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Saturday, December 1, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIL by 7 after the first quarter and won 136–134.

Final · OT · Box score
Bucks134
Knicks136
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 Knicks 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final · Box score
Warriors102
Pistons111
Q1 Pistons 0; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +9
Final · Box score
Nets88
Wizards102
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +14
Final · Box score
Raptors106
Cavs95
Q1 Raptors 0; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +11
Final · Box score
Bulls105
Rockets121
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +16
Final · Box score
Celtics118
Wolves109
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +9
Final · Box score
Pacers110
Kings111
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +1
On this day · 2017–18Dec 1, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (Jazz-Pelicans), 41 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Knicks

New York needs overtime to survive Milwaukee

Giannis Antetokounmpo goes for 33 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-5-40+2NYK AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Bucks3531312710134
Knicks2833323112136
Who led
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 12, 16, 5, 27, 17, 9, 3, 28NYK28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 4, 2, 11, 5, 0, 4, 9, 26NYK26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 23, 29, 33, 35, 34, 20, 36, 33MIL33 PTS · 19 REB · 7 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 25, 23, 16, 12, 20, 17, 7, 27MIL27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Pacers-Kings

Sacramento takes over late to edge Indiana

Down 2 after three, Sacramento won the fourth 22–19. Final: 111–110. Bogdan Bogdanovic led Sacramento with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over IND1NYK over MIL2DET over GSW9BOS over MIN9TOR over CLE11WAS over BKN14HOU over CHI16Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over IND.
Lead changes
Bucks-Knicks8
Raptors-Cavs3
Nets-Wizards2
Bulls-Rockets2
The night in charts
Bucks-Knicks combined for 270, 43 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-KnicksBucks 134, Knicks 136
270
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 118, Wolves 109
227
Bulls-RocketsBulls 105, Rockets 121
226
Pacers-KingsPacers 110, Kings 111
221
Warriors-PistonsWarriors 102, Pistons 111
213
Raptors-CavsRaptors 106, Cavs 95
201
Nets-WizardsNets 88, Wizards 102
190
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pacers-KingsPacers 110, Kings 111
+1 SAC
Bucks-KnicksBucks 134, Knicks 136
+2 NYK
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 118, Wolves 109
+9 BOS
Warriors-PistonsWarriors 102, Pistons 111
+9 DET
Raptors-CavsRaptors 106, Cavs 95
+11 TOR
Nets-WizardsNets 88, Wizards 102
+14 WAS
Bulls-RocketsBulls 105, Rockets 121
+16 HOU
NYK rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bucks-KnicksNYK won · Bucks 134, Knicks 136
7 pts
Pacers-KingsSAC won · Pacers 110, Kings 111
4 pts
Brogdon shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BrogdonMIL · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
Markieff MorrisWAS · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
75% (9-12)
LaVineCHI · 29 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
65% (11-17)
CapelaHOU · 18 PTS, 15 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
HorfordBOS · 15 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Final · Pacers-Kings
Pacers 110Kings 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers30303119110
Kings26323122111
The story
De'Aaron Fox's 15 points carried Sacramento past Indiana, 111-110

For Indiana, Myles Turner had 14 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST 15 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL · 4-16 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Kings trailed by 2 going into the fourth, then won it 22-19.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −4−2−2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Darren Collison was the fantasy play: 46.8 FPTS on 12 AST, 11 PTS, 4 REB

Final · Bucks-Knicks
Bucks 134Knicks 136
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Bucks3531312710134
Knicks2833323112136
The story
Emmanuel Mudiay had 28 points as New York beat Milwaukee 136-134 in OT

Malcolm Brogdon led Milwaukee with 22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 28 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 10-18 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Knicks took the fourth 31-27.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −7−5−40+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Celtics-Wolves
Celtics 118Wolves 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics29282734118
Wolves26222932109
The story
Boston beat Minnesota 118-109 behind 30 points and 8 assists from Gordon Hayward

Robert Covington paced Minnesota: 17 PTS, 10 REB 30 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST · 8-16 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

A 28-22 second quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +3+9+7+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.1Season avg40.8Last 5

40.8 points a game over his last five games, against 30.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg10.8Last 3

10.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg36.8Today

37 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 34

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 26, 31, 18, 27, 29, 17, 37, 34Raptors-Cavs · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 23, 29, 33, 35, 34, 20, 36, 33Bucks-Knicks · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 15, 7, 4, 19, 11, 5, 14, 30Celtics-Wolves · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 24, 30, 11, 22, 36, 17, 11, 30Wizards-Nets · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 34, 43, 33, 40, 54, 25, 23, 30Rockets-Bulls · W
30.6 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 15, 29, 24, 28, 28, 24, 8, 29Bulls-Rockets · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Marc GasolMEM+4.0 22.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Montrezl HarrellLAC+3.9 20.2 last 10 · 16.3 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.8 33.8 last 10 · 30.0 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.7 24.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.5 18.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Trae YoungATL−3.9 11.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh HartLAL−3.3 5.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Malik MonkCHA−3.0 7.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC−3.0 11.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Zach LaVineCHI−2.9 22.1 last 10 · 25.0 season