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Saturday, August 8, 2020Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Nuggets trailed Jazz by 14 after the first quarter and won 134–132.

Final · Box score
Clippers122
Blazers117
Q1 Clippers -3; Q2 Clippers -6; Q3 Clippers -1; Q4 Clippers +5
Final · 2OT · Box score
Jazz132
Nuggets134
Q1 Nuggets -14; Q2 Nuggets -14; Q3 Nuggets -9; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 Nuggets 0; OT2 Nuggets +2
Final · Box score
Lakers111
Pacers116
Q1 Pacers +10; Q2 Pacers -5; Q3 Pacers +6; Q4 Pacers +5
Final · Box score
Suns119
Heat112
Q1 Suns -7; Q2 Suns 0; Q3 Suns +2; Q4 Suns +7
Final · OT · Box score
Bucks132
Mavs136
Q1 Mavs +3; Q2 Mavs -9; Q3 Mavs +2; Q4 Mavs 0; OT1 Mavs +4
The lead · Jazz-Nuggets

Nikola Jokic posts 30 and 11 as Denver beats Utah

Luka Doncic posts a triple-double

Game flow · Nuggets margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-14-14-900+2Nuggets AHEAD ↑Jazz AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Jazz293425171413132
Nuggets153430261415134
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 8, 10, 14, 19, 30, 25, 8, 30Nuggets30 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 11, 22, 14, 18, 17, 21, 25, 23Nuggets23 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 11, 25, 11, 20, 13, 33, 18, 35Jazz35 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 9, 10, 6, 14, 10, 16, 21, 22Jazz22 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Suns-Heat11
Clippers-Blazers9
Bucks-Mavs9
The night in charts
Bucks-Mavs combined for 268, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-MavsBucks 132, Mavs 136 · OT
268
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 132, Nuggets 134 · OT
266
Clippers-BlazersClippers 122, Blazers 117
239
Suns-HeatSuns 119, Heat 112
231
Lakers-PacersLakers 111, Pacers 116
227
4 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 132, Nuggets 134 · OT
+2 Nuggets
Bucks-MavsBucks 132, Mavs 136 · OT
+4 Mavs
Clippers-BlazersClippers 122, Blazers 117
+5 Clippers
Lakers-PacersLakers 111, Pacers 116
+5 Pacers
Suns-HeatSuns 119, Heat 112
+7 Suns
Nuggets erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Jazz-NuggetsNuggets won · Jazz 132, Nuggets 134 · OT
14 pts
Bucks-MavsMavs won · Bucks 132, Mavs 136 · OT
9 pts
Suns-HeatSuns won · Suns 119, Heat 112
7 pts
Clippers-BlazersClippers won · Clippers 122, Blazers 117
6 pts
Lakers-PacersPacers won · Lakers 111, Pacers 116
5 pts
Jevon Carter shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jevon CarterSuns · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
WarrenPacers · 39 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
68% (15-22)
MiddletonBucks · 21 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB
67% (8-12)
HerroHeat · 25 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB
63% (10-16)
BrogdonPacers · 24 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Jazz-Nuggets
Jazz 132Nuggets 134
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Jazz293425171413132
Nuggets153430261415134
The story
Jamal Murray had 23 points and 12 rebounds as Denver beat Utah 134-132 in OT

Rudy Gobert led Utah with 22 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST · 10-25 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the third, the Nuggets took the fourth 26-17.

Nuggets lead by quarter
200 −14−14−900+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Bucks-Mavs
Bucks 132Mavs 136
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Bucks3239202813132
Mavs3527312617136
The story
Dorian Finney-Smith's 27 points and 11 rebounds carried Dallas past Milwaukee, 136-132 in OT

For Milwaukee, Brook Lopez had 34 PTS, 7 REB 27 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST · 10-19 FG, 6-12 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 9 going into the third, then won it 31-20.

Mavs lead by quarter
200 +3−9+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Lakers-Pacers
Lakers 111Pacers 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers24352230111
Pacers34203329116
The story
Indiana beat Los Angeles 116-111 behind 24 points from Malcolm Brogdon

Dwight Howard paced Los Angeles: 12 REB, 10 PTS 24 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 8-13 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 33-22 third quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Pacers.

Pacers lead by quarter
200 +10−5+6+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James topped the game at 54.1 FPTS: 31 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+16.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 26.4 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Bucks-Mavs

Dallas needs overtime to survive Milwaukee

Tied 119–119 after regulation. Dallas won the final period 17–13 for a 136–132 win. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 36 points, 14 rebounds and 19 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Mavs-Bucks
Luka Doncic · MavsGiannis Antetokounmpo · BucksPTS3634REB1413AST191Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

T.J. Warren leads the day with 39

T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 18, 16, 22, 53, 34, 32, 16, 39Pacers-Lakers · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 36, 38, 28, 28, 40, 34, 29, 36Mavs-Bucks · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Russell Westbrook Wizards, Mar 29, 2021: 35 PTS · 14 REB · 21 AST
36 PTS · 14 REB · 19 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 11, 25, 11, 20, 13, 33, 18, 35Jazz-Nuggets · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 23, 36, 29, 27, 30, 35, 20, 35Suns-Heat · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 41, 13, 29, 32, 36, 36, 16, 33, 34Bucks-Mavs · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 21, 3, 13, 18, 14, 23, 17, 34Bucks-Mavs · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Coby WhiteBulls+11.5 24.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Christian WoodPistons+11.1 24.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Malik BeasleyWolves+8.5 19.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
T.J. WarrenPacers+8.4 28.3 last 10 · 19.9 season
Bradley BealWizards+7.0 37.5 last 10 · 30.5 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsClippers−7.6 10.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Marcus MorrisClippers−7.5 9.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Markieff MorrisLakers−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kemba WalkerCeltics−5.4 15.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Jabari ParkerKings−5.0 8.9 last 10 · 13.9 season