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Thursday, January 25, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed BKN by 7 after the first quarter and won 96–94.

Final
PHI122
IND134
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +12
Final
UTA123
WAS108
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +15
Final
MIN96
BKN94
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +2
Final
BOS143
MIA110
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +33
Final
DEN84
NYK122
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +32; Q4 NYK +38
Final
SAC134
GSW133
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +1
Final
CHI132
LAL141
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +9
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 25, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs UTA), 60 points.
The lead · MIN @ BKN

Minnesota holds off Brooklyn, 96–94

Minnesota led 81–74 after three and held on to win by two. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+12+7+2MIN AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2436211596
BKN3117262094
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 23, 17, 27, 14, 19, 62, 27, 27MIN27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 29, 9, 33, 27, 28, 19, 9, 38, 24MIN24 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 9, 26, 23, 8, 33, 20, 14, 25BKN25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 42, 26, 26, 21, 17, 26, 36, 21BKN21 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHI @ LAL

Lakers beat Chicago, 141–132

Lakers led 112–93 after three and won by 9. D'Angelo Russell led Lakers with 29 points, 0 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over GSW1MIN over BKN2LAL over CHI9IND over PHI12UTA over WAS15BOS over MIA33NYK over DEN38Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Harrison Barnes leads the day with 39

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.
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 0, 6, 4, 14, 8, 2, 32, 39SAC @ GSW · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 30, 26, 9, 15, 27, 26, 25, 33GSW vs SAC · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 19, 39, 20, 6, 24, 18, 21, 32CHI @ LAL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 4, 27, 27, 25, 25, 34, 42, 31, 31DEN @ NYK · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 51, 31, 31, 30, 41, 41, 36, 33, 70, 31PHI @ IND · L
36.0 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jonathan KumingaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 11, 13, 12, 24, 28, 20, 25, 31GSW vs SAC · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+6.7 14.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+6.6 23.5 last 10 · 16.9 season
Collin SextonUTA+5.8 23.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Alec BurksDET+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+5.6 19.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Brandon IngramNOP−5.9 15.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.2 22.3 last 10 · 27.5 season
Cole AnthonyORL−3.8 9.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.8 19.2 last 10 · 23.0 season