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Sunday, October 30, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 9 after three quarters and won 121–108.

Final
NOP112
LAC91
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP +11; Q4 NOP +21
Final
WAS94
BOS112
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +18
Final
NYK108
CLE121
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE -9; Q4 CLE +13
Final
GSW114
DET128
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +14
Final
MIN98
SAS107
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +9
Final
ORL105
DAL114
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +9
Final
HOU109
PHX124
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +15
Final
DEN110
LAL121
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +11
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 30, 2021: 11 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS vs BOS), 36 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

Donovan Mitchell hits eight threes, Cleveland tops New York

38 points for Donovan Mitchell. Final: 121–108.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+3-9+13CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK30293415108
CLE35272237121
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 6 games: 31, 32, 37, 14, 41, 38CLE38 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 6 games: 8, 15, 5, 4, 9, 29CLE29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 6 games: 15, 17, 21, 27, 13, 16NYK16 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 6 games: 14, 8, 8, 14, 11, 16NYK16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 6 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
20.22021–22 avg1.3Last 3

1.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 2021–22 (48 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
16.12021–22 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 2021–22 (48 games). Line: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 9. Widest: New Orleans by 21.

SAS over MIN9DAL over ORL9LAL over DEN11CLE over NYK13DET over GSW14PHX over HOU15BOS over WAS18NOP over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 44

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 6 games: 35, 32, 37, 41, 31, 44DAL vs ORL · W
36.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allan Houston NYK, Jan 12, 2002: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Season high44 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 6 games: 31, 32, 37, 14, 41, 38CLE vs NYK · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 7 games: 33, 34, 33, 21, 33, 31, 32GSW @ DET · L
31.0 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 6 games: 28, 33, 35, 34, 16, 30PHX vs HOU · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 7 games: 12, 7, 24, 17, 11, 24, 30GSW @ DET · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 6 games: 8, 15, 5, 4, 9, 29CLE vs NYK · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST