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Tuesday, January 9, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed ORL by 5 at halftime and won 114–99.

Final · Box score
Heat90
Raptors89
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +1
Final · Box score
Blazers117
Thunder106
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +11
Final · Box score
Magic99
Mavs114
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +15
Final · Box score
Kings86
Lakers99
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +13
On this day · 2016–17Jan 9, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (Pelicans-Knicks), 40 points.
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The lead · Magic-Mavs

Orlando's skid reaches five

Russell Westbrook goes for 22 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-5+7+15DAL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic1929272499
Mavs25183932114
Who led
Dennis Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 6, 6, 8, 9, 21, 19, 14, 15, 11, 20DAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 18, 15, 13, 13, 12, 19, 5, 20DAL20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 14, 13, 14, 39, 20, 16, 30, 19ORL19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 9, 9, 5, 5, 3, 3, 9, 18ORL18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Blazers-Thunder

Portland beats OKC, 117–106

Portland led 88–76 after three and won by 11. CJ McCollum led Portland with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over TOR1POR over OKC11LAL over SAC13DAL over ORL15Final margin, points. Pink = POR over OKC.
Lead changes
Heat-Raptors14
Kings-Lakers8
Magic-Mavs4
Shot of the night

Ellington's layup at the buzzer puts the Heat ahead, 90-89 final

The night in charts
Blazers-Thunder combined for 223, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-ThunderBlazers 117, Thunder 106
223
Magic-MavsMagic 99, Mavs 114
213
Kings-LakersKings 86, Lakers 99
185
Heat-RaptorsHeat 90, Raptors 89
179
MIA won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Heat-RaptorsHeat 90, Raptors 89
+1 MIA
Blazers-ThunderBlazers 117, Thunder 106
+11 POR
Kings-LakersKings 86, Lakers 99
+13 LAL
Magic-MavsMagic 99, Mavs 114
+15 DAL
DAL rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Magic-MavsDAL won · Magic 99, Mavs 114
5 pts
Blazers-ThunderPOR won · Blazers 117, Thunder 106
2 pts
Randle shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RandleLAL · 22 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
CJPOR · 27 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
58% (11-19)
BamMIA · 16 PTS, 15 REB, 5 BLK, 3 AST
57% (8-14)
BogdanovicSAC · 19 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
NurkicPOR · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
53% (8-15)
Final · Heat-Raptors
Heat 90Raptors 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2229211890
Raptors2120232589
The story
Goran Dragic had 24 points and 12 rebounds as Miami beat Toronto 90-89

DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 25 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 24 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST · 10-21 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the second 29-20, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +1+10+8+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Bam Adebayo led the game in fantasy with 53.5 FPTS (16 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Blazers-Thunder
Blazers 117Thunder 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers24303429117
Thunder26242630106
The story
Portland beat Oklahoma City 117-106 behind 21 points from Shabazz Napier

Paul George paced Oklahoma City: 22 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 5-10 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 34-26 third quarter did the most damage for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −2+4+12+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Lakers
Kings 86Lakers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2725221286
Lakers3122311599
The story
Julius Randle's 22 points and 14 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Sacramento, 99-86

For Sacramento, De'Aaron Fox had 15 PTS, 3 AST 22 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST · 8-13 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 31-22, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +4+1+10+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Lonzo Ball was the fantasy play: 52.2 FPTS on 11 REB, 11 AST, 5 PTS

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.3Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg25.5Last 3

25.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 27

CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 17, 34, 18, 32, 19, 20, 25, 27Blazers-Thunder · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 45, 29, 8, 15, 25, 52, 35, 20, 35, 25Raptors-Heat · L
25.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 13, 14, 11, 25, 24, 19, 16, 24Heat-Raptors · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 31, 30, 40, 38, 20, 29, 26, 22Thunder-Blazers · L
24.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 6, 18, 29, 15, 9, 15, 15, 22Lakers-Kings · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 26, 24, 33, 25, 24, 31, 19, 22Thunder-Blazers · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Lou WilliamsLAC+6.4 28.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Reggie BullockDET+5.5 13.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Shabazz NapierPOR+5.0 14.9 last 10 · 9.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.5 29.3 last 10 · 24.8 season
Dario SaricPHI+4.5 18.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.1 19.6 last 10 · 23.7 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.0 7.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Jonathon SimmonsORL−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season