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Monday, January 20, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed UTA by 20 at halftime and won 123–119.

Final
DAL105
CHA110
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +5
Final
DET107
HOU96
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +11
Final
MIN106
MEM108
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -11; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +2
Final
ATL110
NYK119
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +9
Final
PHX92
CLE118
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +26
Final
BOS125
GSW85
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +34; Q4 BOS +40
Final · OT
UTA119
NOP123
Q1 NOP -19; Q2 NOP -20; Q3 NOP -7; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +4
Final
CHI112
LAC99
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +13
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 20, 2024: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (MIL @ DET), 45 points.
The lead · UTA @ NOP

CJ McCollum scores 45 as New Orleans beats Utah

New Orleans won 123–119. CJ McCollum: 45 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-19-20-70+4NOP AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA383120219119
NOP1930332813123
Who led
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 50, 25, 5, 23, 38, 13, 8, 11, 26, 45NOP45 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 29, 20, 17, 26, 15, 30, 8, 26NOP26 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 9, 28, 7, 15, 11, 26, 26, 23UTA23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah CollierPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 2, 3, 8, 5, 23, 11, 8, 20UTA20 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Boston by 40.

MEM over MIN2NOP over UTA4CHA over DAL5NYK over ATL9DET over HOU11CHI over LAC13CLE over PHX26BOS over GSW40Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.4Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum 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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 50, 25, 5, 23, 38, 13, 8, 11, 26, 45NOP vs UTA · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Oct 30, 2007: 45 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
45 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 31, 33, 36, 25, 15, 19, 27, 35CHI @ LAC · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 24, 13, 27, 44, 31, 38, 26, 34NYK vs ATL · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 15, 19, 11, 19, 35, 8, 36, 33CLE vs PHX · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 20, 39, 20, 46, 16, 11, 25, 33DAL @ CHA · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 18, 40, 32, 13, 32, 22, 36, 20, 20, 32DET @ HOU · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 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
Jalen GreenHOU+7.2 28.7 last 10 · 21.5 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+6.0 32.3 last 10 · 26.3 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.9 22.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Zach LaVineCHI+4.9 28.9 last 10 · 24.0 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Gradey DickTOR−5.0 11.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Julius RandleMIN−4.0 14.9 last 10 · 18.9 season
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.8 19.3 last 10 · 23.1 season
Bilal CoulibalyWAS−3.8 8.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Julian ChampagnieSAS−3.8 7.5 last 10 · 11.3 season