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Saturday, October 30, 2021Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 9 after the first quarter and won 93–91.

Final · 2OT
BOS112
WAS115
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS 0; OT2 WAS +3
Final
ORL103
DET110
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +7
Final
NYK123
NOP117
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +6
Final
TOR97
IND94
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +3
Final
ATL94
PHI122
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +28
Final
UTA99
CHI107
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MIA129
MEM103
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +26
Final
SAS102
MIL93
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +9
Final
OKC82
GSW103
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +21
Final
DEN93
MIN91
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +2
Final
CLE92
PHX101
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +9
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DEN @ MIN

Denver rallies from 9 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 9 after one, Denver outscored the Timberwolves 70–59 the rest of the way. Final: 93–91. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 26 points, 19 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-9-4-4+2DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2320262493
MIN3215261891
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 6 games: 27, 32, 24, 24, 11, 26DEN26 PTS · 19 REB · 7 AST
Monte MorrisPoints, last 6 games: 9, 13, 2, 19, 8, 16DEN16 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 5 games: 9, 6, 5, 6, 18MIN18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 5 games: 29, 19, 28, 25, 14MIN14 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 2 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
24.42020–21 avg5.0Last 2

5.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.4 in 2020–21 (72 games). Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−8.1points, last 3 vs 2020–21 avg
Points per game
12.12020–21 avg4.0Last 3

4.0 points a game over his last three games, against 12.1 in 2020–21 (68 games). Today: 10 points in 15 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Atlanta by 28.

DEN over MIN2WAS over BOS3TOR over IND3NYK over NOP6DET over ORL7CHI over UTA8SAS over MIL9PHX over CLE9GSW over OKC21MIA over MEM26PHI over ATL28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Bradley Beal 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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 5 games: 23, 19, 17, 27, 36WAS vs BOS · W
24.4 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 6 games: 19, 7, 12, 10, 20, 35NYK @ NOP · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 5 games: 46, 9, 30, 13, 34BOS @ WAS · L
26.4 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 6 games: 17, 26, 21, 26, 20, 32CHI vs UTA · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 5 games: 16, 27, 22, 15, 30UTA @ CHI · L
22.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 6 games: 32, 15, 21, 30, 40, 28MIL vs SAS · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST