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Thursday, January 8, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIA by 5 after the first quarter and won 99–83.

Final · Box score
Hornets103
Raptors95
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +8
Final · Box score
Rockets120
Knicks96
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +24
Final · Box score
Heat83
Blazers99
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +16
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The lead · Heat-Blazers

Portland beats Miami, 99–83

Kemba Walker goes for 29 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-5+12+16POR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2325161983
Blazers1825332399
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 23, 32, 27, 25, 23, 30, 21, 24POR24 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 22, 25, 28, 19, 19, 5, 18POR18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 23, 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23MIA23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 34, 14, 22, 20, 18, 15, 26, 18MIA18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Hornets-Raptors

Charlotte upsets Toronto

Charlotte (13–24) beat Toronto (24–10) 103–95. Gerald Henderson led Charlotte with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over TOR8POR over MIA16HOU over NYK24Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over TOR.
Lead changes
Hornets-Raptors3
Rockets-Knicks1
Heat-Blazers1
The night in charts
Rockets-Knicks combined for 216, 18 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-KnicksRockets 120, Knicks 96
216
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 103, Raptors 95
198
Heat-BlazersHeat 83, Blazers 99
182
CHA won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 103, Raptors 95
+8 CHA
Heat-BlazersHeat 83, Blazers 99
+16 POR
Rockets-KnicksRockets 120, Knicks 96
+24 HOU
POR rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-BlazersPOR won · Heat 83, Blazers 99
5 pts
Hornets-RaptorsCHA won · Hornets 103, Raptors 95
2 pts
Motiejunas shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MotiejunasHOU · 17 PTS, 7 REB, 4 STL, 3 AST
70% (7-10)
HendersonCHA · 31 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST
65% (13-20)
MatthewsPOR · 18 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
ArizaHOU · 18 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
EarlyNYK · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Hornets-Raptors
Hornets 103Raptors 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets31192528103
Raptors2329142995
The story
Marvin Williams had 13 points as Charlotte beat Toronto 103-95

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added 12 REB, 10 PTS, 3 AST 13 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 5-10 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Hornets took the third 25-14.

CHA lead by quarter
200 +8−2+9+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Blazers
Heat 83Blazers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2325161983
Blazers1825332399
The story
Portland beat Miami 99-83 behind 24 points and 12 rebounds from LaMarcus Aldridge

Dwyane Wade paced Miami: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 12 REB · 11-20 FG

The swing

A 33-16 third quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −5−5+12+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Knicks
Rockets 120Knicks 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets27293727120
Knicks2220272796
The story
James Harden's 25 points and 9 assists carried Houston past New York, 120-96

For New York, Travis Wear had 21 PTS, 5 REB 25 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 8-17 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 37-27, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
300 +5+14+24+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg8.4Last 3

8.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg26.2Today

26 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gerald Henderson leads the day with 31

Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 2, 7, 19, 16, 14, 9, 13, 16, 31Hornets-Raptors · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 6, 42, 28, 12, 10, 30, 33, 31, 29Hornets-Raptors · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 44, 32, 28, 33, 36, 11, 28, 20, 21, 25Rockets-Knicks · W
26.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 22, 34, 25, 30, 25, 22, 19, 24Raptors-Hornets · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 23, 32, 27, 25, 23, 30, 21, 24Blazers-Heat · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 23, 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23Heat-Blazers · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kemba WalkerCHA+6.1 24.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.8 14.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Mason PlumleeBKN+4.8 14.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ronnie PriceLAL+4.6 10.1 last 10 · 5.5 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.5 15.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.5 17.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Jeff GreenBOS−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN−4.2 2.7 last 10 · 6.9 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.0 4.6 last 10 · 8.6 season