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Tuesday, January 23, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Knicks trailed Nets by 9 after three quarters and won 108–103.

Final · Box score
Nuggets114
Pacers109
Q1 Nuggets -1; Q2 Nuggets -8; Q3 Nuggets +12; Q4 Nuggets +5
Final · Box score
Knicks108
Nets103
Q1 Knicks -2; Q2 Knicks +1; Q3 Knicks -9; Q4 Knicks +5
Final · Box score
Jazz124
Pelicans153
Q1 Pelicans +4; Q2 Pelicans +18; Q3 Pelicans +24; Q4 Pelicans +29
Final · Box score
Blazers109
Thunder111
Q1 Thunder +10; Q2 Thunder -8; Q3 Thunder +2; Q4 Thunder +2
Final · Box score
Lakers116
Clippers127
Q1 Clippers +6; Q2 Clippers +13; Q3 Clippers +9; Q4 Clippers +11
On this day · 2022–23Jan 23, 2023: 7 games. Top scorer: Jalen Green (Rockets-Wolves), 42 points.
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The lead · Knicks-Nets

Julius Randle scores 30 as New York wins in Brooklyn

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander goes for 33 points

Game flow · Knicks margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+1-9+5Knicks AHEAD ↑Nets AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks26242632108
Nets28213618103
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 8, 39, 20, 32, 24, 15, 31, 21, 18, 30Knicks30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 29, 33, 12, 30, 30, 41, 38, 30Knicks30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 17, 42, 26, 26, 21, 17, 26, 36Nets36 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Cameron JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 9, 17, 3, 6, 13, 10, 9, 19Nets19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Blazers-Thunder

Thunder rallies from 8 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 8 at the half, Thunder outscored the Trail Blazers 53–43 the rest of the way. Final: 111–109. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Thunder with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Thunder-Blazers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · ThunderScoot Henderson · BlazersPTS3319REB64AST107Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Blazers-Thunder18
Nuggets-Pacers12
Knicks-Nets7
Lakers-Clippers4
Jazz-Pelicans1
Shot of the night

J-Dub's jumper with 2.1 seconds left breaks the tie, 111-109 final

The night in charts
Jazz-Pelicans combined for 277, 34 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-PelicansJazz 124, Pelicans 153
277
Lakers-ClippersLakers 116, Clippers 127
243
Nuggets-PacersNuggets 114, Pacers 109
223
Blazers-ThunderBlazers 109, Thunder 111
220
Knicks-NetsKnicks 108, Nets 103
211
3 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-ThunderBlazers 109, Thunder 111
+2 Thunder
Nuggets-PacersNuggets 114, Pacers 109
+5 Nuggets
Knicks-NetsKnicks 108, Nets 103
+5 Knicks
Lakers-ClippersLakers 116, Clippers 127
+11 Clippers
Jazz-PelicansJazz 124, Pelicans 153
+29 Pelicans
Knicks rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Knicks-NetsKnicks won · Knicks 108, Nets 103
9 pts
Nuggets-PacersNuggets won · Nuggets 114, Pacers 109
8 pts
Blazers-ThunderThunder won · Blazers 109, Thunder 111
8 pts
Sexton shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SextonJazz · 22 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
MannClippers · 17 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
KawhiClippers · 25 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST, 2 STL
69% (11-16)
JokicNuggets · 31 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST, 1 BLK
68% (13-19)
ZionPelicans · 17 PTS, 11 AST, 3 REB
67% (8-12)
Final · Blazers-Thunder
Blazers 109Thunder 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers28382023109
Thunder38203023111
The story
Jalen Williams' 19 points carried Oklahoma City past Portland, 111-109

For Portland, Scoot Henderson had 19 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 9-20 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 38-28, was where the Thunder built it.

Thunder lead by quarter
200 +10−8+2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Pacers
Nuggets 114Pacers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets28263921114
Pacers29331928109
The story
Nikola Jokic had a 31-13-10 triple-double as Denver beat Indiana 114-109

Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 16 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST 31 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST · 13-19 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the second, the Nuggets took the third 39-19.

Nuggets lead by quarter
200 −1−8+12+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Clippers
Lakers 116Clippers 127
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers29353319116
Clippers35422921127
The story
LA beat Los Angeles 127-116 behind a 25-11-10 triple-double from Kawhi Leonard

D'Angelo Russell paced Los Angeles: 27 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB 25 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST · 11-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 42-35 second quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

Clippers lead by quarter
200 +6+13+9+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Mikal Bridges leads the day with 36

Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 17, 42, 26, 26, 21, 17, 26, 36Nets-Knicks · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 28, 31, 37, 24, 19, 31, 33, 33Thunder-Blazers · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 12, 30, 14, 12, 23, 22, 13, 33Pelicans-Jazz · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 4, 27, 27, 25, 25, 34, 42, 31Nuggets-Pacers · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Nikola Vucevic Magic, Dec 9, 2017: 31 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
31 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 37, 17, 20, 25, 17, 35, 19, 31Nuggets-Pacers · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 8, 39, 20, 32, 24, 15, 31, 21, 18, 30Knicks-Nets · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Alec BurksPistons+7.0 19.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Collin SextonJazz+5.9 23.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Vince Williams Jr.Grizzlies+4.7 12.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
D'Angelo RussellLakers+4.5 21.1 last 10 · 16.6 season
Joel EmbiidSixers+4.3 40.4 last 10 · 36.1 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxKings−6.5 20.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Shaedon SharpeBlazers−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Brandon IngramPelicans−5.9 15.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Anfernee SimonsBlazers−5.1 17.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Cam ThomasNets−4.8 15.6 last 10 · 20.4 season