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Sunday, January 5, 2025Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed BOS by 10 at halftime and won 105–92.

Final
BOS92
OKC105
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -10; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +13
Final
CHA105
CLE115
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +10
Final
NOP110
WAS98
Q1 NOP +11; Q2 NOP +15; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +12
Final
UTA105
ORL92
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +13
Final
LAL115
HOU119
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +4
Final
SAC129
GSW99
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +24; Q3 SAC +30; Q4 SAC +30
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 · 2023–24Jan 5, 2024: 14 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC @ BKN), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ OKC

SGA pours in 33, OKC beats Boston

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 33 points in a 105–92 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-10-4+13OKC AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS3530151292
OKC32232129105
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29, 33, 33OKC33 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Aaron WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 7, 2, 17, 16, 7, 9, 19, 15OKC15 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 43, 32, 22, 22, 23, 33, 20, 26BOS26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 19, 19, 35, 23, 44, 31, 12, 21BOS21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Sacramento by 30.

HOU over LAL4CLE over CHA10NOP over WAS12OKC over BOS13UTA over ORL13SAC over GSW30Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.7Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 33

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29, 33, 33OKC vs BOS · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 22, 6, 30, 14, 19, 22, 27, 33HOU vs LAL · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 21, 10, 19, 0, 36, 28, 18, 30LAL @ HOU · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 21, 10, 23, 0, 9, 5, 14, 28WAS vs NOP · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brice SensabaughPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 8, 2, 6, 20, 5, 4, 34, 27UTA @ ORL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 7, 14, 15, 20, 14, 20, 31, 26SAC @ GSW · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 12 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
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.7 18.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Max ChristieLAL+4.5 12.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Keon JohnsonBKN+4.2 12.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL+4.2 13.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
Trae YoungATL+3.9 26.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−5.9 9.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Buddy HieldGSW−5.3 6.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−4.7 15.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 22.5 last 10 · 26.0 season
Payton PritchardBOS−3.4 11.8 last 10 · 15.2 season