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Wednesday, January 3, 2024Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 7 after the first quarter and won 154–148.

Final
WAS101
CLE140
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +39
Final
MIL130
IND142
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +12
Final
OKC138
ATL141
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +3
Final
BKN101
HOU112
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +11
Final
TOR116
MEM111
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +5
Final
NOP117
MIN106
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +21; Q4 NOP +11
Final
POR97
DAL126
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +31; Q3 DAL +28; Q4 DAL +29
Final
CHI100
NYK116
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +16
Final
LAC131
PHX122
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +19; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +9
Final · OT
DET148
UTA154
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +6
Final
MIA110
LAL96
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +14
Final · 2OT
ORL135
SAC138
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC 0; OT2 SAC +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 · 2022–23Jan 3, 2023: 3 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs WAS), 55 points.
The lead · DET @ UTA

Jordan Clarkson scores 36, Utah wins in overtime

Tied 138–138 after regulation. Final: 154–148. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 36 for Detroit in the loss.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-2-50+6UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET3335412910148
UTA2640383416154
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 6, 8, 30, 24, 10, 9, 20, 36UTA36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 20, 26, 30, 31, 24, 12, 17, 31UTA31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 25, 8, 19, 23, 17, 19, 14, 36DET36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 4, 25, 43, 28, 22, 41, 31, 30, 6, 31DET31 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.0Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Washington by 39, the widest margin of 12 games.

ATL over OKC3SAC over ORL3TOR over MEM5UTA over DET6LAC over PHX9HOU over BKN11NOP over MIN11IND over MIL12MIA over LAL14NYK over CHI16DAL over POR29CLE over WAS39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Paolo Banchero leads the day with 43

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.
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 36, 10, 23, 34, 24, 19, 29, 28, 27, 43ORL @ SAC · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 20, 2008: 43 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Career high43 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 39, 40, 38, 28, 39, 50, 39, 39, 19, 41DAL vs POR · W
33.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Jan 4, 1996: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 10, 10, 7, 7, 15, 27, 6, 37SAC vs ORL · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 25, 8, 19, 23, 17, 19, 14, 36DET @ UTA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 6, 8, 30, 24, 10, 9, 20, 36UTA vs DET · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 26, 26, 24, 25, 38, 28, 39, 35NYK vs CHI · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 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
Anthony EdwardsMIN+6.1 32.7 last 10 · 26.6 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.2 29.8 last 10 · 24.6 season
Collin SextonUTA+5.2 21.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Paolo BancheroORL+4.9 27.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.6 29.0 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cold
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.8 4.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cam ThomasBKN−4.9 15.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−4.3 10.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ausar ThompsonDET−4.1 4.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Mikal BridgesBKN−4.0 16.7 last 10 · 20.7 season