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Sunday, January 3, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed TOR by 12 at halftime and won 115–113.

Final · Box score
Hawks97
Knicks111
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +14
Final · Box score
Bulls115
Raptors113
Q1 Bulls 0; Q2 CHI -12; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +2
Final · Box score
Heat97
Wizards75
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +22
Final · Box score
Blazers112
Nuggets106
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 Blazers 0; Q4 POR +6
Final · Box score
Suns77
Lakers97
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +20
On this day · 2014–15Jan 3, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (Blazers-Hawks), 30 points.
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The lead · Bulls-Raptors

Jimmy Butler scores 42 as Chicago beats Toronto

Pau Gasol goes for 19 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-12-6+2CHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls26223334115
Raptors26342726113
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 43, 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23, 42CHI42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 30, 20, 21, 18, 22, 13, 17, 19CHI19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 30, 28, 28, 22, 19, 34, 23, 24TOR24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 21, 13, 17, 16, 28, 11, 18, 22TOR22 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Second story · Blazers-Nuggets

Denver's skid reaches six

Portland won 112–106; the Nuggets fall to 12–23. CJ McCollum led Portland with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ UTA88–97Lvs NOP125–130Lvs LAL107–111W@ PHX104–96L@ SAS86–101L@ OKC112–122Lvs CLE87–93L@ POR103–110L@ GSW108–111Lvs POR106–112
Lead changes
Blazers-Nuggets14
Bulls-Raptors7
Heat-Wizards3
Suns-Lakers0
The night in charts
Bulls-Raptors combined for 228, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-RaptorsBulls 115, Raptors 113
228
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 112, Nuggets 106
218
Hawks-KnicksHawks 97, Knicks 111
208
Suns-LakersSuns 77, Lakers 97
174
Heat-WizardsHeat 97, Wizards 75
172
CHI won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Bulls-RaptorsBulls 115, Raptors 113
+2 CHI
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 112, Nuggets 106
+6 POR
Hawks-KnicksHawks 97, Knicks 111
+14 NYK
Suns-LakersSuns 77, Lakers 97
+20 LAL
Heat-WizardsHeat 97, Wizards 75
+22 MIA
Afflalo shot 14-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
AfflaloNYK · 38 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
82% (14-17)
NanceLAL · 15 PTS, 14 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Robin LopezNYK · 16 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK
70% (7-10)
JimmyCHI · 42 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
65% (15-23)
Lou WilliamsLAL · 30 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
65% (11-17)
Final · Bulls-Raptors
Bulls 115Raptors 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls26223334115
Raptors26342726113
The story
Nikola Mirotic had 17 points as Chicago beat Toronto 115-113

Luis Scola led Toronto with 22 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST · 4-9 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Bulls took the fourth 34-26.

CHI lead by quarter
200 0−12−6+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Nuggets
Blazers 112Nuggets 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers23381932112
Nuggets22342426106
The story
CJ McCollum's 25 points carried Portland past Denver, 112-106

For Denver, Jameer Nelson had 17 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 25 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 10-17 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 32-26, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 +1+50+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Danilo Gallinari was the fantasy play: 46.5 FPTS on 29 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST

Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 77Lakers 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns1012292677
Lakers2518381697
The story
Los Angeles beat Phoenix 97-77 behind 30 points from Lou Williams

Brandon Knight paced Phoenix: 25 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB 30 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 11-17 FG, 6-7 3PT

The swing

A 25-10 first quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +15+21+30+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg25.1Last 3

25.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jimmy Butler leads the day with 42

Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 43, 12, 24, 23, 17, 5, 28, 23, 42Bulls-Raptors · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 3, 2002: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 18, 4, 16, 10, 4, 9, 4, 38Knicks-Hawks · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 17, 2, 7, 5, 11, 19, 24, 30Lakers-Suns · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 13, 23, 15, 15, 11, 18, 24, 29Nuggets-Blazers · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 26, 21, 21, 18, 11, 15, 23, 25Suns-Lakers · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 27, 20, 19, 16, 35, 29, 32, 25Blazers-Nuggets · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.1 26.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.9 21.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Draymond GreenGSW+4.6 19.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Will BartonDEN+4.6 21.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Garrett TempleWAS+4.3 11.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−6.0 23.7 last 10 · 29.7 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−4.7 6.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Paul GeorgeIND−4.6 19.9 last 10 · 24.5 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.6 12.9 last 10 · 16.5 season