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Thursday, November 16, 2017Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed GSW by 10 after the first quarter and won 92–88.

Final · Box score
Warriors88
Celtics92
Q1 BOS -10; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 Celtics 0; Q4 BOS +4
Final · Box score
Rockets142
Suns116
Q1 HOU +22; Q2 HOU +25; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +26
On this day · 2016–17Nov 16, 2016: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (Warriors-Raptors), 35 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Celtics

Boston climbs back to beat Golden State

James Harden goes for 48 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-50+4BOS AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2819212088
Celtics1824262492
Who led
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 10, 18, 11, 9, 10, 18, 14, 22BOS22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 14, 7, 20, 14, 15, 21, 17, 18BOS18 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 28, 19, 24, 25, 21, 29, 21, 24GSW24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 15, 27, 15, 13, 28, 23, 15, 13GSW13 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Rockets-Suns

Houston never trails at a break against Phoenix

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 142–116. James Harden led Houston with 48 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Rockets-Suns
James Harden · HOUTroy Daniels · PHXPTS4823REB23AST71Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Warriors-Celtics10
Rockets-Suns1
The night in charts
Rockets-Suns combined for 258, 78 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-SunsRockets 142, Suns 116
258
Warriors-CelticsWarriors 88, Celtics 92
180
BOS won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Warriors-CelticsWarriors 88, Celtics 92
+4 BOS
Rockets-SunsRockets 142, Suns 116
+26 HOU
Monroe shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MonroePHX · 20 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
71% (10-14)
HorfordBOS · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
WarrenPHX · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Ryan AndersonHOU · 24 PTS, 4 REB, 1 BLK
58% (7-12)
HardenHOU · 48 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
55% (12-22)
Final · Warriors-Celtics
Warriors 88Celtics 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2819212088
Celtics1824262492
The story
Jaylen Brown had 22 points as Boston beat Golden State 92-88

Kevin Durant led Golden State with 24 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 7 REB · 7-18 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the first, the Celtics took the second 24-19.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −10−50+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Suns
Rockets 142Suns 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets45453022142
Suns23422625116
The story
Ryan Anderson's 24 points carried Houston past Phoenix, 142-116

For Phoenix, Troy Daniels had 23 PTS, 3 REB 24 PTS, 4 REB · 7-12 FG, 6-10 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 45-23, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
300 +22+25+29+26 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.7Season avg37.0Last 5

37.0 points a game over his last five games, against 30.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 48 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg21.5Last 3

21.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 14 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg25.9Today

26 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 48

James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 31, 29, 56, 35, 38, 26, 38, 48Rockets-Suns · W
31.8 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 9, 2001: 47 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
48 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 28, 19, 24, 25, 21, 29, 21, 24Warriors-Celtics · L
24.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 21, 11, 6, 5, 12, 5, 9, 24Rockets-Suns · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Troy DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 9, 14, 3, 9, 0, 0, 0, 23Suns-Rockets · L
5.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 10, 18, 11, 9, 10, 18, 14, 22Celtics-Warriors · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 6 games: 10, 8, 0, 8, 8, 20Suns-Rockets · L
9.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST