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Wednesday, November 9, 2022Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed IND by 14 at halftime and won 122–119.

Final
DAL87
ORL94
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +7
Final
POR105
CHA95
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +10
Final
DEN122
IND119
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN -14; Q3 DEN -6; Q4 DEN +3
Final
UTA125
ATL119
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +6
Final
NYK85
BKN112
Q1 BKN +16; Q2 BKN +25; Q3 BKN +21; Q4 BKN +27
Final
DET112
BOS128
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +16
Final
HOU109
TOR116
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +7
Final
NOP115
CHI111
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP -3; Q4 NOP +4
Final
PHX129
MIN117
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +12
Final · 2OT
MIL136
OKC132
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL 0; OT2 MIL +4
Final · OT
MEM124
SAS122
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +2
Final
LAL101
LAC114
Q1 LAC +17; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
Final
CLE120
SAC127
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +7
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 9, 2021: 3 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL @ PHI), 31 points.
The lead · DEN @ IND

Denver rallies from 14 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 14 at the half, Denver outscored the Pacers 66–49 the rest of the way. Final: 122–119. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-14-6+3DEN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN35213333122
IND27432524119
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 9, 31, 12, 23, 15, 21, 26, 24DEN24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 26, 6, 3, 18, 27, 8, 9, 18DEN18 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 17, 15, 11, 32, 16, 23, 8, 30IND30 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 19, 17, 25, 26, 11, 22, 20, 21IND21 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nets rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Brooklyn beat New York by 27.

MEM over SAS2DEN over IND3NOP over CHI4MIL over OKC4UTA over ATL6ORL over DAL7TOR over HOU7SAC over CLE7POR over CHA10PHX over MIN12LAC over LAL13BOS over DET16BKN over NYK27Final 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
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 10 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 33, 24, 38, 34, 37, 18, 33, 39OKC vs MIL · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 37, 14, 41, 38, 25, 33, 30, 38CLE @ SAC · L
31.9 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jevon CarterPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 14, 2, 0, 4, 6, 18, 2, 36MIL @ OKC · W
8.1 PPG season to date · +30.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 33, 24, 20, 9, 46, 20, 9, 33CHI vs NOP · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 34, 16, 30, 18, 25, 24, 28, 32PHX @ MIN · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 38, 31, 32, 29, 19, 28, 19, 32MEM @ SAS · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST