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Saturday, January 6, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Celtics118
Pacers101
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +17
Final · Box score
Knicks121
Wizards105
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +16
Final · Box score
Jazz120
Sixers109
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
Final · Box score
Bucks108
Rockets112
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +4
On this day · 2022–23Jan 6, 2023: 11 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (Bulls-Sixers), 41 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Rockets

Houston gets past Milwaukee

Giannis Antetokounmpo goes for 48 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+20+16+4HOU AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks18253035108
Rockets29342623112
Who led
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 37, 30, 24, 28, 26, 30, 19, 21HOU21 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 9, 5, 23, 31, 22, 14, 20, 16HOU16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 37, 28, 32, 32, 34, 30, 26, 44, 48MIL48 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 24, 19, 32, 12, 31, 13, 23, 25, 18MIL18 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Jazz-Sixers

Utah leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 120–109. Best quarter: the fourth, 33–30. Lauri Markkanen led Utah with 33 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MIL4UTA over PHI11NYK over WAS16BOS over IND17Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over PHI.
Lead changes
Jazz-Sixers16
Bucks-Rockets5
Celtics-Pacers0
Knicks-Wizards0
The night in charts
Jazz-Sixers combined for 229, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-SixersJazz 120, Sixers 109
229
Knicks-WizardsKnicks 121, Wizards 105
226
Bucks-RocketsBucks 108, Rockets 112
220
Celtics-PacersCeltics 118, Pacers 101
219
HOU won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Bucks-RocketsBucks 108, Rockets 112
+4 HOU
Jazz-SixersJazz 120, Sixers 109
+11 UTA
Knicks-WizardsKnicks 121, Wizards 105
+16 NYK
Celtics-PacersCeltics 118, Pacers 101
+17 BOS
John Collins shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
John CollinsUTA · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
90% (9-10)
AvdijaWAS · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL
69% (9-13)
Jaylen BrownBOS · 31 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
65% (13-20)
SextonUTA · 22 PTS, 10 AST, 3 REB
64% (9-14)
GiannisMIL · 48 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
64% (16-25)
Final · Bucks-Rockets
Bucks 108Rockets 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks18253035108
Rockets29342623112
The story
Alperen Sengun had 21 points and 11 rebounds as Houston beat Milwaukee 112-108

Damian Lillard led Milwaukee with 18 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB 21 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 7-21 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 29-18, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +11+20+16+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Wizards
Knicks 121Wizards 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks34292830121
Wizards19243230105
The story
New York beat Washington 121-105 behind 39 points from Julius Randle

Deni Avdija paced Washington: 23 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST 39 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 13-23 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

A 34-19 first quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +15+20+16+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Pacers
Celtics 118Pacers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics29292634118
Pacers17323220101
The story
Jayson Tatum's 38 points and 13 rebounds carried Boston past Indiana, 118-101

For Indiana, Tyrese Haliburton had 17 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB 38 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST · 14-23 FG, 8-13 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 34-20, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +12+9+3+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 48

Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 37, 28, 32, 32, 34, 30, 26, 44, 48Bucks-Rockets · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Shaquille O'Neal ORL, Mar 22, 1996: 49 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
48 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 24, 25, 38, 28, 39, 35, 8, 39Knicks-Wizards · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 15, 30, 25, 31, 25, 30, 30, 38Celtics-Pacers · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 30, 31, 24, 12, 17, 31, 17, 33Jazz-Sixers · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 38, 24, 20, 28, 16, 31, 29, 33Knicks-Wizards · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 28, 24, 19, 31, 24, 15, 13, 31Celtics-Pacers · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.6 30.0 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cade CunninghamDET+5.3 28.7 last 10 · 23.4 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+4.9 31.4 last 10 · 26.5 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.5 28.8 last 10 · 24.3 season
Paolo BancheroORL+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−6.1 14.6 last 10 · 20.7 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.6 4.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ausar ThompsonDET−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−4.3 10.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Reggie JacksonDEN−3.6 8.4 last 10 · 12.0 season