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Thursday, December 7, 2023Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIL by 3 after three quarters and won 128–119.

Final
IND128
MIL119
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +9
Final
NOP89
LAL133
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +39; Q4 LAL +44
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 · 2022–23Dec 7, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Jordan Poole (GSW @ UTA), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ MIL

Indiana handles Milwaukee by 9

The Pacers won the fourth quarter 37–25. Final: 128–119. Tyrese Haliburton led Indiana with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 15 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 for Milwaukee in the loss.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+12-3+9IND AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND27362837128
MIL29224325119
Who led
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 12, 37, 33, 26, 33, 44, 26, 27IND27 PTS · 7 REB · 15 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 11, 17, 23, 11, 13, 17, 17, 26IND26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 40, 42, 21, 31, 33, 33, 26, 32, 35, 37MIL37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 27, 31, 31, 32, 18, 25, 28, 24MIL24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · NOP @ LAL

Lakers rout New Orleans by 44

Lakers led by 13 at halftime and won 133–89. LeBron James led Lakers with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs NOP
LeBron James · LALTrey Murphy III · NOPPTS3014REB53AST81Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.9Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 37

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 40, 42, 21, 31, 33, 33, 26, 32, 35, 37MIL vs IND · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 17, 26, 22, 18, 25, 21, 16, 31, 30LAL vs NOP · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 12, 37, 33, 26, 33, 44, 26, 27IND @ MIL · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 15 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 11, 17, 23, 11, 13, 17, 17, 26IND @ MIL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 27, 31, 31, 32, 18, 25, 28, 24MIL vs IND · L
25.6 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 18, 12, 7, 17, 9, 12, 14, 20MIL vs IND · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Brook LopezMIL+4.0 17.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Coby WhiteCHI+3.8 19.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Obi ToppinIND+3.5 16.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Julius RandleNYK+3.4 24.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+3.3 15.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
Luguentz DortOKC−3.8 6.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Dejounte MurrayATL−2.9 17.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Dyson DanielsNOP−2.6 4.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−2.5 14.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−2.3 14.3 last 10 · 16.6 season