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Tuesday, January 1, 2019Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NYK by 4 after the first quarter and won 115–108.

Final · Box score
Jazz116
Raptors122
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +6
Final · Box score
Pistons98
Bucks121
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +23
Final · Box score
Knicks108
Nuggets115
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +7
Final · OT · Box score
Blazers113
Kings108
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +6; Q4 Blazers 0; OT1 POR +5
Final · Box score
Sixers119
Clippers113
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +18; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +6
On this day · 2017–18Jan 1, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (Raptors-Bucks), 52 points.
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The lead · Knicks-Nuggets

Denver makes it three straight

Jusuf Nurkic goes for 24 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1-2+7DEN AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks32242824108
Nuggets28272733115
Who led
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 0, 6, 12, 11, 22, 21, 15, 23DEN23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 24, 26, 32, 19, 4, 21, 23, 19DEN19 PTS · 14 REB · 15 AST
Luke KornetPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 5, 6, 3, 7, 9, 23, 14, 19NYK19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 15, 17, 21, 24, 21, 12, 12, 18NYK18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Jazz-Raptors

Toronto tops Utah in Toronto

Final: 122–116. Kawhi Leonard led Toronto with 45 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
POR over SAC5TOR over UTA6PHI over LAC6DEN over NYK7MIL over DET23Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over UTA.
Lead changes
Knicks-Nuggets11
Jazz-Raptors10
Blazers-Kings9
Pistons-Bucks3
Sixers-Clippers0
The night in charts
Jazz-Raptors combined for 238, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-RaptorsJazz 116, Raptors 122
238
Sixers-ClippersSixers 119, Clippers 113
232
Knicks-NuggetsKnicks 108, Nuggets 115
223
Blazers-KingsBlazers 113, Kings 108
221
Pistons-BucksPistons 98, Bucks 121
219
POR won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Blazers-KingsBlazers 113, Kings 108
+5 POR
Jazz-RaptorsJazz 116, Raptors 122
+6 TOR
Sixers-ClippersSixers 119, Clippers 113
+6 PHI
Knicks-NuggetsKnicks 108, Nuggets 115
+7 DEN
Pistons-BucksPistons 98, Bucks 121
+23 MIL
DEN rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Knicks-NuggetsDEN won · Knicks 108, Nuggets 115
4 pts
Jazz-RaptorsTOR won · Jazz 116, Raptors 122
2 pts
Reggie Jackson shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Reggie JacksonDET · 19 PTS, 3 AST
80% (8-10)
KawhiTOR · 45 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST
73% (16-22)
FavorsUTA · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
MiddletonMIL · 22 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
64% (9-14)
HarrellLAC · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST
64% (9-14)
Final · Blazers-Kings
Blazers 113Kings 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Blazers2638192010113
Kings252527265108
The story
Damian Lillard had 25 points as Portland beat Sacramento 113-108 in OT

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Sacramento with 19 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST 25 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST · 8-21 FG, 1-9 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers won the second 38-25, their biggest quarter edge.

POR lead by quarter
200 +1+14+60+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Jazz-Raptors
Jazz 116Raptors 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz24293231116
Raptors26254427122
The story
Pascal Siakam's 28 points and 10 rebounds carried Toronto past Utah, 122-116

For Utah, Jae Crowder had 30 PTS, 6 REB 28 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 9-15 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The Raptors trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 44-32.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +2−2+10+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Nuggets
Knicks 108Nuggets 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks32242824108
Nuggets28272733115
The story
Denver beat New York 115-108 behind a 19-14-15 triple-double from Nikola Jokic

Emmanuel Mudiay paced New York: 15 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB 19 PTS, 15 AST, 14 REB, 3 BLK · 8-16 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 33-24 fourth quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −4−1−2+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 45

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 28, 29, 28, 37, 30, 21, 27, 45Raptors-Jazz · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Paul Pierce BOS, Mar 22, 2001: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Career high45 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 9, 14, 18, 16, 8, 12, 4, 30Jazz-Raptors · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 19, 34, 23, 15, 23, 18, 15, 29Pistons-Bucks · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 40, 24, 13, 24, 27, 34, 23, 28Sixers-Clippers · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 10, 17, 15, 26, 10, 4, 20, 28Raptors-Jazz · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 21, 37, 28, 28, 11, 6, 21, 27Kings-Blazers · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
James HardenHOU+7.5 40.8 last 10 · 33.3 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.7 17.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+5.3 31.7 last 10 · 26.4 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.2 19.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+4.7 24.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Cold
Klay ThompsonGSW−4.8 16.2 last 10 · 21.0 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−4.3 8.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.2 19.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.7 16.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season