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Friday, November 17, 2023Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed CHA by 9 after the first quarter and won 130–99.

Final
MIL130
CHA99
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +31
Final
NYK120
WAS99
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +21
Final
PHI126
ATL116
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +10
Final
DET100
CLE108
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +8
Final
SAC129
SAS120
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +9
Final
BOS108
TOR105
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +3
Final
ORL103
CHI97
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +6
Final
DEN110
NOP115
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +16; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +5
Final
LAL107
POR95
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
Final
PHX131
UTA128
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +3
Final
HOU100
LAC106
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +6
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 · 2022–23Nov 17, 2022: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (BKN @ POR), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ CHA

Milwaukee climbs out of a 9-point hole against Charlotte

Down 9 after one, the Bucks won the fourth quarter 38–18 and the game 130–99. Damian Lillard led Milwaukee with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. LaMelo Ball scored 37 for Charlotte in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+2+11+31MIL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL28313338130
CHA3720241899
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 39, 6, 25, 15, 30, 21, 34, 12, 37, 27MIL27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 0, 3, 10, 13, 0, 9, 30, 20MIL20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 19, 11, 30, 34, 25, 32, 28, 37CHA37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Miles BridgesCHA17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ TOR

Boston holds off Toronto, 108–105

Boston led 84–81 after three and held on to win by three. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over TOR3PHX over UTA3NOP over DEN5ORL over CHI6LAC over HOU6CLE over DET8SAC over SAS9PHI over ATL10LAL over POR12NYK over WAS21MIL over CHA31Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.2Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 10 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
15.12022–23 avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 2022–23 (63 games). Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

De'Aaron Fox 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.
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 6 games: 18, 39, 37, 28, 28, 43SAC @ SAS · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 5, 2015: 43 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Season high43 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 28, 31, 41, 25, 38, 28, 31, 38PHX @ UTA · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 19, 11, 30, 34, 25, 32, 28, 37CHA vs MIL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 20, 21, 10, 7, 33, 26, 30, 37UTA vs PHX · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 35, 24, 30, 18, 32, 16, 28, 35LAL @ POR · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 12, 24, 22, 19, 20, 19, 34CHI vs ORL · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST