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Tuesday, January 6, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAC by 12 at halftime and won 100–98.

Final · Box score
Cavs120
Pacers116
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE -9; Q4 CLE +4
Final · Box score
Magic112
Wizards120
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +8
Final · Box score
Spurs105
Grizzlies106
Q1 MEM -10; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +1
Final · Box score
Heat94
Wolves122
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +28
Final · Box score
Lakers111
Pelicans103
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL +8
Final · Box score
Mavs100
Kings98
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -12; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +2
On this day · 2024–25Jan 6, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (Wolves-Clippers), 37 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Kings

Dallas rallies from 12 down to beat Sacramento

LeBron James goes for 30 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-12-2+2DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs25213024100
Kings3523202098
Who led
Cooper FlaggPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 16, 33, 27, 23, 15, 12, 10, 20DAL20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 15, 24, 35, 31, 3, 13, 26, 19DAL19 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 37, 9, 22, 8, 25, 13, 11, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 34, 19, 2, 42, 16, 10, 20, 20SAC20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Spurs-Grizzlies

Memphis fights back from 10 down against San Antonio

Final: 106–105, after trailing by 10 after one. Cam Spencer led Memphis with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Grizzlies-Spurs
Cam Spencer · MEMVictor Wembanyama · SASPTS2130REB85AST83Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Grizzlies15
Lakers-Pelicans14
Magic-Wizards12
Mavs-Kings11
Cavs-Pacers8
Heat-Wolves4
The night in charts
Cavs-Pacers combined for 236, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-PacersCavs 120, Pacers 116
236
Magic-WizardsMagic 112, Wizards 120
232
Heat-WolvesHeat 94, Wolves 122
216
Lakers-PelicansLakers 111, Pelicans 103
214
Spurs-GrizzliesSpurs 105, Grizzlies 106
211
Mavs-KingsMavs 100, Kings 98
198
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Spurs-GrizzliesSpurs 105, Grizzlies 106
+1 MEM
Mavs-KingsMavs 100, Kings 98
+2 DAL
Cavs-PacersCavs 120, Pacers 116
+4 CLE
Magic-WizardsMagic 112, Wizards 120
+8 WAS
Lakers-PelicansLakers 111, Pelicans 103
+8 LAL
Heat-WolvesHeat 94, Wolves 122
+28 MIN
DAL erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-KingsDAL won · Mavs 100, Kings 98
12 pts
Spurs-GrizzliesMEM won · Spurs 105, Grizzlies 106
10 pts
Cavs-PacersCLE won · Cavs 120, Pacers 116
9 pts
Lakers-PelicansLAL won · Lakers 111, Pelicans 103
7 pts
Heat-WolvesMIN won · Heat 94, Wolves 122
2 pts
Huff shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HuffIND · 20 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
MarshallDAL · 15 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
ChampagnieSAS · 23 PTS, 8 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
Jarrett AllenCLE · 19 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
62% (8-13)
GarlandCLE · 29 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB
61% (14-23)
Final · Spurs-Grizzlies
Spurs 105Grizzlies 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs31232724105
Grizzlies21253624106
The story
Jaren Jackson Jr.'s 21 points carried Memphis past San Antonio, 106-105

For San Antonio, Victor Wembanyama had 30 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 7-16 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

The Grizzlies trailed by 8 going into the third, then won it 36-27.

MEM lead by quarter
200 −10−8+1+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Cam Spencer was the fantasy play: 47.1 FPTS on 21 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST

Final · Mavs-Kings
Mavs 100Kings 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs25213024100
Kings3523202098
The story
Anthony Davis had 19 points and 16 rebounds as Dallas beat Sacramento 100-98

DeMar DeRozan led Sacramento with 21 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB 19 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST · 7-23 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 12 after the second, the Mavericks took the third 30-20.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −10−12−2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Pelicans
Lakers 111Pelicans 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers29222832111
Pelicans25293217103
The story
Los Angeles beat New Orleans 111-103 behind 30 points and 10 assists from Luka Doncic

Derik Queen paced New Orleans: 13 REB, 10 PTS, 8 AST 30 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB · 11-22 FG, 3-10 3PT

The swing

A 32-17 fourth quarter erased a 7-point hole for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +4−3−7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Trey Murphy III leads the day with 42

Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 11, 14, 19, 24, 21, 15, 27, 42Pelicans-Lakers · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Glenn Robinson MIL, Jan 2, 1998: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 36, 23, 18, 24, 17, 31, 26, 30Lakers-Pelicans · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 45, 12, 25, 34, 30, 34, 36, 30Lakers-Pelicans · W
33.5 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 26, 14, 12, 19, 32, 26, 31, 30Spurs-Grizzlies · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 10, 20, 12, 15, 19, 18, 16, 29Cavs-Pacers · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 14, 21, 16, 17, 18, 17, 20, 27Wizards-Magic · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anthony BlackORL+6.0 21.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
VJ EdgecombePHI+4.3 20.8 last 10 · 16.5 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.2 32.3 last 10 · 28.1 season
Caleb LovePOR+4.1 14.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+3.6 13.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Isaiah JoeOKC−5.2 4.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Malik MonkSAC−4.5 6.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.5 16.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Bam AdebayoMIA−4.3 12.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.1 10.6 last 10 · 14.7 season