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Tuesday, December 1, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed NOP by 11 after the first quarter and won 113–104.

Final
WAS97
CLE85
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +12
Final
LAL91
PHI103
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +12
Final
PHX91
BKN94
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN -3; Q4 BKN +3
Final
ORL96
MIN93
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +3
Final
MEM113
NOP104
Q1 MEM -11; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +9
Final · OT
DAL115
POR112
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +3
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 · 2014–15Dec 1, 2014: 4 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (SAS @ PHI), 26 points.
The lead · MEM @ NOP

Marc Gasol scores 38 as Memphis wins in New Orleans

Final: 113–104. Marc Gasol made 11 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-11-1+6+9MEM AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM27372722113
NOP38272019104
Who led
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 17, 16, 8, 15, 11, 13, 9, 38MEM38 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 10, 26, 19, 15, 14, 12, 17, 14MEM14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansNOP20 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 36, 0, 20, 32, 26, 17, 36, 17NOP17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 12.

BKN over PHX3ORL over MIN3DAL over POR3MEM over NOP9WAS over CLE12PHI over LAL12Final 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
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Marc Gasol leads the day with 38

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.
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 17, 16, 8, 15, 11, 13, 9, 38MEM @ NOP · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 15, 19, 8, 18, 14, 10, 18, 35WAS @ CLE · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 16, 23, 20, 10, 8, 22, 10, 30DAL @ POR · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 23, 19, 11, 14, 13, 13, 13, 28DAL @ POR · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 24, 28, 21, 32, 15, 22, 21, 27MIN vs ORL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 23, 38, 19, 18, 29, 21, 16, 26PHX @ BKN · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST