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Thursday, January 27, 2022Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIN by 4 at halftime and won 124–115.

Final · Box score
Lakers87
Sixers105
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +18
Final · Box score
Wolves115
Warriors124
Q1 Warriors 0; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +9
On this day · 2020–21Jan 27, 2021: 12 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (Wizards-Pelicans), 47 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Warriors

Golden State keeps rolling, beats Minnesota

Anthony Davis goes for 31 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-4+14+9GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves29322034115
Warriors29283829124
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39, 22, 13, 18, 29GSW29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 8 games: 17, 14, 11, 13, 21, 12, 15, 23GSW23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 26, 25, 26, 20, 17, 23, 17, 31MIN31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 28, 30, 9, 21, 20, 25, 40, 27MIN27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Lakers-Sixers

Philadelphia leads Lakers wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 105–87. Best quarter: the third, 34–20. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Sixers-Lakers
Joel Embiid · PHIAnthony Davis · LALPTS2631REB912AST71Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Wolves-Warriors7
Lakers-Sixers5
The night in charts
Wolves-Warriors combined for 239, 47 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-WarriorsWolves 115, Warriors 124
239
Lakers-SixersLakers 87, Sixers 105
192
GSW won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Wolves-WarriorsWolves 115, Warriors 124
+9 GSW
Lakers-SixersLakers 87, Sixers 105
+18 PHI
AD shot 14-of-21 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ADLAL · 31 PTS, 12 REB, 4 BLK, 2 STL
67% (14-21)
Tobias HarrisPHI · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
WestbrookLAL · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
WigginsGSW · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
58% (7-12)
KlayGSW · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
56% (9-16)
Final · Wolves-Warriors
Wolves 115Warriors 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves29322034115
Warriors29283829124
The story
Stephen Curry's 29 points carried Golden State past Minnesota, 124-115

For Minnesota, Jaden McDaniels had 14 PTS, 4 REB 29 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL · 10-20 FG, 6-10 3PT

The swing

The Warriors trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 38-20.

GSW lead by quarter
200 0−4+14+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Sixers
Lakers 87Sixers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2226201987
Sixers32223417105
The story
Joel Embiid had 26 points as Philadelphia beat Los Angeles 105-87

Russell Westbrook led Los Angeles with 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST · 9-20 FG, 0-5 3PT

The swing

The 76ers won the third 34-20, their biggest quarter edge.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +10+6+20+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.0Season avg39.2Last 5

39.2 points a game over his last five games, against 29.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.1Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 31

Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 26, 25, 26, 20, 17, 23, 17, 31Wolves-Warriors · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 25, 27, 17, 22, 20, 9, 8, 31Lakers-Sixers · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 12, 19, 18, 39, 22, 13, 18, 29Warriors-Wolves · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 28, 30, 9, 21, 20, 25, 40, 27Wolves-Warriors · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 25, 32, 32, 50, 40, 38, 42, 26Sixers-Lakers · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 8 games: 17, 14, 11, 13, 21, 12, 15, 23Warriors-Wolves · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Amir CoffeyLAC+6.7 15.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+6.5 21.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.8 34.7 last 10 · 28.9 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.5 22.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cory JosephDET+4.5 12.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Cole AnthonyORL−5.4 12.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.5 20.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−3.8 8.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Russell WestbrookLAL−3.8 14.8 last 10 · 18.6 season