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Thursday, November 19, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed LAC by 16 after the first quarter and won 124–117.

Final
SAC109
MIA116
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +7
Final
MIL100
CLE115
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +15
Final
GSW124
LAC117
Q1 GSW -16; Q2 GSW -14; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW +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 · 2014–15Nov 19, 2014: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (MIN vs NYK), 37 points.
The lead · GSW @ LAC

Stephen Curry scores 40 as Golden State beats Clippers

Golden State won 124–117. Stephen Curry: 40 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists. Chris Paul scored 35 for Clippers in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-14-6+7GSW AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW25293139124
LAC41272326117
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 34, 24, 22, 28, 46, 34, 37, 40GSW40 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 18, 18, 24, 8, 15, 19, 25GSW25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 8 games: 18, 9, 17, 17, 24, 14, 11, 35LAC35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 22, 23, 35, 24, 21, 11, 34, 27LAC27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · SAC @ MIA

Miami leads Sacramento wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 116–109. Best quarter: the fourth, 34–33. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over SAC7GSW over LAC7CLE over MIL15Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
21.12014–15 avg10.1Last 2

10.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.1 in 2014–15 (59 games). Today: 10 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg38.5Today

39 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 40

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 34, 24, 22, 28, 46, 34, 37, 40GSW @ LAC · W
34.2 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Dec 8, 2001: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 8 games: 18, 9, 17, 17, 24, 14, 11, 35LAC vs GSW · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 17, 20, 11, 16, 12, 16, 9, 33MIL @ CLE · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 23, 31, 29, 31, 31, 37, 30, 27CLE vs MIL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 22, 23, 35, 24, 21, 11, 34, 27LAC vs GSW · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 18, 18, 24, 8, 15, 19, 25GSW @ LAC · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST