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Tuesday, November 20, 2012Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed TOR by 7 after the first quarter and won 106–98.

Final · Box score
Raptors98
Sixers106
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 Sixers 0; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI +8
Final · Box score
Knicks102
Hornets80
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +22
Final · Box score
Nets90
Lakers95
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +5
The lead · Raptors-Sixers

Philadelphia tops Toronto in Philadelphia

Dwight Howard goes for 23 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-70-7+8PHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2922291898
Sixers22292233106
Who led
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 2, 10, 16, 7, 9, 12, 13, 23PHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 7 games: 10, 0, 20, 9, 20, 12, 21PHI21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 8, 24, 19, 37, 15, 10, 20, 24TOR24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 16, 25, 23, 19, 8, 15, 17, 22TOR22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Nets-Lakers

Lakers beat Brooklyn by 5

The Lakers won 95–90 in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over BKN5PHI over TOR8NYK over NOH22Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over BKN.
Lead changes
Knicks-Hornets8
Raptors-Sixers7
The night in charts
Raptors-Sixers combined for 204, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-SixersRaptors 98, Sixers 106
204
Nets-LakersNets 90, Lakers 95
185
Knicks-HornetsKnicks 102, Hornets 80
182
LAL won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Nets-LakersNets 90, Lakers 95
+5 LAL
Raptors-SixersRaptors 98, Sixers 106
+8 PHI
Knicks-HornetsKnicks 102, Hornets 80
+22 NYK
PHI rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Raptors-SixersPHI won · Raptors 98, Sixers 106
7 pts
Nets-LakersLAL won · Nets 90, Lakers 95
1 pt
Dwight shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DwightLAL · 23 PTS, 15 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST
73% (8-11)
Thaddeus YoungPHI · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
62% (8-13)
Brook LopezBKN · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
MeloNYK · 29 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST
55% (12-22)
Nick YoungPHI · 23 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 1 BLK
54% (7-13)
Final · Nets-Lakers
Nets 90Lakers 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2334161790
Lakers2927201995
The story
Kobe Bryant had 25 points as Los Angeles beat Brooklyn 95-90

Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 23 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 8-15 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the first 29-23, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +6−1+3+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Sixers
Raptors 98Sixers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2922291898
Sixers22292233106
The story
Jrue Holiday's 19 points and 12 assists carried Philadelphia past Toronto, 106-98

For Toronto, Jonas Valanciunas had 11 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 12 AST, 8 REB, 3 STL · 9-21 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The 76ers trailed by 7 going into the fourth, then won it 33-18.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −70−7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Hornets
Knicks 102Hornets 80
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks29243019102
Hornets1731161680
The story
New York beat New Orleans 102-80 behind 15 points from JR Smith

Ryan Anderson paced New Orleans: 15 PTS, 8 REB 15 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST · 6-14 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 30-16 third quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
300 +12+5+19+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 6 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 10 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 29

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 9 games: 30, 27, 21, 31, 25, 9, 20, 26, 29Knicks-Hornets · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 40, 15, 29, 27, 20, 28, 31, 22, 25Lakers-Nets · W
26.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 8, 24, 19, 37, 15, 10, 20, 24Raptors-Sixers · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 28, 19, 6, 23, 13, 18, 28, 23Lakers-Nets · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 9 games: 27, 13, 8, 14, 20, 23, 24, 13, 23Nets-Lakers · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 2, 10, 16, 7, 9, 12, 13, 23Sixers-Raptors · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST