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Friday, December 13, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed POR by 8 after three quarters and won 118–116.

Final
WAS105
CLE115
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +10
Final
IND121
PHI107
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +14
Final
CHA95
CHI109
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +14
Final
BKN119
MEM135
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +16
Final
LAL87
MIN97
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +10
Final
LAC98
DEN120
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +22
Final
PHX134
UTA126
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +8
Final
SAS118
POR116
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS -8; Q4 SAS +2
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 · 2023–24Dec 13, 2023: 9 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs IND), 64 points.
The lead · SAS @ POR

San Antonio rallies from 8 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 8 after three, San Antonio outscored the Trail Blazers 38–28 the rest of the way. Final: 118–116. Victor Wembanyama led San Antonio with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 7 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+8+10-8+2SAS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS33192838118
POR25174628116
Who led
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 34, 50, 28, 25, 34, 20, 34, 15, 25, 28SAS28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 17, 15, 14, 21, 25, 17, 7, 23SAS23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 5, 22, 11, 14, 12, 19, 3, 32POR32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 5, 30, 21, 27, 7, 14, 14, 30POR30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Denver by 22.

SAS over POR2PHX over UTA8CLE over WAS10MIN over LAL10IND over PHI14CHI over CHA14MEM over BKN16DEN over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 34

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 26, 31, 27, 29, 28, 21, 25, 34PHX @ UTA · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 28, 19, 8, 30, 17, 23, 9, 32IND @ PHI · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 5, 22, 11, 14, 12, 19, 3, 32POR vs SAS · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 35, 32, 26, 23, 30, 21, 13, 30PHX @ UTA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 5, 30, 21, 27, 7, 14, 14, 30POR vs SAS · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 20, 22, 27, 19, 31, 8, 32, 28MEM vs BKN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 10 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
Victor WembanyamaSAS+5.5 29.3 last 10 · 23.8 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Naji MarshallDAL+4.8 16.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.4 12.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND+4.1 22.1 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Anthony DavisLAL−5.6 21.7 last 10 · 27.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.4 21.7 last 10 · 26.1 season
Naz ReidMIN−3.7 8.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Luguentz DortOKC−3.3 6.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Buddy HieldGSW−2.8 11.7 last 10 · 14.5 season