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Wednesday, November 22, 2017Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MEM by 17 at halftime and won 95–94.

Final · OT
WAS124
CHA129
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +5
Final
BKN109
CLE119
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +10
Final
POR81
PHI101
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +20
Final
LAC116
ATL103
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +13
Final
BOS98
MIA104
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +6
Final
TOR100
NYK108
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -11; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +8
Final
DEN95
HOU125
Q1 HOU +19; Q2 HOU +35; Q3 HOU +34; Q4 HOU +30
Final
DAL95
MEM94
Q1 DAL -15; Q2 DAL -17; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +1
Final
ORL118
MIN124
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +26; Q4 MIN +6
Final
SAS90
NOP107
Q1 NOP -10; Q2 NOP +8; Q3 NOP +28; Q4 NOP +17
Final
GSW91
OKC108
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +23; Q4 OKC +17
Final · OT
MIL113
PHX107
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +6
Final
CHI80
UTA110
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +30
Final
LAL102
SAC113
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +11
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 · 2016–17Nov 22, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (CHI @ DEN), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ MEM

Dallas erases 17-point lead, steals one from Memphis

Memphis led 56–39 at halftime. Dallas won the second half 56–38 to take it 95–94. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-15-17+2+1DAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1227352195
MEM2729162294
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 31, 23, 22, 16, 18, 18, 31, 22DAL22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Dennis Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 18, 22, 21, 15, 27, 8, 5, 8, 17DAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 26, 21, 22, 27, 18, 7, 20, 18MEM18 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 15, 16, 15, 16, 35, 15, 19, 14MEM14 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Fourteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Houston by 30.

DAL over MEM1CHA over WAS5MIA over BOS6MIN over ORL6MIL over PHX6NYK over TOR8CLE over BKN10SAC over LAL11LAC over ATL13NOP over SAS17OKC over GSW17PHI over POR20HOU over DEN30UTA over CHI30Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg41.3Today

41 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Khris Middleton 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.
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 43, 16, 20, 13, 13, 17, 27, 23, 15, 40MIL @ PHX · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Elton Brand LAC, May 8, 2006: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 21, 16, 19, 26, 4, 28, 26, 13, 13, 38NYK vs TOR · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 20, 13, 22, 27, 21, 15, 22, 34OKC vs GSW · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 57, 26, 30, 33, 19, 23, 31, 39, 18, 33CLE vs BKN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 23, 23, 13, 21, 27, 8, 15, 31WAS @ CHA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 4, 13, 11, 15, 14, 6, 14, 30MIL @ PHX · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST