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Friday, November 16, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed IND by 8 at halftime and won 120–113.

Final · 2OT
MIN120
IND113
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN 0; OT2 MIN +7
Final
ATL78
PHI98
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +20
Final
UTA101
WAS92
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +9
Final
CHH96
MIA87
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH -2; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +9
Final
NYK83
NJN109
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +23; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +26
Final
CLE91
SAS105
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +14
Final
LAL83
PHX95
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +12
Final
CHI71
SAC105
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +28; Q4 SAC +34
Final
GSW91
SEA100
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +9
Final
TOR94
LAC85
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +9
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2000–01Nov 16, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR vs POR), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ IND

Minnesota rallies from eight down at the half, wins in double overtime

Indiana led 58–50 at the break. It was 98–98 after regulation, and Minnesota won the extra time 11–4. Final: 120–113. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-7-8-400+7MIN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MIN252522261111120
IND32261822114113
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 8 games: 12, 30, 37, 19, 15, 20, 28, 24MIN24 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 8 games: 6, 15, 12, 12, 14, 13, 14, 22MIN22 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 17, 26, 18, 22, 19, 21, 24, 31IND31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 9, 4, 22, 13, 18, 16, 6, 25IND25 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat Chicago by 34, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIN over IND7UTA over WAS9CHH over MIA9SEA over GSW9TOR over LAC9PHX over LAL12SAS over CLE14PHI over ATL20NJN over NYK26SAC over CHI34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.0Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.0 in 8 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg45.2Today

45 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 44

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Michael JordanPoints, last 9 games: 19, 31, 20, 19, 32, 32, 16, 31, 44WAS vs UTA · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 17, 26, 18, 22, 19, 21, 24, 31IND vs MIN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 28, 26, 14, 27, 23, 29, 7, 30UTA @ WAS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 14, 32, 24, 19, 30, 32, 27, 30SEA vs GSW · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 25, 28, 39, 43, 22, 23, 24, 29TOR @ LAC · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 8 games: 29, 31, 36, 30, 20, 38, 30, 28LAL @ PHX · L
30.2 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST