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Thursday, December 22, 2022Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 120–112.

Final
SAS117
NOP126
Q1 NOP +20; Q2 NOP +19; Q3 NOP +19; Q4 NOP +9
Final
WAS112
UTA120
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +8
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 22, 2021: 5 games. Top scorer: Jaylen Brown (BOS vs CLE), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ UTA

Utah handles Washington by 8

The Jazz won the third quarter 33–24. Final: 120–112. Malik Beasley led Utah with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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+3-6+3+8UTA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS27392422112
UTA30303327120
Who led
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 23, 19, 21, 17, 18, 3, 17, 25UTA25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 22, 21, 11, 39, 13, 23, 21, 23UTA23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 30, 22, 25, 33, 2, 29, 27, 30WAS30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 27, 35, 20, 24, 17, 22, 29, 21WAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ NOP

New Orleans leads San Antonio wire to wire

New Orleans was ahead at every break and won 126–117. Best quarter: the first, 37–17. CJ McCollum led New Orleans with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NOP vs SAS
CJ McCollum · NOPJeremy Sochan · SASPTS4023REB89AST96Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.6Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 7.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 40

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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 8, 18, 29, 14, 28, 27, 31, 40NOP vs SAS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 9, 1997: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 30, 22, 25, 33, 2, 29, 27, 30WAS @ UTA · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 23, 19, 21, 17, 18, 3, 17, 25UTA vs WAS · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jeremy SochanPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 12, 13, 5, 2, 4, 2, 12, 23SAS @ NOP · L
8.2 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 22, 21, 11, 39, 13, 23, 21, 23UTA vs WAS · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 27, 35, 20, 24, 17, 22, 29, 21WAS @ UTA · L
21.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
Jordan PooleGSW+5.8 24.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.4 20.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
Nicolas BatumLAC+4.1 10.4 last 10 · 6.3 season
Zion WilliamsonNOP+4.0 29.2 last 10 · 25.2 season
Kristaps PorzingisWAS+3.9 26.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Max StrusMIA−5.2 7.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.5 5.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−3.3 11.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−3.3 19.8 last 10 · 23.1 season