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Monday, January 14, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 6 at halftime and won 100–94.

Final · Box score
Celtics102
Nets109
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +24; Q4 BKN +7
Final · Box score
Grizzlies94
Rockets112
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +18
Final · Box score
Hornets108
Spurs93
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +15
Final · Box score
Pistons94
Jazz100
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +6
Final · Box score
Blazers107
Kings115
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +8
Final · Box score
Pelicans121
Clippers117
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +4
On this day · 2017–18Jan 14, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (Pelicans-Knicks), 48 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Jazz

Utah beats Detroit, 100–94

Anthony Davis goes for 46 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-6+1+6UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons3128152094
Jazz27262225100
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 19, 18, 26, 26, 33, 33, 34, 28UTA28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 3, 10, 8, 9, 11, 9, 16, 19UTA19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 15, 29, 26, 34, 34, 16, 44, 19DET19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 15, 11, 15, 19, 6, 12, 20, 15DET15 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Grizzlies-Rockets10
Celtics-Nets8
Pistons-Jazz8
Blazers-Kings1
The night in charts
Pelicans-Clippers combined for 238, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Pelicans-ClippersPelicans 121, Clippers 117
238
Blazers-KingsBlazers 107, Kings 115
222
Celtics-NetsCeltics 102, Nets 109
211
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 94, Rockets 112
206
Hornets-SpursHornets 108, Spurs 93
201
Pistons-JazzPistons 94, Jazz 100
194
NOP won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Pelicans-ClippersPelicans 121, Clippers 117
+4 NOP
Pistons-JazzPistons 94, Jazz 100
+6 UTA
Celtics-NetsCeltics 102, Nets 109
+7 BKN
Blazers-KingsBlazers 107, Kings 115
+8 SAC
Hornets-SpursHornets 108, Spurs 93
+15 CHA
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 94, Rockets 112
+18 HOU
UTA rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-JazzUTA won · Pistons 94, Jazz 100
6 pts
Grizzlies-RocketsHOU won · Grizzlies 94, Rockets 112
5 pts
Pelicans-ClippersNOP won · Pelicans 121, Clippers 117
4 pts
Blazers-KingsSAC won · Blazers 107, Kings 115
3 pts
Bogdanovic shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BogdanovicSAC · 18 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
HieldSAC · 19 PTS, 7 REB
70% (7-10)
AldridgeSAS · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
Tobias HarrisLAC · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
KurucsBKN · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
Final · Pelicans-Clippers
Pelicans 121Clippers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans32342827121
Clippers36272529117
The story
Jrue Holiday had 19 points and 8 assists as New Orleans beat LA 121-117

Danilo Gallinari led LA with 25 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 19 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL · 8-24 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the first, the Pelicans took the second 34-27.

NOP lead by quarter
200 −4+3+6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Jazz
Pistons 94Jazz 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons3128152094
Jazz27262225100
The story
Utah beat Detroit 100-94 behind 25 rebounds and 18 points from Rudy Gobert

Andre Drummond paced Detroit: 15 PTS, 13 REB 25 REB, 18 PTS, 3 AST · 6-9 FG

The swing

A 22-15 third quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −4−6+1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Rockets
Grizzlies 94Rockets 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2919222494
Rockets24303325112
The story
Gerald Green's 14 points carried Houston past Memphis, 112-94

For Memphis, Jaren Jackson Jr. had 12 PTS, 6 REB 14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 5-13 FG, 4-11 3PT

The swing

The Rockets trailed by 5 going into the second, then won it 30-19.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −5+6+17+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.3Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg25.8Today

26 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · Grizzlies-Rockets

Houston handles Memphis by 18

The Rockets won the third quarter 33–22. Final: 112–94. James Harden led Houston with 57 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over LAC4UTA over DET6BKN over BOS7SAC over POR8CHA over SAS15HOU over MEM18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over MEM.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 57

James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 45, 41, 43, 44, 38, 32, 42, 43, 38, 57Rockets-Grizzlies · W
34.8 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, Apr 7, 1998: 56 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Season high57 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 48, 22, 34, 20, 36, 38, 30, 46Pelicans-Clippers · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kevin Durant OKC, Jan 23, 2009: 46 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
46 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 15, 25, 23, 17, 17, 16, 20, 26, 35Blazers-Kings · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 33, 22, 23, 28, 5, 23, 24, 34Nets-Celtics · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 12, 8, 18, 16, 20, 17, 16, 34Celtics-Nets · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 47, 24, 11, 20, 29, 13, 18, 31, 33Hornets-Spurs · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
James HardenHOU+7.5 42.3 last 10 · 34.8 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+7.3 16.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.6 27.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+6.5 26.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.1 27.5 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−5.0 16.9 last 10 · 21.9 season
Justin HolidayMEM−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−3.9 9.4 last 10 · 13.3 season