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Tuesday, October 29, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed NOP by 17 after the first quarter and won 124–106.

Final · OT
DEN144
BKN139
Q1 DEN -13; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +5
Final
DAL120
MIN114
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +6
Final
SAC113
UTA96
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +24; Q4 SAC +17
Final
NOP106
GSW124
Q1 GSW -17; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +18
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 · 2023–24Oct 29, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: De'Aaron Fox (SAC vs LAL), 37 points.
The lead · NOP @ GSW

Golden State storms back from 17 down to beat New Orleans

The Warriors trailed by 17 after one and won 124–106. Buddy Hield led Golden State with 28 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-4+8+18GSW AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP31202827106
GSW14334037124
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 4 games: 22, 27, 8, 28GSW28 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Lindy Waters IIIPoints, last 4 games: 8, 6, 0, 21GSW21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 3 games: 16, 14, 31NOP31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 4 games: 33, 21, 14, 30NOP30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DEN @ BKN

Denver goes to overtime again, beats Brooklyn

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Nuggets. 125–125 after 48 minutes, 144–139 final. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs BKN
Nikola Jokic · DENDennis Schroder · BKNPTS2928REB180AST1614Top 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
+3.8points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg23.8Last 4

23.8 points a game over his last four games, against 20.0 in 3 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
28.02023–24 avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 2023–24 (77 games). Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.3Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 4.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards 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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 4 games: 27, 32, 24, 37MIN vs DAL · L
30.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 4 games: 15, 22, 23, 35DAL @ MIN · W
23.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 3 games: 16, 14, 31NOP @ GSW · L
20.3 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 4 games: 33, 21, 14, 30NOP @ GSW · L
24.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 4 games: 16, 41, 40, 29DEN @ BKN · W
31.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Draymond Green GSW, Jan 2, 2016: 29 PTS · 17 REB · 14 AST
29 PTS · 18 REB · 16 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 4 games: 24, 29, 16, 28SAC @ UTA · W
24.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST