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Tuesday, January 9, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DET by 18 after the first quarter and won 131–110.

Final
SAC131
DET110
Q1 SAC -18; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +21
Final
MIN113
ORL92
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +30; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +21
Final
POR84
NYK112
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +36; Q4 NYK +28
Final
MEM120
DAL103
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +20; Q4 MEM +17
Final
TOR131
LAL132
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +1
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 9, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK vs MIL), 44 points.
The lead · SAC @ DET

Domantas Sabonis drops 37 in 18-point comeback win over Detroit

Detroit led by 18 after one. Final: 131–110.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18+3+3+21SAC AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC29393033131
DET47183015110
Who led
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 34, 25, 13, 23, 22, 24, 17, 37SAC37 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Keegan MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 5, 9, 10, 10, 28, 18, 8, 32SAC32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 23, 17, 19, 14, 36, 12, 14, 26DET26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jaden IveyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 9, 22, 12, 19, 11, 12, 13, 22DET22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · TOR @ LAL

Lakers take over late to edge Toronto

Down 1 after three, Lakers won the fourth 44–42. Final: 132–131. Anthony Davis led Lakers with 41 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over TOR1MEM over DAL17SAC over DET21MIN over ORL21NYK over POR28Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.4Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 4.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 40, 26, 33, 20, 29, 31, 22, 41LAL vs TOR · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Danny Granger IND, Dec 17, 2008: 41 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 34, 25, 13, 23, 22, 24, 17, 37SAC @ DET · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Feb 10, 2010: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 10, 26, 11, 14, 29, 24, 35, 33DAL vs MEM · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 23, 18, 17, 24, 22, 24, 23, 32MEM @ DAL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Keegan MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 5, 9, 10, 10, 28, 18, 8, 32SAC @ DET · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 39, 50, 39, 39, 19, 41, 34, 31DAL vs MEM · L
33.6 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Paolo BancheroORL+6.0 28.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Alperen SengunHOU+4.4 25.9 last 10 · 21.5 season
Anthony DavisLAL+4.2 29.9 last 10 · 25.7 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.0 28.2 last 10 · 24.2 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+4.0 18.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−6.8 13.5 last 10 · 20.3 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−4.8 5.4 last 10 · 10.2 season
Killian HayesDET−4.6 3.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−4.5 11.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Ausar ThompsonDET−4.5 3.8 last 10 · 8.3 season