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Thursday, January 11, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed PHI by 9 at halftime and won 114–103.

Final · Box score
Celtics114
Sixers103
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +11
Final · Box score
Cavs99
Raptors133
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +25; Q3 TOR +28; Q4 TOR +34
Final · Box score
Clippers121
Kings115
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +6
Final · Box score
Spurs81
Lakers93
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +12
On this day · 2016–17Jan 11, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (Celtics-Wizards), 38 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Sixers

Boston climbs out of a 9-point hole against Philadelphia

Lonzo Ball goes for 18 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-9+6+11BOS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics23253729114
Sixers28292224103
Who led
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 16, 20, 8, 13, 14, 11, 4, 21BOS21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 20, 21, 26, 28, 11, 16, 21, 20BOS20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 8, 24, 19, 18, 22, 20, 21, 22PHI22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 10, 8, 17, 6, 21, 26, 19, 16PHI16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Clippers-Kings

Clippers lead Sacramento wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 121–115. Best quarter: the second, 43–39. Lou Williams led Clippers with 30 points, 0 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over SAC6BOS over PHI11LAL over SAS12TOR over CLE34Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over SAC.
Lead changes
Clippers-Kings6
Spurs-Lakers4
Celtics-Sixers1
Cavs-Raptors0
The night in charts
Clippers-Kings combined for 236, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-KingsClippers 121, Kings 115
236
Cavs-RaptorsCavs 99, Raptors 133
232
Celtics-SixersCeltics 114, Sixers 103
217
Spurs-LakersSpurs 81, Lakers 93
174
LAC won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Clippers-KingsClippers 121, Kings 115
+6 LAC
Celtics-SixersCeltics 114, Sixers 103
+11 BOS
Spurs-LakersSpurs 81, Lakers 93
+12 LAL
Cavs-RaptorsCavs 99, Raptors 133
+34 TOR
Harrell shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HarrellLAC · 25 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
92% (11-12)
FVVTOR · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
SiakamTOR · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
SimmonsPHI · 16 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
Lonzo BallLAL · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 4 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Clippers-Kings
Clippers 121Kings 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers29432821121
Kings21392926115
The story
Blake Griffin's 18 points and 12 rebounds carried LA past Sacramento, 121-115

For Sacramento, Kosta Koufos had 14 PTS, 14 REB 18 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST · 5-14 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 29-21, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +8+12+11+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Sixers
Celtics 114Sixers 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics23253729114
Sixers28292224103
The story
Boston beat Philadelphia 114-103 behind 21 points from Jaylen Brown

JJ Redick paced Philadelphia: 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 8-15 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 37-22 third quarter erased a 9-point hole for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −5−9+6+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Joel Embiid topped the game at 40.0 FPTS: 15 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST

Final · Spurs-Lakers
Spurs 81Lakers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1523241981
Lakers2029192593
The story
Brandon Ingram had 26 points as Los Angeles beat San Antonio 93-81

Pau Gasol led San Antonio with 12 REB, 9 PTS, 5 AST 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 11-21 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the second 29-23, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5+11+6+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg25.2Last 3

25.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Lou Williams leads the day with 30

Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 23, 40, 33, 26, 23, 34, 50, 30Clippers-Kings · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 18, 12, 14, 7, 22, 20, 15, 26Lakers-Spurs · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 34, 20, 16, 29, 24, 19, 33, 10, 26Cavs-Raptors · L
27.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 15, 6, 0, 8, 9, 0, 14, 25Clippers-Kings · W
7.7 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 8, 24, 19, 18, 22, 20, 21, 22Sixers-Celtics · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 2, 6, 11, 13, 10, 5, 8, 22Raptors-Cavs · W
6.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Lou WilliamsLAC+8.5 31.6 last 10 · 23.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.0 30.1 last 10 · 25.1 season
Wayne EllingtonMIA+4.6 15.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shabazz NapierPOR+4.6 14.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Devin BookerPHX+4.2 29.1 last 10 · 24.9 season
Cold
Jonathon SimmonsORL−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−4.1 7.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Robert CovingtonPHI−3.4 10.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−3.0 13.7 last 10 · 16.7 season