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Saturday, December 1, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIL by 7 after the first quarter and won 136–134.

Final · OT
MIL134
NYK136
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final
GSW102
DET111
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +9
Final
BKN88
WAS102
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +14
Final
TOR106
CLE95
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +11
Final
CHI105
HOU121
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +16
Final
BOS118
MIN109
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +9
Final
IND110
SAC111
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +1
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 · 2017–18Dec 1, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (UTA vs NOP), 41 points.
The lead · MIL @ NYK

New York needs overtime to survive Milwaukee

Tied 124–124 after regulation. New York won the final period 12–10 for a 136–134 win. Emmanuel Mudiay led New York with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-5-40+2NYK AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIL3531312710134
NYK2833323112136
Who led
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 12, 16, 5, 27, 17, 9, 3, 28NYK28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 4, 2, 11, 5, 0, 4, 9, 26NYK26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 23, 29, 33, 35, 34, 20, 36, 33MIL33 PTS · 19 REB · 7 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 25, 23, 16, 12, 20, 17, 7, 27MIL27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · IND @ SAC

Sacramento takes over late to edge Indiana

Down 2 after three, Sacramento won the fourth 22–19. Final: 111–110. Bogdan Bogdanovic led Sacramento with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over IND1NYK over MIL2DET over GSW9BOS over MIN9TOR over CLE11WAS over BKN14HOU over CHI16Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.1Season avg40.8Last 5

40.8 points a game over his last five games, against 30.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg10.8Last 3

10.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg36.8Today

37 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 34

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 26, 31, 18, 27, 29, 17, 37, 34TOR @ CLE · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 23, 29, 33, 35, 34, 20, 36, 33MIL @ NYK · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 15, 7, 4, 19, 11, 5, 14, 30BOS @ MIN · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 24, 30, 11, 22, 36, 17, 11, 30WAS vs BKN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 34, 43, 33, 40, 54, 25, 23, 30HOU vs CHI · W
30.6 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 15, 29, 24, 28, 28, 24, 8, 29CHI @ HOU · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Marc GasolMEM+4.0 22.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Montrezl HarrellLAC+3.9 20.2 last 10 · 16.3 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.8 33.8 last 10 · 30.0 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.7 24.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.5 18.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Trae YoungATL−3.9 11.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh HartLAL−3.3 5.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Malik MonkCHA−3.0 7.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC−3.0 11.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Zach LaVineCHI−2.9 22.1 last 10 · 25.0 season