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Saturday, November 27, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed DAL by 8 at halftime and won 120–114.

Final · 2OT
MIN121
PHI120
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN 0; OT2 MIN +1
Final
NYK99
ATL90
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +9
Final
PHX113
BKN107
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIA107
CHI104
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +3
Final
ORL92
CLE105
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +13
Final · OT
CHA143
HOU146
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +3
Final
WAS120
DAL114
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +6
Final
NOP105
UTA127
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +22
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · WAS @ DAL

Washington turns it around against Dallas

From 8 down at the half to a 6-point win: 120–114. Bradley Beal led Washington with 26 points, 5 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-8-2+6WAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS41203029120
DAL36332421114
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 15, 24, 30, 21, 18, 23, 20, 26WAS26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 8, 5, 19, 6, 11, 7, 11, 22WAS22 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 23, 33, 25, 20, 32, 23, 26, 33DAL33 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Trey BurkePoints, last 9 games: 5, 0, 11, 0, 10, 8, 4, 5, 14DAL14 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 22.

MIN over PHI1MIA over CHI3HOU over CHA3PHX over BKN6WAS over DAL6NYK over ATL9CLE over ORL13UTA over NOP22Final 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
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 42

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 22, 14, 30, 19, 18, 19, 30, 42PHI vs MIN · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: DeMarcus Cousins SAC, Jan 21, 2017: 42 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Season high42 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 30, 28, 33, 19, 23, 27, 21, 39BKN vs PHX · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 22, 17, 22, 28, 11, 20, 18, 35MIN @ PHI · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 8, 17, 11, 10, 18, 4, 16, 33HOU vs CHA · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 23, 33, 25, 20, 32, 23, 26, 33DAL vs WAS · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 42, 23, 18, 19, 30, 31, 31, 33ATL vs NYK · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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
Tyrese MaxeyPHI+4.3 22.8 last 10 · 18.5 season
Ricky RubioCLE+3.1 17.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Dennis SchroderBOS+3.1 20.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
Malik MonkLAL+3.0 12.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Alec BurksNYK+3.0 13.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Anthony EdwardsMIN−3.9 18.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
RJ BarrettNYK−3.4 11.2 last 10 · 14.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyLAL−2.8 12.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Julius RandleNYK−2.4 16.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Miles BridgesCHA−2.4 17.9 last 10 · 20.3 season