, 19, 21WAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Anthony GillPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 3, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 18WAS18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 43, 15, 26, 13, 41, 36, 27, 38CHI38 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 19, 11, 20, 21, 19, 15, 21, 15CHI15 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · SAS @ MEM

Memphis makes it eight straight

Memphis beat San Antonio 135–129 and moved to 28–13. Ja Morant led Memphis with 38 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
L@ GSW109–123Lvs PHX108–125W@ TOR119–106Wvs NOP116–101Wvs SAC118–108W@ CHA131–107W@ ORL123–115Wvs UTA123–118Wvs SAS121–113Wvs SAS135–129MEM: last 10 games through Jan 11, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 41

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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 39, 29, 30, 29, 19, 29, 19, 41BOS vs NOP · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Nov 18, 2009: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Season high41 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 12, 36, 34, 19, 32, 35, 23, 32, 38MEM vs SAS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 20, 42, 10, 26, 28, 28, 34, 38NOP @ BOS · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 43, 15, 26, 13, 41, 36, 27, 38CHI @ WAS · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 7, 12, 23, 24, 38, 26, 44, 34NYK vs IND · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 41, 38, 29, 25, 27, 29, 34, 32, 31BOS vs NOP · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
Naji MarshallNOP+5.8 16.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+5.8 17.9 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jordan PooleGSW+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA+5.3 29.8 last 10 · 24.5 season
LeBron JamesLAL+5.2 34.3 last 10 · 29.1 season
Cold
Desmond BaneMEM−3.8 17.4 last 10 · 21.2 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−3.4 13.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.4 18.8 last 10 · 22.2 season
Chris BoucherTOR−3.3 6.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.2 26.5 last 10 · 29.7 season