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Friday, November 15, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed UTA by 13 after the first quarter and won 91–82.

Final
MIL77
IND104
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +27
Final
CHI96
TOR80
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +16
Final
PHI103
ATL113
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +10
Final
POR109
BOS96
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +13
Final
CHA86
CLE80
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +6
Final
DAL104
MIA110
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +6
Final
MIN113
DEN117
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +4
Final · OT
BKN100
PHX98
Q1 BKN -11; Q2 BKN -4; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +2
Final
SAS91
UTA82
Q1 SAS -13; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS -7; Q4 SAS +9
Final
MEM89
LAL86
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +3
Final
DET97
SAC90
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +7
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 · 2012–13Nov 15, 2012: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ DEN), 27 points.
The lead · SAS @ UTA

San Antonio rallies from 13 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 13 after one, San Antonio outscored the Jazz 75–53 the rest of the way. Final: 91–82. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 22 points, 0 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-5-7+9SAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1625193191
UTA2917211582
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 17, 24, 20, 18, 17, 14, 16, 22SAS22 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 14, 9, 11, 8, 4, 8, 15, 17SAS17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 12, 6, 10, 10, 17, 21, 12, 20UTA20 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 15, 22, 28, 15, 24, 22, 27, 15UTA15 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pacers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Milwaukee by 27.

BKN over PHX2MEM over LAL3DEN over MIN4CHA over CLE6MIA over DAL6DET over SAC7SAS over UTA9ATL over PHI10POR over BOS13CHI over TOR16IND over MIL27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.5Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg19.5Last 3

19.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 9 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 39

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 17, 25, 26, 25, 35, 18, 25, 33, 39MIA vs DAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 31, 17, 21, 14, 6, 18, 22, 18, 37TOR vs CHI · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high37 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 9 games: 24, 17, 14, 18, 14, 19, 14, 25, 33ATL vs PHI · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 9 games: 2, 16, 21, 15, 2, 23, 12, 10, 28MEM @ LAL · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 34, 17, 25, 32, 25, 23, 33, 28MIN @ DEN · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 9 games: 24, 22, 24, 11, 16, 14, 16, 19, 28DAL @ MIA · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST