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Wednesday, December 7, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed LAC by 18 after the first quarter and won 116–111.

Final · OT
LAC111
ORL116
Q1 ORL -18; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL -7; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +5
Final
CHA116
BKN122
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +18; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +6
Final
ATL89
NYK113
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +24
Final
LAL113
TOR126
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +23; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +13
Final
WAS111
CHI115
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +4
Final
OKC102
MEM123
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +21
Final
SAC113
MIL126
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +13
Final
IND115
MIN121
Q1 MIN +18; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +6
Final
DET98
NOP104
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +6
Final
GSW123
UTA124
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +1
Final
BOS125
PHX98
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +27; Q3 BOS +39; Q4 BOS +27
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 · 2021–22Dec 7, 2021: 3 games. Top scorer: Jayson Tatum (BOS @ LAL), 34 points.
The lead · LAC @ ORL

Orlando needs overtime to survive Clippers

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Orlando won the final period 17–12 for a 116–111 win. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-18-9-70+5ORL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAC3217292112111
ORL1426312817116
Who led
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 19, 18, 24, 20, 22, 9, 20, 23ORL23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Moritz WagnerPoints, last 8 games: 7, 12, 2, 9, 16, 5, 19, 20ORL20 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Terance MannPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 17, 16, 14, 11, 5, 13, 8, 19LAC19 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Ivica ZubacPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 8, 6, 31, 12, 12, 13, 9, 16LAC16 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Boston by 27.

UTA over GSW1CHI over WAS4ORL over LAC5BKN over CHA6MIN over IND6NOP over DET6TOR over LAL13MIL over SAC13MEM over OKC21NYK over ATL24BOS over PHX27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 23 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.9Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Jordan Poole leads the day with 36

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.
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 8, 19, 24, 9, 30, 21, 23, 36GSW @ UTA · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 37, 36, 38, 30, 37, 40, 34, 35MIL vs SAC · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 25, 23, 14, 36, 18, 24, 18, 34NYK vs ATL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 29, 20, 22, 20, 27, 27, 18, 33BKN vs CHA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 17, 14, 9, 16, 22, 28, 17, 31MIL vs SAC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 12, 36, 31, 45, 39, 17, 31, 29BKN vs CHA · W
29.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 8 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
Shake MiltonPHI+7.9 19.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Anthony DavisLAL+4.6 31.9 last 10 · 27.3 season
Norman PowellLAC+3.9 18.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Killian HayesDET+3.9 12.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+3.8 22.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Cold
Keldon JohnsonSAS−3.9 16.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Caris LeVertCLE−3.4 7.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
CJ McCollumNOP−3.4 13.5 last 10 · 16.9 season
Tre MannOKC−2.9 6.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−2.7 26.3 last 10 · 29.0 season