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Wednesday, November 8, 2023Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 100–93.

Final
WAS132
CHA116
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +19; Q4 WAS +16
Final
UTA118
IND134
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +16
Final
BOS103
PHI106
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +3
Final
LAC93
BKN100
Q1 BKN -8; Q2 BKN -3; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN +7
Final
SAS105
NYK126
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +27; Q4 NYK +21
Final · OT
PHX116
CHI115
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +1
Final
LAL94
HOU128
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +28; Q4 HOU +34
Final
MIA108
MEM102
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +6
Final
DET118
MIL120
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +2
Final
NOP101
MIN122
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +28; Q3 MIN +29; Q4 MIN +21
Final
CLE120
OKC128
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +8
Final
TOR127
DAL116
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +11
Final
GSW105
DEN108
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +3
Final · OT
POR118
SAC121
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +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
The lead · LAC @ BKN

Brooklyn fights back from 8 down against Clippers

Final: 100–93, after trailing by 8 after one. Lonnie Walker IV led Brooklyn with 21 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-3+2+7BKN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2128222293
BKN13332727100
Who led
Lonnie Walker IVPoints, last 7 games: 14, 19, 17, 11, 13, 19, 21BKN21 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 8 games: 36, 30, 33, 13, 17, 27, 45, 14BKN14 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 7 games: 27, 36, 19, 27, 35, 10, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 7 games: 23, 25, 21, 8, 38, 18, 17LAC17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Rockets rout

Five of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Lakers by 34.

PHX over CHI1MIL over DET2PHI over BOS3DEN over GSW3SAC over POR3MIA over MEM6BKN over LAC7OKC over CLE8TOR over DAL11WAS over CHA16IND over UTA16NYK over SAS21MIN over NOP21HOU over LAL34Final 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
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 8 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.7Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 43

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 7 games: 31, 34, 7, 32, 20, 30, 43OKC vs CLE · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Dec 7, 1996: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Season high43 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 8 games: 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 27, 38POR @ SAC · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 9 games: 29, 22, 28, 27, 25, 33, 28, 35, 35DEN vs GSW · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 7 games: 15, 20, 8, 19, 11, 30, 34CHA vs WAS · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 7 games: 39, 6, 25, 15, 30, 21, 34MIL vs DET · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 9 games: 30, 12, 25, 17, 30, 22, 26, 21, 33DET @ MIL · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST