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Wednesday, November 8, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed IND by 8 after the first quarter and won 114–97.

Final · Box score
Pacers97
Pistons114
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +17
Final · Box score
Knicks99
Magic112
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +13
Final · Box score
Lakers96
Celtics107
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +11
Final · Box score
Heat126
Suns115
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +11
Final · Box score
Wolves101
Warriors125
Q1 Warriors 0; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +24
On this day · 2016–17Nov 8, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Suns), 38 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Pistons

Detroit climbs out of an 8-point hole against Indiana

Stephen Curry goes for 22 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+7+7+17DET AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers3022232297
Pistons22372332114
Who led
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 11, 34, 12, 16, 18, 13, 20, 23DET23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 16, 10, 15, 22, 18, 9, 15, 18DET18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 35, 23, 14, 23, 31, 17, 15, 21IND21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 9 games: 8, 14, 8, 5, 6, 4, 2, 6, 19IND19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Knicks-Magic

Orlando beats New York, 112–99

Orlando led 84–76 after three and won by 13. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over LAL11MIA over PHX11ORL over NYK13DET over IND17GSW over MIN24Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over NYK.
Lead changes
Wolves-Warriors8
Pacers-Pistons7
Lakers-Celtics1
Heat-Suns0
The night in charts
Heat-Suns combined for 241, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-SunsHeat 126, Suns 115
241
Wolves-WarriorsWolves 101, Warriors 125
226
Knicks-MagicKnicks 99, Magic 112
211
Pacers-PistonsPacers 97, Pistons 114
211
Lakers-CelticsLakers 96, Celtics 107
203
MIA won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Heat-SunsHeat 126, Suns 115
+11 MIA
Lakers-CelticsLakers 96, Celtics 107
+11 BOS
Knicks-MagicKnicks 99, Magic 112
+13 ORL
Pacers-PistonsPacers 97, Pistons 114
+17 DET
Wolves-WarriorsWolves 101, Warriors 125
+24 GSW
DET rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-PistonsDET won · Pacers 97, Pistons 114
8 pts
Knicks-MagicORL won · Knicks 99, Magic 112
1 pt
Whiteside shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WhitesideMIA · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
Aaron GordonORL · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
JeffersonIND · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
BaynesBOS · 21 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST
67% (8-12)
IngramLAL · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
Final · Lakers-Celtics
Lakers 96Celtics 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers1636291596
Celtics33282620107
The story
Kyrie Irving had 19 points as Boston beat Los Angeles 107-96

Brandon Ingram led Los Angeles with 18 PTS, 7 REB 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 7-21 FG, 0-7 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the first 33-16, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +17+9+6+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Lonzo Ball led the game in fantasy with 37.5 FPTS (9 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB)

Final · Heat-Suns
Heat 126Suns 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat36332532126
Suns27273229115
The story
Miami beat Phoenix 126-115 behind 23 points and 10 rebounds from Hassan Whiteside

Jared Dudley paced Phoenix: 13 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST · 8-11 FG

The swing

A 36-27 first quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +9+15+8+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Warriors
Wolves 101Warriors 125
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves22282625101
Warriors22294430125
The story
Klay Thompson's 28 points carried Golden State past Minnesota, 125-101

For Minnesota, Andrew Wiggins had 17 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST · 11-20 FG, 6-12 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 44-26, was where the Warriors built it.

GSW lead by quarter
300 0+1+19+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 10 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
32.52016–17 avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 2016–17 (79 games). Today: 18 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg33.0Today

33 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 30

Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 17, 34, 32, 22, 34, 9, 18, 30Suns-Heat · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 20, 22, 18, 20, 23, 12, 19, 29Heat-Suns · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 22, 18, 29, 15, 27, 15, 13, 28Warriors-Wolves · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 6, 11, 34, 13, 23, 21, 16, 19, 26Knicks-Magic · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 41, 23, 12, 15, 15, 20, 7, 14, 13, 24Magic-Knicks · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 6 games: 26, 13, 13, 21, 3, 23Heat-Suns · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST