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Monday, December 5, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed BKN by 15 at halftime and won 118–113.

Final
DEN106
PHI98
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +8
Final
OKC102
ATL99
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +3
Final
WAS118
BKN113
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -15; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +5
Final
CLE116
TOR112
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +4
Final
POR112
CHI110
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +2
Final
BOS106
HOU107
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +1
Final
SAS97
MIL96
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -13; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +1
Final · 2OT
MEM110
NOP108
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +2
Final
CHA109
DAL101
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +8
Final
IND106
GSW142
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +30; Q3 GSW +33; Q4 GSW +36
Final
UTA107
LAL101
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +6
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 · 2015–16Dec 5, 2015: 10 games. Top scorer: Paul George (IND @ UTA), 48 points.
The lead · WAS @ BKN

Washington erases 15-point lead, steals one from Brooklyn

Brooklyn led 66–51 at halftime. Washington won the second half 67–47 to take it 118–113. John Wall led Washington with 25 points, 1 rebound and 13 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-15+2+5WAS AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS29223235118
BKN32341532113
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 34, 18, 26, 21, 19, 15, 17, 25WAS25 PTS · 1 REB · 13 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 34, 42, 14, 25, 31, 31, 23, 18WAS18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 21, 13, 20, 17, 27, 15, 13, 25BKN25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Sean KilpatrickPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 3, 23, 16, 22, 38, 14, 19, 21BKN21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one Warriors rout

Six of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat Indiana by 36.

HOU over BOS1SAS over MIL1POR over CHI2MEM over NOP2OKC over ATL3CLE over TOR4WAS over BKN5UTA over LAL6DEN over PHI8CHA over DAL8GSW over IND36Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg21.5Last 3

21.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg46.6Today

47 minutes today, against 26.4 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 60

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 25, 26, 18, 23, 20, 15, 26, 60GSW vs IND · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +39.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 2, 2009: 61 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Career high60 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 16, 13, 21, 16, 18, 13, 40, 38LAL vs UTA · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 28, 29, 23, 38, 26, 29, 20, 37HOU vs BOS · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 21, 31, 19, 26, 22, 16, 27, 34CLE @ TOR · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 19, 18, 28, 22, 26, 17, 24, 34CHI vs POR · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 34, 31, 36, 17, 27, 35, 28, 32OKC @ ATL · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 10, 2009: 32 PTS · 13 REB · 11 AST
32 PTS · 13 REB · 12 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.5 27.0 last 10 · 22.5 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+3.2 13.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+3.1 32.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+2.9 21.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Evan TurnerPOR+2.7 11.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−5.7 22.3 last 10 · 28.0 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−3.8 19.0 last 10 · 22.8 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−2.3 11.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Damian LillardPOR−2.3 25.6 last 10 · 27.9 season
Harrison BarnesDAL−2.1 18.8 last 10 · 20.9 season