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Friday, November 25, 2016Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed BOS by 10 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final
SAS109
BOS103
Q1 SAS -10; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +6
Final
WAS94
ORL91
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DAL90
CLE128
Q1 CLE +20; Q2 CLE +34; Q3 CLE +41; Q4 CLE +38
Final
LAC97
DET108
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +11
Final · OT
CHA111
NYK113
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final
CHI105
PHI89
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +16
Final
BKN97
IND118
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +27; Q4 IND +21
Final
MIA90
MEM81
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +9
Final
TOR105
MIL99
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +6
Final
ATL68
UTA95
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +27
Final · OT
OKC132
DEN129
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +3
Final
MIN98
PHX85
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN +13
Final
NOP104
POR119
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +15
Final
GSW109
LAL85
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +24
Final
HOU117
SAC104
Q1 HOU +19; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +13
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 · 2015–16Nov 25, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (LAC vs UTA), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ BOS

San Antonio climbs back to beat Boston

Boston led by 10 after one. San Antonio won it 109–103. Kawhi Leonard led San Antonio with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 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 Q3Final0-10-2+1+6SAS AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS22242934109
BOS32162629103
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 17, 20, 24, 20, 23, 24, 30, 25SAS25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 10, 8, 10, 5, 11, 17, 8, 19SAS19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 23, 37, 30, 18, 24, 29, 23, 24BOS24 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 13, 19, 18, 17, 13, 13, 22, 19BOS19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 15 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 38.

NYK over CHA2WAS over ORL3OKC over DEN3SAS over BOS6TOR over MIL6MIA over MEM9DET over LAC11MIN over PHX13HOU over SAC13POR over NOP15CHI over PHI16IND over BKN21GSW over LAL24UTA over ATL27CLE over DAL38Final 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
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 15 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
20.62015–16 avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 2015–16 (29 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 36

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 41, 33, 30, 30, 31, 34, 31, 36OKC @ DEN · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Jan 25, 2021: 35 PTS · 11 REB · 16 AST
36 PTS · 11 REB · 17 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 12, 31, 24, 22, 19, 31, 17, 35NYK vs CHA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 6, 18, 28, 25, 17, 16, 13, 32DEN vs OKC · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 28, 28, 33, 26, 38, 19, 36, 32SAC vs HOU · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 30, 34, 25, 38, 38, 13, 45, 31NOP @ POR · L
31.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 11, 17, 27, 26, 14, 30, 21, 29MIL vs TOR · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST