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Sunday, January 14, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed SAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 143–142.

Final · Box score
Pacers109
Nuggets117
Q1 Nuggets 0; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +8
Final · Box score
Hornets87
Heat104
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +17
Final · OT · Box score
Kings142
Bucks143
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 Bucks 0; OT1 MIL +1
Final · Box score
Clippers105
Wolves109
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +4
Final · Box score
Suns127
Blazers116
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +11
On this day · 2022–23Jan 14, 2023: 7 games. Top scorer: Jordan Clarkson (Jazz-Sixers), 38 points.
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The lead · Kings-Bucks

Milwaukee needs overtime to survive Sacramento

Scoot Henderson goes for 33 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5+2+40+1MIL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Kings3729253714142
Bucks3236273315143
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 31, 13, 23, 25, 18, 21, 27, 29MIL29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 30, 26, 44, 48, 25, 24, 33, 27MIL27 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 30, 15, 24, 3, 26, 19, 21, 32SAC32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 6, 37, 15, 6, 20, 20, 15, 28SAC28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Suns-Blazers

Portland's skid reaches four

Phoenix won 127–116; the Trail Blazers fall to 10–29. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 34 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · POR
Lvs SAS105–118Wvs SAS134–128L@ PHX88–109L@ DAL97–126L@ DAL103–139W@ BKN134–127L@ NYK84–112L@ OKC77–139L@ MIN93–116Lvs PHX116–127
Lead changes
Kings-Bucks17
Suns-Blazers16
Pacers-Nuggets6
Clippers-Wolves5
Hornets-Heat0
Shot of the night

Dame's three with 1.1 seconds left in OT puts the Bucks ahead, 143-142 final

The night in charts
Kings-Bucks combined for 285, 42 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-BucksKings 142, Bucks 143 · OT
285
Suns-BlazersSuns 127, Blazers 116
243
Pacers-NuggetsPacers 109, Nuggets 117
226
Clippers-WolvesClippers 105, Wolves 109
214
Hornets-HeatHornets 87, Heat 104
191
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Kings-BucksKings 142, Bucks 143 · OT
+1 MIL
Clippers-WolvesClippers 105, Wolves 109
+4 MIN
Pacers-NuggetsPacers 109, Nuggets 117
+8 DEN
Suns-BlazersSuns 127, Blazers 116
+11 PHX
Hornets-HeatHornets 87, Heat 104
+17 MIA
MIL rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-BucksMIL won · Kings 142, Bucks 143 · OT
5 pts
Suns-BlazersPHX won · Suns 127, Blazers 116
2 pts
Jokic shot 12-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JokicDEN · 25 PTS, 12 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL
92% (12-13)
SabonisSAC · 21 PTS, 15 AST, 13 REB, 1 STL
90% (9-10)
PortisMIL · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST
82% (9-11)
PowellLAC · 24 PTS, 2 BLK, 1 REB
75% (9-12)
HuerterSAC · 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
71% (10-14)
Final · Kings-Bucks
Kings 142Bucks 143
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Kings3729253714142
Bucks3236273315143
The story
Giannis Antetokounmpo had a 27-10-10 triple-double as Milwaukee beat Sacramento 143-142 in OT

De'Aaron Fox led Sacramento with 32 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB 27 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST, 3 STL · 9-16 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the Bucks took the second 36-29.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −5+2+40+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Domantas Sabonis led the game in fantasy with 62.6 FPTS (21 PTS, 15 AST, 13 REB)

Final · Clippers-Wolves
Clippers 105Wolves 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers19262337105
Wolves29173528109
The story
Minnesota beat LA 109-105 behind 33 points from Anthony Edwards

Kawhi Leonard paced LA: 26 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 33 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST · 10-16 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 35-23 third quarter did the most damage for the Timberwolves.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +10+1+13+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Blazers
Suns 127Blazers 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns31403521127
Blazers33283124116
The story
Bradley Beal's 23 points carried Phoenix past Portland, 127-116

For Portland, Anfernee Simons had 28 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST 23 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 9-13 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

The Suns trailed by 2 going into the second, then won it 40-28.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −2+10+14+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 34

Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 21, 10, 35, 20, 24, 20, 31, 34Suns-Blazers · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Scoot HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 17, 7, 17, 10, 8, 13, 8, 33Blazers-Suns · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 44, 31, 35, 35, 24, 36, 6, 29, 9, 33Wolves-Clippers · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 30, 15, 24, 3, 26, 19, 21, 32Kings-Bucks · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 31, 13, 23, 25, 18, 21, 27, 29Bucks-Kings · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 6, 37, 15, 6, 20, 20, 15, 28Kings-Bucks · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Paolo BancheroORL+4.7 27.6 last 10 · 22.9 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.4 28.8 last 10 · 24.4 season
Tobias HarrisPHI+4.3 22.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+4.2 19.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+4.1 15.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−6.7 13.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−5.3 22.5 last 10 · 27.8 season
Ausar ThompsonDET−5.0 3.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Killian HayesDET−4.6 2.9 last 10 · 7.5 season