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Friday, October 21, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MIN by 15 after the first quarter and won 132–126.

Final
NOP124
CHA112
Q1 NOP +11; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +12
Final
SAS137
IND134
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +3
Final
CHI100
WAS102
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +2
Final
ORL98
ATL108
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +10
Final
TOR105
BKN109
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN -3; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN +4
Final
BOS111
MIA104
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +7
Final
DET106
NYK130
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +24
Final
MEM129
HOU122
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +7
Final · OT
UTA132
MIN126
Q1 UTA -15; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +6
Final
DEN128
GSW123
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +5
Final · OT
PHX111
POR113
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
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 · 2021–22Oct 21, 2021: 3 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs LAC), 45 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIN

Utah rallies from nine down at the half, wins in overtime

Minnesota led 64–55 at the break. It was 120–120 after regulation, and Utah won the extra time 12–6. Final: 132–126. Jordan Clarkson led Utah with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-9+10+6UTA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA2629333212132
MIN412323336126
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 2 games: 10, 29UTA29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 2 games: 17, 24UTA24 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 2 games: 11, 30MIN30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 2 games: 12, 27MIN27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.1points, last 2 vs 2021–22 avg
Points per game
27.42021–22 avg41.5Last 2

41.5 points a game over his last two games, against 27.4 in 2021–22 (57 games). Today: 49 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 2 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
22.12021–22 avg4.5Last 2

4.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.1 in 2021–22 (67 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
11.22021–22 avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 2021–22 (32 games). Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 24.

WAS over CHI2POR over PHX2SAS over IND3BKN over TOR4DEN over GSW5UTA over MIN6BOS over MIA7MEM over HOU7ATL over ORL10NOP over CHA12NYK over DET24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Ja Morant leads the day with 49

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.
Ja MorantPoints, last 2 games: 34, 49MEM @ HOU · W
41.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 1, 2005: 48 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
49 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 2 games: 20, 41POR vs PHX · W
30.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Antawn Jamison GSW, Mar 26, 2001: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 2 games: 23, 37TOR @ BKN · L
30.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Apr 25, 2010: 37 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
37 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 33, 34GSW vs DEN · L
33.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 2 games: 28, 33PHX @ POR · L
30.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 2 games: 16, 33HOU vs MEM · L
24.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST