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Monday, January 13, 2025Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAL by 9 at halftime and won 126–102.

Final · Box score
Wolves120
Wizards106
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +14
Final · Box score
Pistons124
Knicks119
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +5
Final · Box score
Warriors101
Raptors104
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +3
Final · Box score
Grizzlies118
Rockets120
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +2
Final · Box score
Heat98
Clippers109
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +11
Final · Box score
Spurs126
Lakers102
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -9; Q3 Spurs 0; Q4 SAS +24
On this day · 2023–24Jan 13, 2024: 8 games. Top scorer: D'Angelo Russell (Lakers-Jazz), 39 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Lakers

San Antonio climbs out of a 9-point hole against Lakers

Anthony Edwards goes for 41 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-90+24SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs28253637126
Lakers26362713102
Who led
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 42, 19, 34, 27, 35, 20, 23, 10, 23SAS23 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 10, 22, 8, 18, 19, 11, 11, 23SAS23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 19, 0, 36, 28, 18, 30, 21, 30LAL30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 28, 31, 23, 38, 30, 21, 18, 18LAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: San Antonio by 24.

HOU over MEM2TOR over GSW3DET over NYK5LAC over MIA11MIN over WAS14SAS over LAL24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Warriors-Raptors16
Grizzlies-Rockets11
Spurs-Lakers7
Wolves-Wizards5
Pistons-Knicks5
Heat-Clippers2
The night in charts
Pistons-Knicks combined for 243, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Pistons-KnicksPistons 124, Knicks 119
243
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 118, Rockets 120
238
Spurs-LakersSpurs 126, Lakers 102
228
Wolves-WizardsWolves 120, Wizards 106
226
Heat-ClippersHeat 98, Clippers 109
207
Warriors-RaptorsWarriors 101, Raptors 104
205
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 118, Rockets 120
+2 HOU
Warriors-RaptorsWarriors 101, Raptors 104
+3 TOR
Pistons-KnicksPistons 124, Knicks 119
+5 DET
Heat-ClippersHeat 98, Clippers 109
+11 LAC
Wolves-WizardsWolves 120, Wizards 106
+14 MIN
Spurs-LakersSpurs 126, Lakers 102
+24 SAS
SAS rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-LakersSAS won · Spurs 126, Lakers 102
9 pts
Grizzlies-RocketsHOU won · Grizzlies 118, Rockets 120
7 pts
Heat-ClippersLAC won · Heat 98, Clippers 109
7 pts
Pistons-KnicksDET won · Pistons 124, Knicks 119
4 pts
Warriors-RaptorsTOR won · Warriors 101, Raptors 104
3 pts
Zubac shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ZubacLAC · 21 PTS, 20 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
77% (10-13)
Jalen GreenHOU · 42 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
72% (13-18)
ADLAL · 30 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
72% (13-18)
PowellLAC · 29 PTS, 6 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
71% (12-17)
Mikal BridgesNYK · 27 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
Final · Grizzlies-Rockets
Grizzlies 118Rockets 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies30303226118
Rockets23343033120
The story
Amen Thompson had 19 points and 13 rebounds as Houston beat Memphis 120-118

Ja Morant led Memphis with 29 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 19 PTS, 13 REB, 5 BLK, 4 AST · 7-15 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Rockets took the fourth 33-26.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −7−3−5+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Raptors
Warriors 101Raptors 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors26242823101
Raptors28242329104
The story
Scottie Barnes' 23 points carried Toronto past Golden State, 104-101

For Golden State, Stephen Curry had 26 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST 23 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 9-21 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Raptors trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 29-23.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +2+2−3+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Wizards
Wolves 120Wizards 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves25263138120
Wizards20273227106
The story
Minnesota beat Washington 120-106 behind 20 points and 10 rebounds from Julius Randle

Jordan Poole paced Washington: 20 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 20 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 8-15 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 38-27 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Timberwolves.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +5+4+3+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.4Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
34.32023–24 avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 2023–24 (68 games). Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Green leads the day with 42

Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 30, 14, 19, 22, 27, 33, 29, 27, 42Rockets-Grizzlies · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 1, 2003: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Ties career high42 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 20, 15, 53, 37, 32, 21, 15, 41Wolves-Wizards · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Mitch Richmond SAC, Feb 13, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 19, 18, 40, 32, 13, 32, 22, 36Pistons-Knicks · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 32, 17, 15, 26, 14, 23, 32, 32Heat-Clippers · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 55, 18, 22, 33, 24, 13, 27, 44, 31Knicks-Pistons · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 19, 0, 36, 28, 18, 30, 21, 30Lakers-Spurs · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Keon JohnsonBKN+6.0 14.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Max ChristieLAL+5.0 13.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Donte DiVincenzoMIN+4.6 15.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Desmond BaneMEM+4.6 21.7 last 10 · 17.1 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+4.6 18.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Gradey DickTOR−4.7 11.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.6 21.3 last 10 · 25.9 season
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.6 10.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Buddy HieldGSW−3.7 8.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−3.5 7.1 last 10 · 10.6 season