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Wednesday, November 2, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed UTA by 12 after the first quarter and won 103–100.

Final
WAS121
PHI111
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +10
Final · OT
BOS113
CLE114
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +1
Final
SAC107
MIA110
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +3
Final
ATL112
NYK99
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +13
Final
CHA88
CHI106
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +18
Final
LAC109
HOU101
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +8
Final
DET91
MIL116
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +25
Final
TOR143
SAS100
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +34; Q4 TOR +43
Final
UTA100
DAL103
Q1 DAL -12; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
MEM111
POR106
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +5
Final · OT
NOP117
LAL120
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
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 · 2021–22Nov 2, 2021: 5 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (UTA vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ DAL

Luka Doncic scores 33, Dallas holds off Utah

Final: 103–100. Luka Doncic added 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-12-3-4+3DAL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA35152822100
DAL23242729103
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 7 games: 35, 32, 37, 41, 31, 44, 33DAL33 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Christian WoodPoints, last 7 games: 25, 25, 23, 11, 11, 5, 21DAL21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 9 games: 10, 29, 18, 17, 20, 6, 21, 11, 22UTA22 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 9 games: 20, 11, 8, 10, 4, 13, 19, 15, 19UTA19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Raptors rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat San Antonio by 43.

CLE over BOS1MIA over SAC3DAL over UTA3LAL over NOP3MEM over POR5LAC over HOU8WAS over PHI10ATL over NYK13CHI over CHA18MIL over DET25TOR over SAS43Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.2Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.2 in 8 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 24.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dejounte Murray 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.
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 8 games: 20, 20, 19, 14, 26, 21, 20, 36ATL @ NYK · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 7 games: 35, 32, 37, 41, 31, 44, 33DAL vs UTA · W
36.1 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 7 games: 21, 44, 43, 30, 34, 31, 32MIL vs DET · W
33.6 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 9 games: 21, 15, 25, 8, 31, 44, 14, 28, 32PHI vs WAS · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 7 games: 22, 16, 12, 29, 14, 30, 31POR vs MEM · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 7 games: 35, 28, 12, 21, 32, 24, 30BOS @ CLE · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST