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Thursday, January 20, 2022Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by PHX (vs DAL) and IND (vs GSW).

Final · Box score
Suns109
Mavs101
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -8; Q4 PHX +8
Final · Box score
Pelicans102
Knicks91
Q1 NOP +10; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +24; Q4 NOP +11
Final · OT · Box score
Pacers121
Warriors117
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -8; Q3 Pacers 0; Q4 Pacers 0; OT1 IND +4
On this day · 2020–21Jan 20, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (Sixers-Celtics), 42 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Warriors

Indiana needs overtime to survive Golden State

Stephen Curry goes for 39 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-800+4IND AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Pacers2332282711121
Warriors303320277117
Who led
Chris DuartePoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 18, 16, 11, 9, 7, 24, 11, 27IND27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 7, 15, 11, 13, 25, 18, 11, 16IND16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 9, 14, 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39GSW39 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevon LooneyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 10, 4, 0, 13GSW13 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Suns-Mavs

Phoenix fights back from 8 down against Dallas

Final: 109–101, after trailing by 8 at the half. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Suns-Mavs
Devin Booker · PHXLuka Doncic · DALPTS2828REB58AST68Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Pacers-Warriors15
Suns-Mavs14
Pelicans-Knicks2
The night in charts
Pacers-Warriors combined for 238, 28 more than any other game
Points by game
Pacers-WarriorsPacers 121, Warriors 117 · OT
238
Suns-MavsSuns 109, Mavs 101
210
Pelicans-KnicksPelicans 102, Knicks 91
193
IND won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Pacers-WarriorsPacers 121, Warriors 117 · OT
+4 IND
Suns-MavsSuns 109, Mavs 101
+8 PHX
Pelicans-KnicksPelicans 102, Knicks 91
+11 NOP
PHX rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Suns-MavsPHX won · Suns 109, Mavs 101
8 pts
Pacers-WarriorsIND won · Pacers 121, Warriors 117 · OT
8 pts
Valanciunas shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ValanciunasNOP · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
73% (8-11)
DuarteIND · 27 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
63% (10-16)
BrunsonDAL · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
62% (8-13)
CP3PHX · 20 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
57% (8-14)
HartNOP · 17 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
50% (5-10)
Final · Pacers-Warriors
Pacers 121Warriors 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Pacers2332282711121
Warriors303320277117
The story
Chris Duarte had 27 points as Indiana beat Golden State 121-117 in OT

Kevon Looney led Golden State with 15 REB, 13 PTS, 3 AST 27 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 10-16 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the second, the Pacers took the third 28-20.

IND lead by quarter
200 −7−800+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Suns-Mavs
Suns 109Mavs 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns22232935109
Mavs26272919101
The story
Devin Booker's 28 points carried Phoenix past Dallas, 109-101

For Dallas, Kristaps Porzingis had 18 PTS, 11 REB 28 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 11-25 FG, 1-8 3PT

The swing

The Suns trailed by 8 going into the fourth, then won it 35-19.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −4−8−8+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pelicans-Knicks
Pelicans 102Knicks 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans27193521102
Knicks1725153491
The story
New Orleans beat New York 102-91 behind 18 points and 10 rebounds from Jonas Valanciunas

Mitchell Robinson paced New York: 17 PTS, 15 REB 18 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 8-11 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 35-15 third quarter did the most damage for the Pelicans.

NOP lead by quarter
300 +10+4+24+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 44 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 39

Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 9, 14, 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39Warriors-Pacers · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 26, 22, 21, 27, 23, 20, 41, 28Mavs-Suns · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 33, 11, 26, 16, 35, 30, 48, 28Suns-Mavs · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Chris DuartePoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 18, 16, 11, 9, 7, 24, 11, 27Pacers-Warriors · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 11, 14, 9, 15, 12, 10, 15, 20Suns-Mavs · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 15, 17, 14, 15, 19, 14, 8, 19Mavs-Suns · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.9 22.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Kyle KuzmaWAS+7.5 23.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Caris LeVertIND+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.5 22.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Amir CoffeyLAC+5.2 12.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Cold
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.7 21.7 last 10 · 26.4 season
Pat ConnaughtonMIL−4.4 6.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Russell WestbrookLAL−4.4 14.1 last 10 · 18.5 season
Cole AnthonyORL−4.0 14.7 last 10 · 18.7 season