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Thursday, January 12, 2023Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 9 after the first quarter and won 108–102.

Final · Box score
Thunder133
Sixers114
Q1 Thunder 0; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +19
Final · Box score
Celtics109
Nets98
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +11
Final · Box score
Bucks102
Heat108
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 Heat 0; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
Hornets114
Raptors124
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +10
Final · 2OT · Box score
Mavs119
Lakers115
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 Mavs 0; OT1 Mavs 0; OT2 DAL +4
Final · Box score
Cavs119
Blazers113
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +6
On this day · 2021–22Jan 12, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Lakers-Kings), 34 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Heat

Miami fights back from 9 down against Milwaukee

Luka Doncic posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90+5+6MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks23222829102
Heat14313330108
Who led
Gabe VincentPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 3, 5, 5, 2, 6, 3, 13, 28MIA28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 23, 22, 32, 31, 30, 21, 10, 24MIA24 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 9, 18, 23, 6, 12, 15, 27, 24MIL24 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jevon CarterPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 10, 14, 0, 0, 8, 0, 13, 18MIL18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Cavs-Blazers

Portland's skid reaches five

Cleveland won 119–113; the Trail Blazers fall to 19–22. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · POR
L@ OKC98–101L@ DEN107–120Wvs CHA124–113L@ GSW112–118Wvs DET135–106L@ MIN106–113L@ IND99–108L@ TOR105–117Lvs ORL106–109Lvs CLE113–119
Lead changes
Celtics-Nets11
Bucks-Heat9
Mavs-Lakers9
Thunder-Sixers3
Hornets-Raptors0
The night in charts
Thunder-Sixers combined for 247, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-SixersThunder 133, Sixers 114
247
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 114, Raptors 124
238
Mavs-LakersMavs 119, Lakers 115 · OT
234
Cavs-BlazersCavs 119, Blazers 113
232
Bucks-HeatBucks 102, Heat 108
210
Celtics-NetsCeltics 109, Nets 98
207
DAL won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Mavs-LakersMavs 119, Lakers 115 · OT
+4 DAL
Cavs-BlazersCavs 119, Blazers 113
+6 CLE
Bucks-HeatBucks 102, Heat 108
+6 MIA
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 114, Raptors 124
+10 TOR
Celtics-NetsCeltics 109, Nets 98
+11 BOS
Thunder-SixersThunder 133, Sixers 114
+19 OKC
MIA rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bucks-HeatMIA won · Bucks 102, Heat 108
9 pts
Cavs-BlazersCLE won · Cavs 119, Blazers 113
7 pts
Celtics-NetsBOS won · Celtics 109, Nets 98
2 pts
Siakam shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SiakamTOR · 35 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
85% (11-13)
JrueMIL · 24 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
Jarrett AllenCLE · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
Joe HarrisBKN · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
SGAOKC · 37 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 2 BLK
63% (10-16)
Final · Mavs-Lakers
Mavs 119Lakers 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Mavs36232319711119
Lakers2226282577115
The story
Christian Wood had 24 points and 14 rebounds as Dallas beat Los Angeles 119-115 in OT

LeBron James led Los Angeles with 24 PTS, 16 REB, 9 AST 24 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 5 BLK · 10-17 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks won the first 36-22, their biggest quarter edge.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +14+11+600+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Cavs-Blazers
Cavs 119Blazers 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs27243632119
Blazers32263322113
The story
Donovan Mitchell's 26 points carried Cleveland past Portland, 119-113

For Portland, Jerami Grant had 22 PTS 26 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 11-23 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers trailed by 4 going into the fourth, then won it 32-22.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −5−7−4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Heat
Bucks 102Heat 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks23222829102
Heat14313330108
The story
Miami beat Milwaukee 108-102 behind 28 points from Gabe Vincent

Jevon Carter paced Milwaukee: 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB · 10-17 FG, 5-11 3PT

The swing

A 31-22 second quarter erased a 9-point hole for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −90+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jrue Holiday topped the game at 49.2 FPTS: 24 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 38 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 28.9 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 50

Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 17, 34, 19, 27, 19, 34, 30, 50Blazers-Cavs · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kevin Martin SAC, Apr 1, 2009: 50 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Season high50 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 44, 28, 28, 14, 33, 30, 33, 26, 37Thunder-Sixers · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 50, 32, 60, 35, 51, 39, 23, 34, 43, 35Mavs-Lakers · W
34.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Nikola Jokic DEN, Apr 6, 2026: 35 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
35 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 25, 26, 26, 11, 18, 27, 28, 35Raptors-Hornets · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 27, 23, 24, 23, 24, 13, 24, 32Hornets-Raptors · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 44, 35, 48, 37, 16, 42, 36, 30Sixers-Thunder · L
33.5 PPG season to date · −3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Luka DoncicDAL+5.9 40.2 last 10 · 34.3 season
Naji MarshallNOP+5.8 16.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Immanuel QuickleyNYK+5.8 17.9 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jordan PooleGSW+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA+5.3 29.8 last 10 · 24.5 season
Cold
Chris BoucherTOR−3.9 5.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Desmond BaneMEM−3.8 17.4 last 10 · 21.2 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.6 18.4 last 10 · 22.0 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−3.4 13.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.2 26.5 last 10 · 29.7 season