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Sunday, January 20, 2019Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHX by 5 after three quarters and won 116–114.

Final · Box score
Hornets95
Pacers120
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +25
Final · Box score
Suns114
Wolves116
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +2
Final · Box score
Clippers103
Spurs95
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +8
On this day · 2017–18Jan 20, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: Kyle Lowry (Raptors-Wolves), 40 points.
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The lead · Suns-Wolves

Derrick Rose scores 31, Minnesota holds off Phoenix

Tobias Harris goes for 27 points

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3-5+2MIN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns31362918114
Wolves29352725116
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 33, 4, 24, 25, 21, 15, 23, 31MIN31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 29, 28, 20, 30, 27, 13, 23, 30MIN30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 23, 21, 20, 9, 18, 11, 16, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 20, 37, 23, 7, 8, 30, 32, 18PHX18 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Clippers-Spurs

Clippers lead San Antonio wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 103–95. Best quarter: the first, 38–26. Tobias Harris led Clippers with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over PHX2LAC over SAS8IND over CHA25Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over SAS.
Lead changes
Hornets-Pacers4
Clippers-Spurs2
The night in charts
Suns-Wolves combined for 230, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-WolvesSuns 114, Wolves 116
230
Hornets-PacersHornets 95, Pacers 120
215
Clippers-SpursClippers 103, Spurs 95
198
MIN won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Suns-WolvesSuns 114, Wolves 116
+2 MIN
Clippers-SpursClippers 103, Spurs 95
+8 LAC
Hornets-PacersHornets 95, Pacers 120
+25 IND
Gay shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GaySAS · 19 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
AldridgeSAS · 30 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
62% (13-21)
Tobias HarrisLAC · 27 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 3 STL
60% (12-20)
Tyreke EvansIND · 14 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB
60% (6-10)
OubrePHX · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 2 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Suns-Wolves
Suns 114Wolves 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns31362918114
Wolves29352725116
The story
Karl-Anthony Towns had 30 points and 12 rebounds as Minnesota beat Phoenix 116-114

Kelly Oubre Jr. led Phoenix with 18 PTS, 8 REB 30 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL · 8-22 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Timberwolves took the fourth 25-18.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −2−3−5+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Spurs
Clippers 103Spurs 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers38222023103
Spurs2627202295
The story
Patrick Beverley's 18 points and 12 rebounds carried LA past San Antonio, 103-95

For San Antonio, LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL · 5-9 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 38-26, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +12+7+7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hornets-Pacers
Hornets 95Pacers 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2615302495
Pacers34222737120
The story
Indiana beat Charlotte 120-95 behind 21 points from Victor Oladipo

Kemba Walker paced Charlotte: 23 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 21 PTS, 7 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 8-20 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

A 37-24 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Pacers.

IND lead by quarter
300 +8+15+12+25 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 45 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg29.4Today

29 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Derrick Rose leads the day with 31

Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 33, 4, 24, 25, 21, 15, 23, 31Wolves-Suns · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 29, 28, 20, 30, 27, 13, 23, 30Wolves-Suns · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 25, 13, 56, 17, 28, 8, 25, 30Spurs-Clippers · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 28, 23, 18, 11, 21, 17, 28, 27Clippers-Spurs · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 29, 13, 18, 31, 33, 23, 21, 23Hornets-Pacers · L
25.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 16, 17, 17, 19, 8, 15, 12, 21Pacers-Hornets · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
James HardenHOU+8.6 44.3 last 10 · 35.7 season
Kevin HuerterATL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+5.8 14.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.7 25.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanSAS−6.3 15.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Justin HolidayMEM−5.0 5.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Nikola MiroticNOP−4.9 11.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Jabari ParkerCHI−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season