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Wednesday, November 11, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIL by 11 at halftime and won 103–102.

Final
NYK93
CHA95
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA -10; Q4 CHA +2
Final
LAL99
ORL101
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +2
Final
TOR119
PHI103
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +16
Final
IND102
BOS91
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +11
Final
NOP98
ATL106
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +8
Final
LAC108
DAL118
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +10
Final
BKN106
HOU98
Q1 BKN -6; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN -4; Q4 BKN +8
Final
GSW100
MEM84
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +16
Final
MIL102
DEN103
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +1
Final
DET92
SAC101
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +9
Final
SAS113
POR101
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +12
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 · 2014–15Nov 11, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs CHA), 29 points.
The lead · MIL @ DEN

Denver rallies from 11 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 11 at the half, Denver outscored the Bucks 50–38 the rest of the way. Final: 103–102. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-7-11+7+1DEN AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL32321622102
DEN25283416103
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 8 games: 23, 10, 15, 21, 18, 25, 6, 25DEN25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 8 games: 18, 9, 8, 28, 9, 8, 17, 19DEN19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 9 games: 4, 14, 2, 26, 5, 5, 19, 12, 22MIL22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 9 games: 22, 22, 14, 23, 18, 8, 20, 17, 18MIL18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Toronto by 16.

DEN over MIL1CHA over NYK2ORL over LAL2ATL over NOP8BKN over HOU8SAC over DET9DAL over LAC10IND over BOS11SAS over POR12TOR over PHI16GSW over MEM16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.5Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.5Season avg26.2Last 3

26.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg30.2Today

30 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 33

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 5 games: 32, 21, 13, 21, 33SAC vs DET · W
24.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 8 games: 11, 16, 25, 18, 14, 18, 18, 31DAL vs LAC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 9 games: 11, 25, 37, 19, 17, 17, 24, 25, 29NYK @ CHA · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 9 games: 40, 25, 53, 30, 31, 34, 24, 22, 28GSW @ MEM · W
31.9 PPG season to date · −4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 9 games: 17, 18, 16, 16, 26, 36, 32, 27, 26IND @ BOS · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 18, 16, 17, 21, 14, 14, 14, 26ATL vs NOP · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST