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Saturday, January 20, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MIN by 9 after three quarters and won 102–97.

Final
MIL141
DET135
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +6
Final
PHI97
CHA89
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +8
Final
SAS131
WAS127
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +4
Final
CLE116
ATL95
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +21
Final
TOR100
NYK126
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +26
Final
MEM96
CHI125
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +29
Final · OT
UTA126
HOU127
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +1
Final
OKC102
MIN97
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC -9; Q4 OKC +5
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 20, 2023: 9 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BKN @ UTA), 48 points.
The lead · OKC @ MIN

SGA pours in 33, OKC beats Minnesota

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 33 points in a 102–97 win.

Game flow · OKC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+3-9+5OKC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC30271728102
MIN2430291497
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 32, 28, 31, 37, 24, 19, 31, 33OKC33 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 21, 19, 21, 16, 25, 25, 27, 20OKC20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 24, 28, 25, 23, 17, 27, 14, 19MIN19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 36, 6, 29, 9, 33, 27, 28, 19MIN19 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Chicago by 29.

HOU over UTA1SAS over WAS4OKC over MIN5MIL over DET6PHI over CHA8CLE over ATL21NYK over TOR26CHI over MEM29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 45

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 23, 25, 18, 21, 27, 29, 17, 45MIL @ DET · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steve Francis HOU, Jan 17, 2003: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Season high45 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 31, 29, 33, 12, 30, 30, 41, 38NYK vs TOR · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 21, 22, 25, 29, 19, 19, 18, 37HOU vs UTA · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high37 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 2, 18, 21, 27, 21, 21, 17, 18, 33UTA @ HOU · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 42, 40, 51, 31, 31, 30, 41, 41, 36, 33PHI @ CHA · W
35.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 13, 18, 16, 15, 19, 34, 12, 33DET vs MIL · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 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
Alec BurksDET+8.1 20.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Collin SextonUTA+6.3 23.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Jaden IveyDET+4.5 18.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Victor WembanyamaSAS+4.2 24.1 last 10 · 19.9 season
Georges NiangCLE+3.9 13.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.2 22.7 last 10 · 27.9 season
Brandon IngramNOP−5.2 16.3 last 10 · 21.5 season
Cam ThomasBKN−4.9 15.7 last 10 · 20.6 season
Kevin DurantPHX−4.9 24.0 last 10 · 28.9 season