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Wednesday, November 22, 2023Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed WAS by 13 after three quarters and won 117–114.

Final
WAS114
CHA117
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA -13; Q4 CHA +3
Final
DEN119
ORL124
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL +5
Final · OT
BKN145
ATL147
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
MIL116
BOS119
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +3
Final
MIA129
CLE96
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +33
Final
TOR132
IND131
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +1
Final
MEM91
HOU111
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +20
Final
PHI99
MIN112
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +13
Final
SAC112
NOP117
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP +14; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +5
Final
CHI102
OKC116
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +14
Final
LAC109
SAS102
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +7
Final
GSW115
PHX123
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +8
Final
UTA105
POR121
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +16
Final
DAL104
LAL101
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +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 · 2022–23Nov 22, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL @ PHX), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ CHA

LaMelo Ball hits six threes, Charlotte tops Washington

34 points for LaMelo Ball. Final: 117–114.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-3-7-13+3CHA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS24323523114
CHA21282939117
Who led
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 34, 25, 32, 28, 37, 34, 36, 34CHA34 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Miles BridgesPoints, last 4 games: 17, 19, 14, 33CHA33 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 33, 17, 15, 34, 22, 19, 22, 28WAS28 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 11, 14, 12, 14, 16, 8, 30, 24WAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 33.

TOR over IND1ATL over BKN2CHA over WAS3BOS over MIL3DAL over LAL3ORL over DEN5NOP over SAC5LAC over SAS7PHX over GSW8MIN over PHI13OKC over CHI14POR over UTA16HOU over MEM20MIA over CLE33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.3Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.3 in 13 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 9 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Mikal Bridges leads the day with 45

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.
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 31, 10, 12, 27, 21, 23, 18, 45BKN @ ATL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony NYK, Nov 14, 2013: 45 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Ties career high45 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 22, 22, 41, 27, 15, 22, 38, 43ATL vs BKN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Paul NOH, Apr 3, 2009: 43 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Season high43 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 43, 33, 35, 28, 24, 40, 28, 40OKC vs CHI · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury MIN, Feb 17, 1999: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 31, 17, 39, 11, 23, 23, 16, 36TOR @ IND · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 34, 25, 32, 28, 37, 34, 36, 34CHA vs WAS · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 23, 28, 25, 9, 20, 9, 16, 34HOU vs MEM · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST