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Friday, November 25, 2022Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed BKN by 12 after the first quarter and won 128–117.

Final
MIN108
CHA110
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA -10; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +2
Final
PHI107
ORL99
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +8
Final · OT
POR132
NYK129
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +3
Final
SAC104
BOS122
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +18
Final
ATL122
HOU128
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -10; Q4 HOU +6
Final
BKN117
IND128
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +11
Final
NOP111
MEM132
Q1 MEM +19; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +29; Q4 MEM +21
Final
WAS107
MIA110
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +3
Final
CLE102
MIL117
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -11; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +15
Final · OT
CHI119
OKC123
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +4
Final
LAL105
SAS94
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +11
Final
DET102
PHX108
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +6
Final
UTA118
GSW129
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +11
Final
DEN114
LAC104
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +10
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 · BKN @ IND

Indiana rallies from 12 down to beat Brooklyn

Trailing by 12 after one, Indiana outscored the Nets 105–82 the rest of the way. Final: 128–117. Buddy Hield led Indiana with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Kevin Durant scored 36 for Brooklyn in the loss.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-12-8-6+11IND AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN35302923117
IND23343140128
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 17, 22, 19, 10, 15, 9, 13, 26IND26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 37, 14, 19, 20, 17, 20, 10, 31, 23IND23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 27, 31, 27, 35, 26, 20, 12, 36BKN36 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 6, 2, 11, 15, 22, 11, 14, 20BKN20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Four of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat New Orleans by 21.

CHA over MIN2POR over NYK3MIA over WAS3OKC over CHI4HOU over ATL6PHX over DET6PHI over ORL8DEN over LAC10IND over BKN11LAL over SAS11GSW over UTA11MIL over CLE15BOS over SAC18MEM over NOP21Final 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
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.1Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 5.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young 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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 26, 27, 21, 27, 33, 25, 35, 44ATL @ HOU · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Jan 6, 2004: 43 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Season high44 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 27, 37, 29, 5, 14, 18, 21, 44POR @ NYK · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Jun 14, 1998: 45 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Career high44 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 10, 23, 19, 19, 17, 11, 15, 39ATL @ HOU · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 16, 18, 24, 30, 21, 17, 15, 38MIA vs WAS · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 26, 25, 27, 16, 25, 37, 36, 38MIL vs CLE · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 23, 24, 23, 24, 23, 29, 20, 38POR @ NYK · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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
Killian HayesDET+4.1 10.8 last 10 · 6.7 season
Malik BeasleyUTA+3.9 18.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Norman PowellLAC+3.4 17.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Reggie JacksonLAC+2.9 15.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+2.1 21.7 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
Kevin DurantBKN−2.3 26.9 last 10 · 29.2 season
Collin SextonUTA−1.4 11.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Ivica ZubacLAC−0.7 8.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jalen McDanielsCHA−0.7 8.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−0.7 15.2 last 10 · 15.8 season