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Thursday, January 21, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NOP by 12 after the first quarter and won 129–118.

Final · Box score
Lakers113
Bucks106
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +7
Final · Box score
Knicks119
Warriors104
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +15
Final · Box score
Pelicans118
Jazz129
Q1 UTA -12; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
On this day · 2019–20Jan 21, 2020: 1 game. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (Mavs-Clippers), 36 points.
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The lead · Pelicans-Jazz

Donovan Mitchell scores 36, Utah rallies past New Orleans

LeBron James goes for 34 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+1+8+11UTA AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans43262326118
Jazz31393029129
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 18, 32, 28, 27, 26, 18, 28, 36UTA36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 9, 17, 22, 12, 15, 14, 6, 20UTA20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 24, 29, 26, 21, 31, 32, 27NOP27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 31, 24, 17, 22, 20, 22, 17, 23NOP23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Lakers-Bucks

Lakers handle Milwaukee by 7

The Lakers won the second quarter 34–24. Final: 113–106. LeBron James led Lakers with 34 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over MIL7UTA over NOP11NYK over GSW15Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MIL.
Lead changes
Pelicans-Jazz10
Lakers-Bucks9
Knicks-Warriors6
The night in charts
Pelicans-Jazz combined for 247, 24 more than any other game
Points by game
Pelicans-JazzPelicans 118, Jazz 129
247
Knicks-WarriorsKnicks 119, Warriors 104
223
Lakers-BucksLakers 113, Bucks 106
219
LAL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Lakers-BucksLakers 113, Bucks 106
+7 LAL
Pelicans-JazzPelicans 118, Jazz 129
+11 UTA
Knicks-WarriorsKnicks 119, Warriors 104
+15 NYK
UTA erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pelicans-JazzUTA won · Pelicans 118, Jazz 129
12 pts
Lakers-BucksLAL won · Lakers 113, Bucks 106
4 pts
Mitchell Robinson shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Mitchell RobinsonNYK · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
KCPLAL · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
GiannisMIL · 25 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
65% (11-17)
ZionNOP · 27 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
64% (9-14)
RJNYK · 28 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB
59% (10-17)
Final · Lakers-Bucks
Lakers 113Bucks 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers29342327113
Bucks33242425106
The story
Anthony Davis' 18 points carried Los Angeles past Milwaukee, 113-106

For Milwaukee, Jrue Holiday had 22 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB 18 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST · 8-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 34-24.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −4+6+5+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pelicans-Jazz
Pelicans 118Jazz 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans43262326118
Jazz31393029129
The story
Mike Conley had 20 points as Utah beat New Orleans 129-118

Zion Williamson led New Orleans with 27 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 6 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 8-14 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

Down 12 after the first, the Jazz took the second 39-26.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −12+1+8+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Warriors
Knicks 119Warriors 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks40232630119
Warriors31261928104
The story
New York beat Golden State 119-104 behind 17 rebounds and 16 points from Julius Randle

Stephen Curry paced Golden State: 30 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 17 REB, 16 PTS, 9 AST · 4-11 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 40-31 first quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +9+6+13+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 11 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 15 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Rebounding up
+3.5rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
5.5Season avg9.0Last 5

9.0 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 22 minutes.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 36

Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 18, 32, 28, 27, 26, 18, 28, 36Jazz-Pelicans · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 27, 28, 18, 26, 26, 21, 19, 34Lakers-Bucks · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 62, 30, 13, 38, 11, 20, 35, 26, 26, 30Warriors-Knicks · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 19, 9, 11, 20, 20, 19, 22, 28Knicks-Warriors · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 24, 29, 26, 21, 31, 32, 27Pelicans-Jazz · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 43, 25, 35, 22, 22, 31, 34, 25Bucks-Lakers · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST