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Tuesday, November 28, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed MIN by 8 at halftime and won 92–89.

Final
MIA97
CLE108
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +26; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +11
Final
PHX104
CHI99
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +5
Final
WAS92
MIN89
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MIL112
SAC87
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +24; Q3 MIL +33; Q4 MIL +25
Final
DEN77
UTA106
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +29
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 28, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC @ WAS), 36 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIN

Washington rallies from 8 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 8 at the half, Washington outscored the Timberwolves 49–38 the rest of the way. Final: 92–89. Otto Porter Jr. led Washington with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-8-3+3WAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2320252492
MIN3021201889
Who led
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 20, 7, 15, 12, 12, 15, 12, 12, 24, 22WAS22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 4, 18, 12, 7, 4, 10, 18, 9, 13, 16WAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 26, 15, 16, 18, 18, 18, 32, 20MIN20 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 6, 21, 26, 14, 26, 18, 25, 17MIN17 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Second story · PHX @ CHI

Phoenix beats Chicago, 104–99

Phoenix led 73–70 after three and won by 5. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 33 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over MIN3PHX over CHI5CLE over MIA11MIL over SAC25UTA over DEN29Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over CHI.
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
12.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg21.4Last 3

21.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love 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.
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 6, 22, 25, 19, 18, 11, 13, 38CLE vs MIA · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 9, 35, 36, 18, 33, 15, 23, 13, 33PHX @ CHI · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 40, 28, 33, 27, 21, 24, 23, 27, 32MIL @ SAC · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 3, 27, 13, 10, 12, 8, 15, 25CHI vs PHX · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 23, 14, 13, 27, 20, 18, 18, 25PHX @ CHI · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 9, 6, 15, 25, 9, 23, 16, 24UTA vs DEN · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
James HardenHOU+4.9 36.5 last 10 · 31.6 season
Courtney LeeNYK+2.8 15.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Derrick FavorsUTA+2.6 15.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Dewayne DedmonATL+2.4 13.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Pau GasolSAS+2.4 14.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Ricky RubioUTA−3.3 9.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−3.1 22.4 last 10 · 25.5 season
Evan FournierORL−3.0 14.8 last 10 · 17.8 season
Brook LopezLAL−2.7 11.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−2.3 7.9 last 10 · 10.2 season