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Monday, December 30, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed DET by 10 at halftime and won 106–99.

Final
WAS106
DET99
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -10; Q3 WAS -9; Q4 WAS +7
Final
CHI95
MEM91
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +4
Final
DAL100
MIN98
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +2
Final
POR108
NOP110
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +7; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +2
Final
MIA97
DEN94
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -9; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +3
Final
CHA80
UTA83
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +3
Final
PHX107
LAC88
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +21; Q3 PHX +29; Q4 PHX +19
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Dec 30, 2012: 4 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (MIL @ DET), 30 points.
The lead · WAS @ DET

Washington climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 10 at the half. Washington won it 106–99. John Wall led Washington with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-10-9+7WAS AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS33202528106
DET3231241299
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 13, 24, 20, 21, 20, 26, 20, 29WAS29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 10, 11, 10, 15, 27, 10, 15, 15WAS15 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 13, 12, 13, 10, 11, 6, 14, 22DET22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 8, 9, 5, 2, 4, 0, 2, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 19.

DAL over MIN2NOP over POR2MIA over DEN3UTA over CHA3CHI over MEM4WAS over DET7PHX over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg25.0Last 3

25.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 26, 42, 30, 27, 29, 25, 45, 25, 33, 36MIN vs DAL · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 13, 10, 14, 10, 4, 4, 14, 32DAL @ MIN · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 12, 11, 13, 13, 17, 17, 3, 31NOP vs POR · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 13, 24, 20, 21, 20, 26, 20, 29WAS @ DET · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 16, 23, 36, 36, 29, 14, 16, 29POR @ NOP · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 20, 27, 26, 15, 18, 32, 22, 28POR @ NOP · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Kyrie IrvingCLE+5.9 28.5 last 10 · 22.6 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.3 31.8 last 10 · 26.5 season
Terrence RossTOR+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.3 18.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Nick YoungLAL+4.0 20.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Kevin MartinMIN−5.9 14.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.9 6.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Corey BrewerMIN−3.7 8.4 last 10 · 12.1 season