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Monday, November 29, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed IND by 9 at halftime and won 100–98.

Final
ORL96
PHI101
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +5
Final
DEN120
MIA111
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +9
Final
CHA119
CHI133
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +14
Final
OKC89
HOU102
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +13
Final
IND98
MIN100
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -9; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +2
Final
CLE114
DAL96
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +22; Q4 CLE +18
Final
WAS99
SAS116
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +17
Final
POR107
UTA129
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +22
Final
NOP123
LAC104
Q1 NOP +15; Q2 NOP +15; Q3 NOP +12; Q4 NOP +19
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 · IND @ MIN

KAT pours in 32, Minnesota beats Indiana

Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 32 points in a 100–98 win.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-6-9+2+2MIN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2631192298
MIN20283022100
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 35, 22, 25, 21, 28, 11, 25, 28, 32MIN32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 17, 22, 28, 11, 20, 18, 35, 21MIN21 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 20, 16, 16, 16, 28, 11, 16, 25IND25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 15, 8, 20, 21, 14, 23, 4, 16IND16 PTS · 25 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Utah by 22.

MIN over IND2PHI over ORL5DEN over MIA9HOU over OKC13CHI over CHA14SAS over WAS17CLE over DAL18NOP over LAC19UTA over POR22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jonas Valanciunas leads the day with 39

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.
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 13, 26, 19, 13, 21, 11, 12, 39NOP @ LAC · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 35, 22, 25, 21, 28, 11, 25, 28, 32MIN vs IND · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 19, 10, 10, 32, 27, 15, 31, 31CHA @ CHI · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 4, 11, 11, 18, 14, 16, 7, 30CHI vs CHA · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 13, 20, 26, 18, 13, 16, 21, 30UTA vs POR · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 13, 11, 11, 20, 25, 19, 28CLE @ DAL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 14 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
Tyrese MaxeyPHI+4.1 22.1 last 10 · 18.0 season
Frank JacksonDET+3.6 13.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andrew WigginsGSW+3.4 22.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Dennis SchroderBOS+3.1 20.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
Alec BurksNYK+3.0 13.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.5 6.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyLAL−3.4 11.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
RJ BarrettNYK−3.4 11.2 last 10 · 14.6 season
Chris DuarteIND−3.1 10.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Donovan MitchellUTA−2.7 20.5 last 10 · 23.2 season