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Friday, December 17, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed UTA by 14 at halftime and won 128–126.

Final
MIA115
ORL105
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +10
Final
DEN133
ATL115
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +18
Final
GSW111
BOS107
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +4
Final · OT
MIL112
NOP116
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +4
Final
SAS128
UTA126
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -14; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +2
Final
LAL92
MIN110
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +20; Q4 MIN +18
Final
CHA116
POR125
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +26; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +9
Final
MEM124
SAC105
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +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
The lead · SAS @ UTA

San Antonio rallies from 14 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 14 at the half, San Antonio outscored the Jazz 69–53 the rest of the way. Final: 128–126. Keldon Johnson led San Antonio with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-1-14+4+2SAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS36234128128
UTA37362330126
Who led
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 14, 15, 13, 5, 14, 17, 21, 24SAS24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 25, 12, 26, 23, 10, 24, 18, 22SAS22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 30, 34, 35, 36, 22, 28, 27, 27UTA27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 22, 11, 7, 18, 11, 11, 21, 21UTA21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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: Memphis by 19.

SAS over UTA2GSW over BOS4NOP over MIL4POR over CHA9MIA over ORL10DEN over ATL18MIN over LAL18MEM over SAC19Final 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
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg27.0Last 3

27.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 43

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 39, 25, 32, 16, 11, 24, 31, 21, 43POR vs CHA · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tyrese Maxey PHI, Oct 27, 2025: 43 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Season high43 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 16, 20, 27, 12, 13, 20, 26, 40MIL @ NOP · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 33, 25, 25, 29, 31, 41, 28, 34ATL vs DEN · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Max StrusPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 4, 25, 0, 16, 9, 0, 9, 32MIA @ ORL · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 23, 27, 31, 22, 18, 26, 22, 30GSW @ BOS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 32, 34, 31, 22, 21, 23, 32, 28MIN vs LAL · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
Derrick WhiteSAS+5.2 19.6 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+4.8 21.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+3.8 21.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Gary HarrisORL+3.7 12.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Trae YoungATL+3.7 31.0 last 10 · 27.3 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.3 13.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Ricky RubioCLE−3.8 8.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Buddy HieldSAC−3.8 11.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season