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Thursday, January 23, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Blazers trailed Nuggets by 8 at halftime and won 110–105.

Final · Box score
Lakers102
Heat109
Q1 Heat +3; Q2 Heat +11; Q3 Heat +10; Q4 Heat +7
Final · Box score
Nuggets105
Blazers110
Q1 Blazers -3; Q2 Blazers -8; Q3 Blazers -5; Q4 Blazers +5
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The lead · Nuggets-Blazers

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 44, Portland rallies past Denver

LeBron James goes for 27 points

Game flow · Blazers margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-8-5+5Blazers AHEAD ↑Nuggets AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets30372414105
Blazers27322724110
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 36, 21, 32, 26, 30, 27, 29, 44Blazers44 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 17, 18, 15, 24, 10, 18, 21, 24Blazers24 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 8, 17, 11, 12, 22, 23, 17, 18Nuggets18 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 14, 23, 24, 18, 10, 21, 16, 14Nuggets14 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Lakers-Heat

Miami never trails at a break against Lakers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 109–102. Chris Bosh led Miami with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Heat-Lakers
Chris Bosh · HeatPau Gasol · LakersPTS3122REB611AST04Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Blazers12
Lakers-Heat0
The night in charts
Nuggets-Blazers combined for 215, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 105, Blazers 110
215
Lakers-HeatLakers 102, Heat 109
211
Blazers won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 105, Blazers 110
+5 Blazers
Lakers-HeatLakers 102, Heat 109
+7 Heat
Bosh shot 15-of-22 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BoshHeat · 31 PTS, 6 REB, 1 BLK
68% (15-22)
ChandlerNuggets · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
PauLakers · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
60% (9-15)
LeBronHeat · 27 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
HicksonNuggets · 12 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Nuggets-Blazers
Nuggets 105Blazers 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets30372414105
Blazers27322724110
The story
Wesley Matthews had 24 points as Portland beat Denver 110-105

Randy Foye led Denver with 14 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 24 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB · 8-15 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Trail Blazers took the fourth 24-14.

Blazers lead by quarter
200 −3−8−5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Heat
Lakers 102Heat 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers27192927102
Heat30272824109
The story
Chris Bosh's 31 points carried Miami past Los Angeles, 109-102

For Los Angeles, Nick Young had 19 PTS, 3 REB 31 PTS, 6 REB · 15-22 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 27-19, was where the Heat built it.

Heat lead by quarter
200 +3+11+10+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
JJ HicksonNuggets
+10.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 26.9 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 44

LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 36, 21, 32, 26, 30, 27, 29, 44Blazers-Nuggets · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Tracy McGrady Magic, Nov 9, 2001: 44 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Career high44 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 6, 10, 26, 25, 25, 21, 16, 31Heat-Lakers · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 32, 36, 25, 21, 34, 30, 29, 27Heat-Lakers · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 17, 18, 15, 24, 10, 18, 21, 24Blazers-Nuggets · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 21, 10, 20, 24, 24, 22, 20, 22Lakers-Heat · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 21, 11, 26, 14, 17, 11, 16, 22Lakers-Heat · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
D.J. AugustinBulls+7.0 16.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kevin DurantThunder+6.1 37.1 last 10 · 31.0 season
Randy FoyeNuggets+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
LaMarcus AldridgeBlazers+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
CJ MilesCavs+4.6 14.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Arron AfflaloMagic−4.9 15.3 last 10 · 20.2 season
Khris MiddletonBucks−4.8 5.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kevin LoveWolves−4.5 20.5 last 10 · 25.0 season
O.J. MayoBucks−4.3 8.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Brandon JenningsPistons−3.6 12.8 last 10 · 16.4 season