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Tuesday, January 23, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BKN by 9 after three quarters and won 108–103.

Final
DEN114
IND109
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +5
Final
NYK108
BKN103
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -9; Q4 NYK +5
Final
UTA124
NOP153
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP +18; Q3 NOP +24; Q4 NOP +29
Final
POR109
OKC111
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC -8; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +2
Final
LAL116
LAC127
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +11
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 23, 2023: 7 games. Top scorer: Jalen Green (HOU vs MIN), 42 points.
The lead · NYK @ BKN

Julius Randle scores 30 as New York wins in Brooklyn

Final: 108–103. Julius Randle made 10 of 19 shots from the field. Mikal Bridges scored 36 for Brooklyn in the loss.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-2+1-9+5NYK AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK26242632108
BKN28213618103
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 8, 39, 20, 32, 24, 15, 31, 21, 18, 30NYK30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 29, 33, 12, 30, 30, 41, 38, 30NYK30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 17, 42, 26, 26, 21, 17, 26, 36BKN36 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Cameron JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 9, 17, 3, 6, 13, 10, 9, 19BKN19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · POR @ OKC

OKC rallies from 8 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 8 at the half, OKC outscored the Trail Blazers 53–43 the rest of the way. Final: 111–109. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs POR
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · OKCScoot Henderson · PORPTS3319REB64AST107Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Mikal Bridges leads the day with 36

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.
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 17, 42, 26, 26, 21, 17, 26, 36BKN vs NYK · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 28, 31, 37, 24, 19, 31, 33, 33OKC vs POR · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 12, 30, 14, 12, 23, 22, 13, 33NOP vs UTA · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 4, 27, 27, 25, 25, 34, 42, 31DEN @ IND · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Vucevic ORL, Dec 9, 2017: 31 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
31 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 37, 17, 20, 25, 17, 35, 19, 31DEN @ IND · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 8, 39, 20, 32, 24, 15, 31, 21, 18, 30NYK @ BKN · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 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+7.0 19.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Collin SextonUTA+5.9 23.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+4.7 12.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+4.5 21.1 last 10 · 16.6 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.3 40.4 last 10 · 36.1 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−6.5 20.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Brandon IngramNOP−5.9 15.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−5.1 17.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Cam ThomasBKN−4.8 15.6 last 10 · 20.4 season