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Thursday, October 31, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed LAC by 18 at halftime and won 125–119.

Final
MIL99
MEM122
Q1 MEM +16; Q2 MEM +22; Q3 MEM +29; Q4 MEM +23
Final
HOU108
DAL102
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +6
Final
SAS106
UTA88
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +18
Final
PHX125
LAC119
Q1 PHX -17; Q2 PHX -18; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +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 · 2023–24Oct 31, 2023: 3 games. Top scorer: Paul George (LAC vs ORL), 27 points.
The lead · PHX @ LAC

D-Book pours in 40, Phoenix beats Clippers

Devin Booker finished with 40 points in a 125–119 win.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-17-18-2+6PHX AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX20323934125
LAC37332326119
Who led
Devin BookerPoints, last 5 games: 15, 23, 21, 33, 40PHX40 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Royce O'NealePoints, last 5 games: 5, 7, 7, 12, 21PHX21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 5 games: 29, 23, 23, 19, 25LAC25 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 5 games: 17, 37, 20, 30, 23LAC23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.0Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.0 in 4 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
33.52023–24 avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 2023–24 (75 games). Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SAS @ UTA

San Antonio rallies from 11 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 11 after one, San Antonio outscored the Jazz 87–58 the rest of the way. Final: 106–88. Victor Wembanyama led San Antonio with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs UTA
Victor Wembanyama · SASCollin Sexton · UTAPTS2516REB93AST73Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 40

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 5 games: 15, 23, 21, 33, 40PHX @ LAC · W
26.4 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 15, 2005: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 5 games: 25, 38, 22, 30, 37MIL @ MEM · L
30.4 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 5 games: 28, 40, 15, 24, 29DAL vs HOU · L
27.2 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 5 games: 15, 22, 23, 35, 28DAL vs HOU · L
24.6 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 5 games: 22, 24, 16, 14, 26MEM vs MIL · W
20.4 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Jan 29, 2016: 26 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
26 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
James HardenPoints, last 5 games: 29, 23, 23, 19, 25LAC vs PHX · L
23.8 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Andre Iguodala PHI, Feb 2, 2007: 25 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
25 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST