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Tuesday, January 17, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed HOU by 5 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final · Box score
Raptors119
Nets109
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +10
Final · Box score
Rockets103
Heat109
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 Heat 0; Q3 Heat 0; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
Mavs99
Bulls98
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +1
Final · Box score
Wolves114
Spurs122
Q1 Spurs 0; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +8
Final · Box score
Nuggets127
Lakers121
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +6
On this day · 2015–16Jan 17, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Lakers), 31 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Heat

Miami upsets Houston

James Harden posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-500+6MIA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets32212624103
Heat27262630109
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 5, 24, 19, 16, 24, 17, 19, 21MIA21 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 18, 12, 13, 2, 4, 3, 7, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 53, 23, 26, 14, 40, 40, 33, 27, 22, 40HOU40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 8, 9, 28, 14, 9, 10, 16, 13HOU13 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Mavs-Bulls

Dallas holds off Chicago, 99–98

Dallas led 76–74 after three and held on to win by one. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over CHI1MIA over HOU6DEN over LAL6SAS over MIN8TOR over BKN10Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over CHI.
Lead changes
Rockets-Heat19
Wolves-Spurs15
Mavs-Bulls9
Raptors-Nets8
Nuggets-Lakers5
Shot of the night

Matthews's three with 11 seconds left puts the Mavericks ahead, 99-98 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Lakers combined for 248, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-LakersNuggets 127, Lakers 121
248
Wolves-SpursWolves 114, Spurs 122
236
Raptors-NetsRaptors 119, Nets 109
228
Rockets-HeatRockets 103, Heat 109
212
Mavs-BullsMavs 99, Bulls 98
197
DAL won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Mavs-BullsMavs 99, Bulls 98
+1 DAL
Nuggets-LakersNuggets 127, Lakers 121
+6 DEN
Rockets-HeatRockets 103, Heat 109
+6 MIA
Wolves-SpursWolves 114, Spurs 122
+8 SAS
Raptors-NetsRaptors 119, Nets 109
+10 TOR
MIA rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Rockets-HeatMIA won · Rockets 103, Heat 109
5 pts
Mavs-BullsDAL won · Mavs 99, Bulls 98
4 pts
Wolves-SpursSAS won · Wolves 114, Spurs 122
4 pts
Raptors-NetsTOR won · Raptors 119, Nets 109
3 pts
Faried shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FariedDEN · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
90% (9-10)
KawhiSAS · 34 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
71% (12-17)
CurryDAL · 18 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
JosephTOR · 33 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
68% (15-22)
Robin LopezCHI · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 BLK
67% (10-15)
Final · Mavs-Bulls
Mavs 99Bulls 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2430222399
Bulls2819272498
The story
Seth Curry's 18 points carried Dallas past Chicago, 99-98

For Chicago, Robin Lopez had 21 PTS, 5 REB 18 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST · 7-10 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 30-19.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −4+7+2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jimmy Butler was the fantasy play: 52.8 FPTS on 24 PTS, 12 AST, 9 REB

Final · Rockets-Heat
Rockets 103Heat 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets32212624103
Heat27262630109
The story
Goran Dragic had 21 points and 8 assists as Miami beat Houston 109-103

Patrick Beverley led Houston with 12 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST · 8-15 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the fourth 30-24, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −500+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Lakers
Nuggets 127Lakers 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets40263526127
Lakers26283037121
The story
Denver beat Los Angeles 127-121 behind 29 points and 15 rebounds from Nikola Jokic

Lou Williams paced Los Angeles: 24 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 29 PTS, 15 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 12-22 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

A 40-26 first quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +14+12+17+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg24.9Today

25 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 40

James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 53, 23, 26, 14, 40, 40, 33, 27, 22, 40Rockets-Heat · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James CLE, Mar 19, 2018: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 26, 23, 36, 36, 41, 28, 23, 36Raptors-Nets · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 13, 25, 24, 19, 30, 31, 38, 34Spurs-Wolves · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Cory JosephPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 11, 3, 14, 10, 7, 16, 4, 33Raptors-Nets · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 16, 25, 21, 18, 19, 22, 30, 29Nuggets-Lakers · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 8, 27, 23, 28, 15, 13, 13, 29Spurs-Wolves · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Nikola JokicDEN+7.0 21.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Austin RiversLAC+5.5 16.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
CJ McCollumPOR+4.4 27.9 last 10 · 23.5 season
Raymond FeltonLAC+4.3 11.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Malcolm BrogdonMIL+4.2 13.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Sean KilpatrickBKN−5.0 9.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.2 22.0 last 10 · 26.2 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Patty MillsSAS−4.1 6.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Ish SmithDET−3.3 4.8 last 10 · 8.1 season