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Friday, November 11, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed OKC by 8 after the first quarter and won 110–108.

Final · Box score
Raptors113
Hornets111
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +2
Final · Box score
Jazz87
Magic74
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +13
Final · OT · Box score
Pacers105
Sixers109
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 Sixers 0; OT1 PHI +4
Final · Box score
Cavs105
Wizards94
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
Knicks87
Celtics115
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +28
Final · Box score
Clippers110
Thunder108
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 Clippers 0; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +2
Final · Box score
Pistons86
Spurs96
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +10
Final · OT · Box score
Kings120
Blazers122
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +1; Q4 Blazers 0; OT1 POR +2
On this day · 2015–16Nov 11, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (Kings-Pistons), 33 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Thunder

Clippers fight back from 8 down against OKC

Kemba Walker goes for 40 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-80+8+2LAC AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers16343228110
Thunder24262434108
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 9 games: 27, 18, 21, 14, 14, 28, 13, 22, 25LAC25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 9 games: 15, 12, 14, 6, 9, 16, 3, 2, 19LAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 32, 51, 33, 35, 20, 28, 14, 36, 29OKC29 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 9 games: 10, 21, 20, 9, 21, 12, 17, 18, 18OKC18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Celtics rout

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat New York by 28.

TOR over CHA2LAC over OKC2POR over SAC2PHI over IND4SAS over DET10CLE over WAS11UTA over ORL13BOS over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Lead changes
Kings-Blazers14
Jazz-Magic10
Pistons-Spurs10
Cavs-Wizards5
Raptors-Hornets4
Clippers-Thunder3
Knicks-Celtics0
The night in charts
Kings-Blazers combined for 242, 18 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-BlazersKings 120, Blazers 122
242
Raptors-HornetsRaptors 113, Hornets 111
224
Clippers-ThunderClippers 110, Thunder 108
218
Pacers-SixersPacers 105, Sixers 109
214
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 87, Celtics 115
202
Cavs-WizardsCavs 105, Wizards 94
199
Pistons-SpursPistons 86, Spurs 96
182
Jazz-MagicJazz 87, Magic 74
161
4 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Kings-BlazersKings 120, Blazers 122
+2 POR
Clippers-ThunderClippers 110, Thunder 108
+2 LAC
Raptors-HornetsRaptors 113, Hornets 111
+2 TOR
Pacers-SixersPacers 105, Sixers 109
+4 PHI
Pistons-SpursPistons 86, Spurs 96
+10 SAS
Cavs-WizardsCavs 105, Wizards 94
+11 CLE
Jazz-MagicJazz 87, Magic 74
+13 UTA
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 87, Celtics 115
+28 BOS
LAC rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-ThunderLAC won · Clippers 110, Thunder 108
8 pts
Pacers-SixersPHI won · Pacers 105, Sixers 109
6 pts
Cavs-WizardsCLE won · Cavs 105, Wizards 94
5 pts
Jazz-MagicUTA won · Jazz 87, Magic 74
4 pts
Pistons-SpursSAS won · Pistons 86, Spurs 96
3 pts
Drummond shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DrummondDET · 20 PTS, 17 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
80% (8-10)
CrawfordLAC · 19 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
DamePOR · 36 PTS, 7 AST, 1 REB
63% (12-19)
KembaCHA · 40 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST
63% (12-19)
PauSAS · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 2 BLK
63% (10-16)
Final · Kings-Blazers
Kings 120Blazers 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Kings3126262314120
Blazers3527222216122
The story
CJ McCollum had 31 points as Portland beat Sacramento 122-120 in OT

Rudy Gay led Sacramento with 29 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST 31 PTS, 5 AST, 4 STL, 1 REB · 13-24 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers won the first 35-31, their biggest quarter edge.

POR lead by quarter
200 +4+5+10+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

DeMarcus Cousins led the game in fantasy with 55.8 FPTS (33 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Raptors-Hornets
Raptors 113Hornets 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors28302134113
Hornets27173829111
The story
DeMar DeRozan's 34 points carried Toronto past Charlotte, 113-111

For Charlotte, Nicolas Batum had 18 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST 34 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 14-26 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 30-17, was where the Raptors built it.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +1+14−3+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Sixers
Pacers 105Sixers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Pacers272520285105
Sixers213025249109
The story
Philadelphia beat Indiana 109-105 in OT behind 25 points from Joel Embiid

Monta Ellis paced Indiana: 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 25 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 6-18 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 30-25 second quarter erased a 6-point hole for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −6−1+40+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Paul George topped the game at 47.1 FPTS: 26 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
7.82015–16 avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 2015–16 (29 games). Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 40

Kemba WalkerPoints, last 8 games: 17, 24, 29, 22, 30, 24, 21, 40Hornets-Raptors · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Devin Booker PHX, Feb 26, 2018: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 39, 29, 37, 31, 27, 42, 19, 38, 8, 36Blazers-Kings · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 8 games: 40, 32, 33, 40, 34, 23, 37, 34Raptors-Hornets · W
34.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 14, 30, 33, 15, 22, 28, 28, 33Kings-Blazers · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 23, 16, 24, 9, 37, 33, 8, 31Blazers-Kings · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 32, 51, 33, 35, 20, 28, 14, 36, 29Thunder-Clippers · L
30.9 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST