NBA · November 27, 1996Historic1 in 56
Down 36 at halftime. The largest comeback the NBA has ever seen.
Denver, November 27, 1996. Stockton and Malone, the season Utah reached its first Finals.
Utah Jazz 107, Denver Nuggets 103
How rare was it
A team in this position wins the game about 1 in 56 times. On our ladder that is a Historic. How the ladder works.
The HoleDenver 70, Utah 34. Halftime.Thirty-six points down at the half. In our record, teams down 30 or more at halftime have come back once in 56 tries; from 36 or more, never.
The TurnA 73-33 second half.Utah outscored Denver by forty after the break. Karl Malone and John Stockton ran the same pick-and-roll for two quarters and Denver could not stop it.
The ComebackJazz 107, Nuggets 103.Still the largest comeback in NBA history. A Historic on our ladder, and rarer than the number says: fewer than 1 in 56.
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