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Friday, December 9, 2022Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed DAL by 11 after three quarters and won 106–105.

Final
NYK121
CHA102
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +19
Final
WAS111
IND121
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +10
Final
TOR109
ORL113
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +4
Final
ATL116
BKN120
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +4; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +4
Final
SAC106
CLE95
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +11
Final · OT
LAL122
PHI133
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +11
Final
DET103
MEM114
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +20; Q4 MEM +11
Final
PHX117
NOP128
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +13; Q4 NOP +11
Final
MIN118
UTA108
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +10
Final
MIL106
DAL105
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL -11; Q4 MIL +1
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 9, 2021: 3 games. Top scorer: Aaron Gordon (DEN @ SAS), 25 points.
The lead · MIL @ DAL

Milwaukee climbs out of an 11-point hole against Dallas

Down 11 after three, the Bucks won the fourth quarter 33–21 and the game 106–105. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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+4-11+1MIL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL32202133106
DAL33153621105
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 25, 37, 36, 38, 30, 37, 40, 34, 35, 28MIL28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 4 games: 17, 5, 14, 19MIL19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 42, 24, 27, 41, 35, 30, 33, 22, 33DAL33 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 15, 22, 14, 2, 17, 21, 13, 15DAL15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 19.

MIL over DAL1ORL over TOR4BKN over ATL4IND over WAS10MIN over UTA10SAC over CLE11PHI over LAL11MEM over DET11NOP over PHX11NYK over CHA19Final 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
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 38

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: 26, 42, 59, 32, 32, 30, 19, 35, 39, 38PHI vs LAL · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 18, 18, 23, 24, 26, 29, 25, 36TOR @ ORL · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 32, 14, 23, 33, 30, 25, 29, 35NOP vs PHX · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 36, 31, 45, 39, 17, 31, 29, 34BKN vs ATL · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 17, 21, 22, 16, 9, 25, 15, 34ORL vs TOR · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 42, 24, 27, 41, 35, 30, 33, 22, 33DAL vs MIL · L
32.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 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
Shake MiltonPHI+7.2 18.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
De'Anthony MeltonPHI+3.9 15.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Norman PowellLAC+3.9 18.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Anthony DavisLAL+3.8 31.3 last 10 · 27.5 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+3.8 22.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Cold
Tre MannOKC−2.9 6.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Caris LeVertCLE−2.8 8.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−2.7 26.3 last 10 · 29.0 season
Keldon JohnsonSAS−2.7 18.2 last 10 · 20.9 season
Troy Brown Jr.LAL−2.4 4.9 last 10 · 7.3 season