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Saturday, November 16, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 103–96.

Final
MIA97
CHA81
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +16
Final
DAL108
ORL100
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +8
Final · OT
CLE103
WAS96
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +7
Final
ATL110
NYK90
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +20
Final
IND94
CHI110
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +25; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +16
Final
DEN111
HOU122
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +11
Final
BOS88
MIN106
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +18
Final
PHI98
NOP135
Q1 NOP +12; Q2 NOP +21; Q3 NOP +37; Q4 NOP +37
Final
OKC92
MIL79
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +13
Final
UTA88
GSW102
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +14
Final
BKN103
LAC110
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +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 16, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Nicolas Batum (POR vs HOU), 35 points.
The lead · CLE @ WAS

Kyrie Irving scores 41 as Cleveland beats Washington

Cleveland won 103–96. Kyrie Irving: 41 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-5-50+7CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CLE1826202613103
WAS25242021696
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 15, 29, 10, 39, 16, 20, 18, 41CLE41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 2, 12, 5, 13, 19, 14, 10, 15, 15CLE15 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 9 games: 17, 10, 19, 17, 29, 34, 9, 19, 28WAS28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 7 games: 12, 10, 20, 14, 14, 4, 24WAS24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New Orleans posts the night's biggest win

New Orleans beat Philadelphia by 37, the widest margin of 11 games.

CLE over WAS7LAC over BKN7DAL over ORL8HOU over DEN11OKC over MIL13GSW over UTA14MIA over CHA16CHI over IND16MIN over BOS18ATL over NYK20NOP over PHI37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, today vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
16.22012–13 avg26Today

26 points today in 27 minutes, against 16.2 a game in 2012–13 (81 games).

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 9 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 6.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 41

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 15, 29, 10, 39, 16, 20, 18, 41CLE @ WAS · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, May 19, 1998: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Ties career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 20, 18, 23, 27, 22, 25, 22, 30LAC vs BKN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 26, 25, 35, 18, 25, 33, 39, 30MIA @ CHA · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 9 games: 20, 21, 20, 23, 29, 17, 19, 14, 28DEN @ HOU · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 17 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 9 games: 17, 10, 19, 17, 29, 34, 9, 19, 28WAS vs CLE · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 14, 8, 14, 17, 24, 7, 6, 27BOS @ MIN · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST