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Thursday, January 4, 2018Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed HOU by 4 after the first quarter and won 124–114.

Final · Box score
Warriors124
Rockets114
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +10
Final · Box score
Thunder127
Clippers117
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 Thunder 0; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC +10
On this day · 2016–17Jan 4, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (Blazers-Warriors), 35 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Rockets

Golden State makes it three straight

Russell Westbrook posts a triple-double

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1+3+10GSW AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors33293131124
Rockets37262724114
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 27, 28, 23, 30, 31, 38, 32, 29GSW29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 16, 15, 24, 15, 24, 21, 25, 28GSW28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 21, 28, 20, 24, 16, 14, 17, 30HOU30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 5 games: 0, 18, 10, 27, 29HOU29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Thunder-Clippers

OKC handles Clippers by 10

The Thunder won the second quarter 34–31. Final: 127–117. Paul George led OKC with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Thunder-Clippers
Paul George · OKCDeAndre Jordan · LACPTS3126REB617AST31Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Warriors-Rockets14
The night in charts
Thunder-Clippers combined for 244, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-ClippersThunder 127, Clippers 117
244
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 124, Rockets 114
238
GSW won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 124, Rockets 114
+10 GSW
Thunder-ClippersThunder 127, Clippers 117
+10 OKC
GSW rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Warriors-RocketsGSW won · Warriors 124, Rockets 114
4 pts
Thunder-ClippersOKC won · Thunder 127, Clippers 117
3 pts
George shot 12-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GeorgeOKC · 31 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
75% (12-16)
MeloOKC · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
75% (9-12)
CapelaHOU · 15 PTS, 10 REB, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
JordanLAC · 26 PTS, 17 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
Gerald GreenHOU · 29 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
56% (9-16)
Final · Thunder-Clippers
Thunder 127Clippers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder30343033127
Clippers33313320117
The story
Carmelo Anthony had 22 points as Oklahoma City beat LA 127-117

Blake Griffin led LA with 24 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST 22 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 9-12 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

Down 3 after the third, the Thunder took the fourth 33-20.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −30−3+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Rockets
Warriors 124Rockets 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors33293131124
Rockets37262724114
The story
Stephen Curry's 29 points carried Golden State past Houston, 124-114

For Houston, Gerald Green had 29 PTS, 3 REB 29 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST · 10-20 FG, 4-10 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 31-24, was where the Warriors built it.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −4−1+3+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Eric Gordon was the fantasy play: 56.1 FPTS on 30 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−4.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg32.1Last 3

32.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg31.3Today

31 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 31

Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 18, 17, 26, 24, 33, 25, 24, 31Thunder-Clippers · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 21, 28, 20, 24, 16, 14, 17, 30Rockets-Warriors · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 30, 27, 31, 30, 40, 38, 20, 29Thunder-Clippers · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Blake Griffin LAC, Apr 22, 2015: 29 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
29 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 27, 28, 23, 30, 31, 38, 32, 29Warriors-Rockets · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 5 games: 0, 18, 10, 27, 29Rockets-Warriors · L
16.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 28, 25, 18, 8, 8, 28, 8, 28Rockets-Warriors · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Josh RichardsonMIA+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Reggie BullockDET+6.0 13.2 last 10 · 7.2 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.9 30.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.2 27.0 last 10 · 21.8 season
Dario SaricPHI+4.9 18.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.5 7.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.6 20.2 last 10 · 23.8 season
Will BartonDEN−3.3 11.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.3 10.7 last 10 · 14.0 season