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Tuesday, December 7, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed DAL by 12 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final
BKN102
DAL99
Q1 BKN -6; Q2 BKN -12; Q3 BKN -11; Q4 BKN +3
Final
NYK121
SAS109
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +12
Final
BOS102
LAL117
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +15
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 · BKN @ DAL

Brooklyn climbs back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 12 at the half. Brooklyn won it 102–99. Kevin Durant led Brooklyn with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-6-12-11+3BKN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN21292527102
DAL2735241399
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 23, 27, 21, 39, 27, 30, 28, 24BKN24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 36, 14, 20, 12, 34, 20, 14, 23BKN23 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 32, 23, 26, 33, 25, 28, 21, 28DAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 21, 23, 25, 30, 13, 9, 20, 17DAL17 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Second story · BOS @ LAL

Lakers beat Boston, 117–102

Lakers led 91–75 after three and won by 15. LeBron James led Lakers with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over DAL3NYK over SAS12LAL over BOS15Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 30.9 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jayson Tatum leads the day with 34

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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 37, 33, 30, 15, 24, 8, 26, 37, 31, 34BOS @ LAL · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 11, 9, 12, 10, 15, 4, 13, 32NYK @ SAS · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 30, 23, 10, 39, 30, 33, 23, 30LAL vs BOS · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 32, 23, 26, 33, 25, 28, 21, 28DAL vs BKN · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 19, 7, 17, 24, 12, 25, 12, 26SAS vs NYK · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 26, 31, 20, 29, 25, 23, 10, 24LAL vs BOS · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 11 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
Alec BurksNYK+4.6 16.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+4.3 20.8 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+4.2 17.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Kevin HuerterATL+3.6 14.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+3.4 14.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Grayson AllenMIL−3.6 9.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.4 5.7 last 10 · 9.1 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP−3.2 10.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Darius BazleyOKC−3.1 5.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−2.9 10.5 last 10 · 13.4 season