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Monday, January 29, 2024Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed ORL by 16 at halftime and won 131–129.

Final
NYK113
CHA92
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +23; Q4 NYK +21
Final
LAC108
CLE118
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +10
Final
UTA114
BKN147
Q1 BKN +15; Q2 BKN +14; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +33
Final
NOP112
BOS118
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 BOS -10; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +6
Final
PHX118
MIA105
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +26; Q4 PHX +13
Final
LAL119
HOU135
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +16
Final
SAC103
MEM94
Q1 SAC -15; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +9
Final
MIN107
OKC101
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +6
Final
WAS118
SAS113
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +5
Final
ORL129
DAL131
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -16; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +2
Final
MIL107
DEN113
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +6
Final
PHI104
POR130
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +26
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 29, 2023: 4 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs NOP), 50 points.
The lead · ORL @ DAL

Luka Doncic scores 45 as Dallas beats Orlando

Dallas won 131–129. Luka Doncic: 45 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists. Paolo Banchero scored 36 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-16+7+2DAL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL35421240129
DAL26353535131
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 41, 34, 31, 33, 33, 34, 73, 28, 45DAL45 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 32, 24, 41, 12, 20, 17, 13, 19, 36DAL36 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 20, 26, 14, 20, 18, 27, 26, 36ORL36 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 27, 25, 6, 19, 17, 18, 11, 21ORL21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 43 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 22.3 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Brooklyn by 33.

DAL over ORL2WAS over SAS5BOS over NOP6MIN over OKC6DEN over MIL6SAC over MEM9CLE over LAC10PHX over MIA13HOU over LAL16NYK over CHA21POR over PHI26BKN over UTA33Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Luka Doncic 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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 41, 34, 31, 33, 33, 34, 73, 28, 45DAL vs ORL · W
34.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 3, 2019: 44 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
45 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 19, 31, 33, 33, 32, 31, 31, 37OKC vs MIN · L
31.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 20, 26, 14, 20, 18, 27, 26, 36ORL @ DAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 32, 24, 41, 12, 20, 17, 13, 19, 36DAL vs ORL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 25, 17, 35, 19, 31, 9, 23, 35DEN vs MIL · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 20, 15, 7, 16, 29, 36, 19, 34HOU vs LAL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 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
D'Angelo RussellLAL+8.9 26.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+6.7 15.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.5 34.9 last 10 · 28.4 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+5.7 20.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Collin SextonUTA+4.8 22.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Terry RozierMIA−5.8 16.1 last 10 · 21.9 season
Cole AnthonyORL−4.8 7.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Chet HolmgrenOKC−4.7 12.0 last 10 · 16.7 season
Max StrusCLE−4.1 8.7 last 10 · 12.8 season