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Saturday, January 23, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 4 after three quarters and won 120–112.

Final · Box score
Heat124
Nets128
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +14; Q4 BKN +4
Final · Box score
Sixers114
Pistons110
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +4
Final · Box score
Pelicans110
Wolves120
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +10
Final · Box score
Lakers101
Bulls90
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +30; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +11
Final · Box score
Rockets133
Mavs108
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +25
Final · 2OT · Box score
Nuggets120
Suns112
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 Nuggets 0; OT2 DEN +8
Final · Box score
Warriors108
Jazz127
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +30; Q3 UTA +36; Q4 UTA +19
On this day · 2019–20Jan 23, 2020: 3 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Mavs), 47 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Suns

Denver flips a halftime deficit, wins in double overtime

Bam Adebayo goes for 41 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-2-3-400+8DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Nuggets28301525814120
Suns3031162186112
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 15, 22, 23, 23, 35, 27, 31, 29DEN29 PTS · 22 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 14, 9, 20, 17, 30, 5, 18, 26DEN26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 12, 11, 15, 14, 16, 13, 11, 21PHX21 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 21, 6, 10, 2, 5, 11, 8, 21PHX21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Dallas by 25, the widest margin of 7 games.

BKN over MIA4PHI over DET4DEN over PHX8MIN over NOP10LAL over CHI11UTA over GSW19HOU over DAL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Lead changes
Sixers-Pistons8
Pelicans-Wolves8
Lakers-Bulls2
Heat-Nets0
Warriors-Jazz0
Rockets-Mavs0
The night in charts
Heat-Nets combined for 252, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-NetsHeat 124, Nets 128
252
Rockets-MavsRockets 133, Mavs 108
241
Warriors-JazzWarriors 108, Jazz 127
235
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 120, Suns 112 · OT
232
Pelicans-WolvesPelicans 110, Wolves 120
230
Sixers-PistonsSixers 114, Pistons 110
224
Lakers-BullsLakers 101, Bulls 90
191
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Heat-NetsHeat 124, Nets 128
+4 BKN
Sixers-PistonsSixers 114, Pistons 110
+4 PHI
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 120, Suns 112 · OT
+8 DEN
Pelicans-WolvesPelicans 110, Wolves 120
+10 MIN
Lakers-BullsLakers 101, Bulls 90
+11 LAL
Warriors-JazzWarriors 108, Jazz 127
+19 UTA
Rockets-MavsRockets 133, Mavs 108
+25 HOU
DEN rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-SunsDEN won · Nuggets 120, Suns 112 · OT
4 pts
Pelicans-WolvesMIN won · Pelicans 110, Wolves 120
3 pts
Sixers-PistonsPHI won · Sixers 114, Pistons 110
3 pts
Bam shot 14-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BamMIA · 41 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
70% (14-20)
ADLAL · 37 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
67% (14-21)
VanderbiltMIN · 16 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
CousinsHOU · 28 PTS, 17 REB, 5 AST
60% (9-15)
KyrieBKN · 28 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB, 1 BLK
59% (10-17)
Final · Heat-Nets
Heat 124Nets 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat25312642124
Nets36303032128
The story
Kevin Durant had 31 points as Brooklyn beat Miami 128-124

Kendrick Nunn led Miami with 18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 31 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 11-19 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

The Nets won the first 36-25, their biggest quarter edge.

BKN lead by quarter
200 +11+10+14+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Pistons
Sixers 114Pistons 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers28333320114
Pistons31322522110
The story
Philadelphia beat Detroit 114-110 behind 33 points and 14 rebounds from Joel Embiid

Wayne Ellington paced Detroit: 17 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 33 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST · 10-20 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 33-25 third quarter erased a 2-point hole for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −3−2+6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Suns
Nuggets 120Suns 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Nuggets28301525814120
Suns3031162186112
The story
Nikola Jokic's 29 points and 22 rebounds carried Denver past Phoenix, 120-112 in OT

For Phoenix, Chris Paul had 21 PTS, 13 AST, 9 REB 29 PTS, 22 REB, 6 AST · 9-21 FG

The swing

It went to second overtime, and the Nuggets took it 14-6.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −2−3−400+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 9 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Bam Adebayo leads the day with 41

Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 20, 15, 9, 28, 28, 14, 14, 41Heat-Nets · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Stephon Marbury NJN, Nov 11, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 23, 27, 19, 18, 17, 17, 18, 37Lakers-Bulls · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 38, 20, 24, 45, 9, 42, 38, 33Sixers-Pistons · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 20, 5, 4, 13, 21, 22, 20, 33Rockets-Mavs · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 28, 36, 34, 26, 42, 30, 38, 31Nets-Heat · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 24, 17, 22, 20, 22, 17, 23, 30Pelicans-Wolves · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST