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Wednesday, January 8, 2025Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed OKC by 7 after the first quarter and won 129–122.

Final · Box score
Thunder122
Cavs129
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +7
Final · Box score
Bulls113
Pacers129
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +16
Final · Box score
Wizards103
Sixers109
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +6
Final · Box score
Pistons113
Nets98
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +15
Final · Box score
Raptors98
Knicks112
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +14
Final · Box score
Blazers119
Pelicans100
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +33; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +19
Final · Box score
Clippers103
Nuggets126
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +23
Final · Box score
Spurs105
Bucks121
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +16
On this day · 2023–24Jan 8, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Jaylen Brown (Celtics-Pacers), 40 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Cavs

Cleveland makes it eleven straight

Karl-Anthony Towns goes for 27 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+3+1+7CLE AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder32274320122
Cavs25374126129
Who led
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 6, 7, 22, 12, 27, 11, 19, 25CLE25 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 22, 22, 26, 7, 20, 34, 17, 21CLE21 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29, 33, 33, 31OKC31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 20, 20, 14, 14, 18, 20, 10, 25OKC25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Wizards-Sixers

Philadelphia leads Washington wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 109–103. Best quarter: the first, 32–25. Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over WAS6CLE over OKC7NYK over TOR14DET over BKN15IND over CHI16MIL over SAS16POR over NOP19DEN over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over WAS.
Lead changes
Thunder-Cavs30
Wizards-Sixers5
Spurs-Bucks3
Pistons-Nets2
Bulls-Pacers1
Raptors-Knicks1
Blazers-Pelicans0
Clippers-Nuggets0
The night in charts
Thunder-Cavs combined for 251, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-CavsThunder 122, Cavs 129
251
Bulls-PacersBulls 113, Pacers 129
242
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 103, Nuggets 126
229
Spurs-BucksSpurs 105, Bucks 121
226
Blazers-PelicansBlazers 119, Pelicans 100
219
Wizards-SixersWizards 103, Sixers 109
212
Pistons-NetsPistons 113, Nets 98
211
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 98, Knicks 112
210
PHI won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Wizards-SixersWizards 103, Sixers 109
+6 PHI
Thunder-CavsThunder 122, Cavs 129
+7 CLE
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 98, Knicks 112
+14 NYK
Pistons-NetsPistons 113, Nets 98
+15 DET
Bulls-PacersBulls 113, Pacers 129
+16 IND
Spurs-BucksSpurs 105, Bucks 121
+16 MIL
Blazers-PelicansBlazers 119, Pelicans 100
+19 POR
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 103, Nuggets 126
+23 DEN
Jarrett Allen shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jarrett AllenCLE · 25 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL
82% (9-11)
AvdijaPOR · 26 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
MPJDEN · 19 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
SiakamIND · 26 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST
65% (11-17)
HartNYK · 21 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
Final · Wizards-Sixers
Wizards 103Sixers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards25232629103
Sixers32272921109
The story
Tyrese Maxey had 29 points as Philadelphia beat Washington 109-103

Jared Butler led Washington with 26 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 29 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB · 11-27 FG, 3-14 3PT

The swing

The 76ers won the first 32-25, their biggest quarter edge.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +7+11+14+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Cavs
Thunder 122Cavs 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder32274320122
Cavs25374126129
The story
Cleveland beat Oklahoma City 129-122 behind 25 points and 11 rebounds from Jarrett Allen

Jalen Williams paced Oklahoma City: 25 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB 25 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL · 9-11 FG

The swing

A 37-27 second quarter erased a 7-point hole for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −7+3+1+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Knicks
Raptors 98Knicks 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2427252298
Knicks28273126112
The story
Josh Hart's 21 points and 11 rebounds carried New York past Toronto, 112-98

For Toronto, Scottie Barnes had 18 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST 21 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 9-14 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 31-25, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +4+4+10+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 31

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 25, 41, 45, 22, 35, 40, 29, 33, 33, 31Thunder-Cavs · L
31.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 13, 36, 14, 14, 37, 15, 32, 33, 35, 31Bulls-Pacers · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 29, 26, 35, 15, 6, 20, 25, 30Clippers-Nuggets · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Noah ClowneyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 19, 20, 5, 13, 5, 3, 14, 29Nets-Pistons · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 33, 32, 23, 27, 14, 18, 31, 29Sixers-Wizards · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 31, 21, 16, 30, 32, 31, 17, 44, 27Knicks-Raptors · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Keon JohnsonBKN+5.7 13.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Max ChristieLAL+4.9 13.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.7 18.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Trae YoungATL+4.0 26.6 last 10 · 22.6 season
Collin SextonUTA+4.0 21.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−5.6 9.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Buddy HieldGSW−5.0 7.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Payton PritchardBOS−4.1 10.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−3.7 17.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 22.3 last 10 · 25.8 season