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Saturday, December 18, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed UTA by 6 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final
HOU116
DET107
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +9
Final
NYK107
BOS114
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +7
Final
ORL100
BKN93
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +7
Final
GSW100
TOR119
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +21; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +19
Final
LAC103
OKC104
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +1
Final
CLE119
MIL90
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +24; Q4 CLE +29
Final
WAS109
UTA103
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +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
The lead · WAS @ UTA

Bradley Beal goes for 37 in Washington win over Utah

Washington won 109–103.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+3+4+6WAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS27292825109
UTA33202723103
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 14, 34, 25, 21, 19, 30, 26, 37WAS37 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Raul NetoPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 9, 6, 10, 13, 5, 3, 11, 15WAS15 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 34, 35, 36, 22, 28, 27, 27, 32UTA32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 16, 16, 21, 14, 16, 20, 16, 18UTA18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Milwaukee by 29, the widest margin of 7 games.

OKC over LAC1WAS over UTA6BOS over NYK7ORL over BKN7HOU over DET9TOR over GSW19CLE over MIL29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 27 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 37

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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 14, 34, 25, 21, 19, 30, 26, 37WAS @ UTA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 34, 35, 36, 22, 28, 27, 27, 32UTA vs WAS · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 15, 7, 7, 9, 6, 2, 23, 32NYK @ BOS · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 26, 16, 5, 9, 7, 6, 17, 29NYK @ BOS · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 7, 19, 15, 28, 22, 11, 10, 29OKC vs LAC · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jordan NworaPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 15, 14, 28MIL vs CLE · L
7.8 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 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
Gary HarrisORL+4.9 13.9 last 10 · 9.0 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+4.8 21.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Luke KennardLAC+4.6 16.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.0 29.2 last 10 · 25.2 season
Cold
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−4.3 8.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.3 13.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Buddy HieldSAC−3.8 11.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyLAL−3.6 9.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−3.6 10.9 last 10 · 14.5 season