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Wednesday, January 1, 2020Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIN by 4 after the first quarter and won 106–104.

Final · Box score
Magic122
Wizards101
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +21
Final · Box score
Blazers93
Knicks117
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +24
Final · Box score
Wolves104
Bucks106
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +2
Final · Box score
Suns107
Lakers117
Q1 LAL +26; Q2 LAL +33; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +10
On this day · 2018–19Jan 1, 2019: 5 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (Raptors-Jazz), 45 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo posts 32 and 17 as Milwaukee beats Minnesota

LeBron James posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+1+6+2MIL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves23282033104
Bucks19332529106
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 29, 48, 34, 22, 18, 18, 23, 32MIL32 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 15, 23, 12, 31, 23, 21, 25, 13MIL13 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shabazz NapierPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 0, 10, 4, 18, 2, 9, 24, 22MIN22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 13, 18, 15, 11, 21, 5, 11, 15MIN15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Blazers-Knicks

New York routs Portland by 24

New York led by 3 at halftime and won 117–93. Julius Randle led New York with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over MIN2LAL over PHX10ORL over WAS21NYK over POR24Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over POR.
Lead changes
Magic-Wizards8
Blazers-Knicks8
Suns-Lakers0
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 224, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 107, Lakers 117
224
Magic-WizardsMagic 122, Wizards 101
223
Blazers-KnicksBlazers 93, Knicks 117
210
Wolves-BucksWolves 104, Bucks 106
210
MIL won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Wolves-BucksWolves 104, Bucks 106
+2 MIL
Suns-LakersSuns 107, Lakers 117
+10 LAL
Magic-WizardsMagic 122, Wizards 101
+21 ORL
Blazers-KnicksBlazers 93, Knicks 117
+24 NYK
MIL rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wolves-BucksMIL won · Wolves 104, Bucks 106
4 pts
Blazers-KnicksNYK won · Blazers 93, Knicks 117
2 pts
Mitchell Robinson shot 11-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Mitchell RobinsonNYK · 22 PTS, 8 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
100% (11-11)
BradleyLAL · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
82% (9-11)
MeloPOR · 26 PTS, 7 REB
65% (11-17)
OubrePHX · 26 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
64% (9-14)
RossORL · 15 PTS, 1 STL, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
Final · Wolves-Bucks
Wolves 104Bucks 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves23282033104
Bucks19332529106
The story
Khris Middleton had 13 points as Milwaukee beat Minnesota 106-104

Robert Covington led Minnesota with 11 REB, 7 PTS, 3 AST 13 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST · 5-18 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the first, the Bucks took the second 33-28.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −4+1+6+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 107Lakers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns17243828107
Lakers43312716117
The story
Anthony Davis' 26 points and 11 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Phoenix, 117-107

For Phoenix, Devin Booker had 32 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB 26 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 9-16 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 43-17, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
400 +26+33+22+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Knicks
Blazers 93Knicks 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2721291693
Knicks25263234117
The story
New York beat Portland 117-93 behind 22 points and 13 rebounds from Julius Randle

Hassan Whiteside paced Portland: 17 PTS, 12 REB 22 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST · 8-15 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 34-16 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
300 −2+3+6+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 32

Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 29, 48, 34, 22, 18, 18, 23, 32Bucks-Wolves · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 15, 18, 19, 11, 34, 32, 33, 32Suns-Lakers · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 28, 32, 20, 21, 23, 21, 13, 31Lakers-Suns · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Damian Lillard POR, Mar 6, 2023: 31 PTS · 13 REB · 12 AST
31 PTS · 13 REB · 12 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 29, 35, 22, 37, 36, 30, 15, 27Wizards-Magic · L
27.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 50, 16, 33, 27, 36, 32, 24, 20, 23, 26Lakers-Suns · W
27.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 24, 19, 13, 26, 14, 6, 20, 29, 26Suns-Lakers · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Joe InglesUTA+6.5 16.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+5.5 28.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Julius RandleNYK+5.2 24.0 last 10 · 18.8 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+4.8 29.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−5.5 8.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.7 4.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−3.6 11.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Langston GallowayDET−3.4 7.6 last 10 · 11.0 season