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Thursday, November 17, 2022Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DET by 8 after the first quarter and won 96–91.

Final · Box score
Nets109
Blazers107
Q1 Nets 0; Q2 BKN -4; Q3 BKN +3; Q4 BKN +2
Final · Box score
Spurs112
Kings130
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +18
Final · Box score
Pistons91
Clippers96
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +5
On this day · 2021–22Nov 17, 2021: 11 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks-Lakers), 47 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Clippers

Clippers rally from 8 down to beat Detroit

Kevin Durant goes for 35 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-8+1+5LAC AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2327172491
Clippers1527262896
Who led
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 14, 3, 18, 14, 6, 17, 6, 23LAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 32, 34, 26, 29, 17, 22, 23, 16LAC16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 14, 6, 12, 17, 25, 28, 18, 26DET26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jaden IveyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 7, 18, 15, 19, 10, 26, 21, 18DET18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Nets-Blazers

Brooklyn holds off Portland, 109–107

Brooklyn led 85–82 after three and held on to win by two. Kevin Durant led Brooklyn with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over POR2LAC over DET5SAC over SAS18Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over POR.
Lead changes
Nets-Blazers12
Pistons-Clippers8
Spurs-Kings0
Shot of the night

O'Neale's tip-in with 0.7 seconds left breaks the tie, 109-107 final

The night in charts
Spurs-Kings combined for 242, 26 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-KingsSpurs 112, Kings 130
242
Nets-BlazersNets 109, Blazers 107
216
Pistons-ClippersPistons 91, Clippers 96
187
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nets-BlazersNets 109, Blazers 107
+2 BKN
Pistons-ClippersPistons 91, Clippers 96
+5 LAC
Spurs-KingsSpurs 112, Kings 130
+18 SAC
LAC rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-ClippersLAC won · Pistons 91, Clippers 96
8 pts
Nets-BlazersBKN won · Nets 109, Blazers 107
4 pts
Fox shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FoxSAC · 28 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
73% (11-15)
Bates-DiopSAS · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
KDBKN · 35 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
59% (13-22)
Reggie JacksonLAC · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
58% (7-12)
MonkSAC · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
58% (11-19)
Final · Nets-Blazers
Nets 109Blazers 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets28292824109
Blazers28332125107
The story
Ben Simmons had 15 points and 13 rebounds as Brooklyn beat Portland 109-107

Anfernee Simons led Portland with 24 PTS, 2 AST 15 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST · 6-6 FG

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Nets took the third 28-21.

BKN lead by quarter
200 0−4+3+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Clippers
Pistons 91Clippers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2327172491
Clippers1527262896
The story
Reggie Jackson's 23 points carried LA past Detroit, 96-91

For Detroit, Jaden Ivey had 18 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 7-12 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Clippers trailed by 8 going into the third, then won it 26-17.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −8−8+1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Bojan Bogdanovic was the fantasy play: 39.1 FPTS on 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST

Final · Spurs-Kings
Spurs 112Kings 130
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs28282630112
Kings37262641130
The story
Sacramento beat San Antonio 130-112 behind 28 points and 8 assists from De'Aaron Fox

Devin Vassell paced San Antonio: 29 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB · 11-15 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 41-30 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +9+7+7+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
28.62021–22 avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 2021–22 (81 games). Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 35

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 28, 27, 26, 29, 27, 31, 27, 35Nets-Blazers · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 29, 20, 17, 22, 22, 6, 21, 29Spurs-Kings · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 8, 37, 28, 15, 32, 22, 14, 28Kings-Spurs · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 14, 6, 12, 17, 25, 28, 18, 26Pistons-Clippers · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 19, 15, 24, 14, 8, 12, 15, 26Kings-Spurs · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 41, 31, 22, 19, 26, 29, 22, 25Blazers-Nets · L
27.6 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST