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Friday, January 26, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed PHX by 10 at halftime and won 133–131.

Final
DAL148
ATL143
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +5
Final
HOU138
CHA104
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +34
Final
PHX131
IND133
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND -9; Q4 IND +2
Final
LAC127
TOR107
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +20
Final
ORL106
MEM107
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +1
Final
CLE112
MIL100
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +12
Final
OKC107
NOP83
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +13; Q4 OKC +24
Final
POR100
SAS116
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +16
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 26, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BKN vs DET), 40 points.
The lead · PHX @ IND

Pascal Siakam scores 31, Indiana rallies past Phoenix

Indiana trailed by 10 at the half and won 133–131. Devin Booker scored 62 for Phoenix in the loss.

Game flow · IND 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-10-9+2IND AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX40403417131
IND31393528133
Who led
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 25, 27, 17, 21, 15, 16, 26, 31IND31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Obi ToppinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 11, 2, 10, 0, 13, 4, 13, 23IND23 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 31, 34, 16, 52, 26, 16, 46, 62PHX62 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 18, 21, 27, 26, 40, 43, 12, 20PHX20 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · POR @ SAS

San Antonio handles Portland by 16

The Spurs won the second quarter 36–24. Final: 116–100. Jeremy Sochan led San Antonio with 31 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over ORL1IND over PHX2DAL over ATL5CLE over MIL12SAS over POR16LAC over TOR20OKC over NOP24HOU over CHA34Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg40.4Last 5

40.4 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 62 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 73

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 39, 39, 19, 41, 34, 31, 33, 33, 34, 73DAL @ ATL · W
34.6 PPG season to date · +39.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Devin Booker PHX, Mar 24, 2017: 70 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Career high73 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 31, 34, 16, 52, 26, 16, 46, 62PHX @ IND · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +34.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Jan 3, 2021: 62 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Season high62 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 38, 12, 14, 5, 28, 20, 19, 17, 33, 40POR @ SAS · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Sam Cassell MIL, Mar 3, 2001: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 28, 10, 20, 15, 7, 16, 29, 36HOU @ CHA · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 17, 45, 34, 31, 18, 25, 23, 32CLE @ MIL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jeremy SochanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 11, 23, 5, 11, 23, 14, 2, 31SAS vs POR · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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+6.9 15.0 last 10 · 8.1 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−5.6 15.5 last 10 · 21.1 season
Cole AnthonyORL−5.4 7.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.2 22.3 last 10 · 27.5 season
Eric GordonPHX−4.1 8.4 last 10 · 12.5 season