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Saturday, January 28, 2023Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DEN by 15 at halftime and won 126–119.

Final
DEN119
PHI126
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI -15; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +7
Final
NYK115
BKN122
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +13; Q3 BKN +7; Q4 BKN +7
Final
HOU117
DET114
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +3
Final
CHI128
ORL109
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +19
Final
LAC120
ATL113
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +7
Final
SAC110
MIN117
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final
WAS113
NOP103
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +10
Final · OT
PHX128
SAS118
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +10
Final · OT
LAL121
BOS125
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +4
Final
DAL100
UTA108
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +8
Final
TOR123
POR105
Q1 TOR +23; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +18
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 28, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs NYK), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHI

Joel Embiid scores 47 as Philadelphia beats Denver

Philadelphia won 126–119. Joel Embiid: 47 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-15-3+7PHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN38352620119
PHI29293830126
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 16, 42, 36, 30, 30, 35, 41, 32, 26, 47PHI47 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 16, 24, 31, 24, 6, 16, 23, 17PHI17 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 28, 14, 21, 17, 36, 31, 25, 24DEN24 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 24, 18, 17, 28, 17, 26, 25, 22DEN22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

HOU over DET3BOS over LAL4PHI over DEN7BKN over NYK7LAC over ATL7MIN over SAC7UTA over DAL8WAS over NOP10PHX over SAS10TOR over POR18CHI over ORL19Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg37.6Last 5

37.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 47

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: 16, 42, 36, 30, 30, 35, 41, 32, 26, 47PHI vs DEN · W
33.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Garnett MIN, Jan 4, 2005: 47 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
47 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 35, 48, 32, 23, 37, 46, 20, 41LAL @ BOS · L
30.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Richard Hamilton WAS, Mar 29, 2001: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 29, 19, 41, 16, 27, 26, 22, 37BOS vs LAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 25, 28, 20, 19, 21, 20, 36, 35DAL @ UTA · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 29, 16, 23, 44, 31, 37, 25, 34MIN vs SAC · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 17, 20, 36, 23, 20, 25, 19, 34SAS vs PHX · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Kawhi LeonardLAC+8.0 29.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
Damian LillardPOR+7.5 37.6 last 10 · 30.1 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.4 27.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Mason PlumleeCHA+5.9 18.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.8 23.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Kyle LowryMIA−5.1 7.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Luka DoncicDAL−4.6 28.4 last 10 · 33.0 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−4.5 11.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Malik MonkSAC−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season