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Thursday, January 7, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed DEN by 9 at halftime and won 124–117.

Final · Box score
Sixers109
Nets122
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +14; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +13
Final · Box score
Cavs94
Grizzlies90
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +4
Final · OT · Box score
Mavs124
Nuggets117
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 Mavs 0; OT1 DAL +7
Final · Box score
Spurs118
Lakers109
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
Wolves117
Blazers135
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +31; Q4 POR +18
On this day · 2019–20Jan 7, 2020: 6 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (Suns-Kings), 34 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Nuggets

Luka Doncic scores 38, Dallas wins in overtime

Damian Lillard goes for 39 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-9-20+7DAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Mavs2221333315124
Nuggets282426318117
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 7 games: 32, 27, 24, 12, 27, 33, 38DAL38 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Dorian Finney-SmithPoints, last 8 games: 11, 10, 8, 5, 12, 5, 9, 14DAL14 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 8 games: 29, 24, 19, 26, 17, 19, 35, 38DEN38 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 7 games: 9, 23, 21, 31, 36, 13, 21DEN21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Cavs-Grizzlies

Memphis's skid reaches three

Cleveland won 94–90; the Grizzlies fall to 2–6. Andre Drummond led Cleveland with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
Lvs SAS119–131Lvs ATL112–122W@ BKN116–111L@ BOS107–126W@ CHA108–93Lvs LAL94–108Lvs LAL92–94Lvs CLE90–94
Lead changes
Mavs-Nuggets16
Cavs-Grizzlies12
Wolves-Blazers3
Sixers-Nets2
Spurs-Lakers0
The night in charts
Wolves-Blazers combined for 252, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-BlazersWolves 117, Blazers 135
252
Mavs-NuggetsMavs 124, Nuggets 117 · OT
241
Sixers-NetsSixers 109, Nets 122
231
Spurs-LakersSpurs 118, Lakers 109
227
Cavs-GrizzliesCavs 94, Grizzlies 90
184
CLE won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Cavs-GrizzliesCavs 94, Grizzlies 90
+4 CLE
Mavs-NuggetsMavs 124, Nuggets 117 · OT
+7 DAL
Spurs-LakersSpurs 118, Lakers 109
+9 SAS
Sixers-NetsSixers 109, Nets 122
+13 BKN
Wolves-BlazersWolves 117, Blazers 135
+18 POR
DAL rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-NuggetsDAL won · Mavs 124, Nuggets 117 · OT
9 pts
Cavs-GrizzliesCLE won · Cavs 94, Grizzlies 90
5 pts
Wolves-BlazersPOR won · Wolves 117, Blazers 135
1 pt
Nurkic shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
NurkicPOR · 17 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
ADLAL · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
65% (11-17)
ClarkeMEM · 14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
DamePOR · 39 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL
62% (13-21)
MiltonPHI · 24 PTS, 7 AST, 1 REB
62% (8-13)
Final · Cavs-Grizzlies
Cavs 94Grizzlies 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1927212794
Grizzlies2421242190
The story
Cleveland beat Memphis 94-90 behind 22 points and 15 rebounds from Andre Drummond

Jonas Valanciunas paced Memphis: 17 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST · 9-20 FG

The swing

A 27-21 second quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −5+1−2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Nuggets
Mavs 124Nuggets 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Mavs2221333315124
Nuggets282426318117
The story
Nikola Jokic had 38 points and 11 rebounds in a 124-117 in OT loss to Dallas

Dorian Finney-Smith led Dallas with 14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 38 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 14-31 FG, 4-10 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the second, the Mavericks took the third 33-26.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −6−9−20+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Wolves-Blazers
Wolves 117Blazers 135
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves29272437117
Blazers28473624135
The story
CJ McCollum's 20 points carried Portland past Minnesota, 135-117

For Minnesota, Anthony Edwards had 26 PTS, 4 REB 20 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 6-14 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers trailed by 1 going into the second, then won it 47-27.

POR lead by quarter
400 −1+19+31+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

Damian LillardPoints, last 8 games: 9, 32, 31, 20, 34, 32, 24, 39Blazers-Wolves · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 7 games: 32, 27, 24, 12, 27, 33, 38Mavs-Nuggets · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 8 games: 29, 24, 19, 26, 17, 19, 35, 38Nuggets-Mavs · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Joe HarrisPoints, last 9 games: 10, 9, 13, 14, 23, 12, 16, 10, 28Nets-Sixers · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 20, 12, 4, 14, 28Spurs-Lakers · W
15.6 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 22, 22, 18, 29, 26, 26, 22, 26, 27Lakers-Spurs · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST