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Tuesday, January 7, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed WAS by 10 after the first quarter and won 135–112.

Final
PHX104
CHA115
Q1 CHA -7; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +11
Final
HOU135
WAS112
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +23
Final
LAL97
DAL118
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +21
Final
MIN104
NOP97
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +7
Final
ATL124
UTA121
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +3
Final
BOS118
DEN106
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +12
Final
MIA114
GSW98
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +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 · 2023–24Jan 7, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Mikal Bridges (BKN vs POR), 42 points.
The lead · HOU @ WAS

Houston rallies from 10 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 10 after one, Houston outscored the Wizards 115–82 the rest of the way. Final: 135–112. Jalen Green led Houston with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+2+18+23HOU AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU20374038135
WAS30252433112
Who led
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 6, 30, 14, 19, 22, 27, 33, 29HOU29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 16, 10, 38, 18, 23, 14, 14, 26HOU26 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Corey KispertPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 8, 13, 11, 16, 13, 8, 5, 23WAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 12, 14, 8, 22, 14, 9, 6, 18WAS18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHX @ CHA

Charlotte upsets Phoenix

Charlotte (7–27) beat Phoenix (16–18) 115–104. LaMelo Ball led Charlotte with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over UTA3MIN over NOP7CHA over PHX11BOS over DEN12MIA over GSW16DAL over LAL21HOU over WAS23Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker 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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 25, 34, 28, 17, 16, 20, 10, 39PHX @ CHA · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 21, 26, 25, 23, 17, 16, 15, 35UTA vs ATL · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 35, 50, 44, 32, 15, 34, 23, 31, 24, 32CHA vs PHX · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 26, 24, 14, 20, 15, 53, 37, 32MIN @ NOP · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 2, 31, 10, 38, 22, 11, 30, 26, 31GSW vs MIA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 6, 30, 14, 19, 22, 27, 33, 29HOU @ WAS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 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
Max ChristieLAL+4.9 13.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Keon JohnsonBKN+4.8 12.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Victor WembanyamaSAS+4.2 29.8 last 10 · 25.6 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.2 17.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Trae YoungATL+4.0 26.6 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−5.6 9.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Buddy HieldGSW−5.0 7.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Payton PritchardBOS−4.1 10.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−3.7 17.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 22.3 last 10 · 25.8 season