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Monday, December 1, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed DEN by 14 after the first quarter and won 131–121.

Final
ATL98
DET99
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +1
Final
CLE135
IND119
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +16
Final
MIL126
WAS129
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +3
Final
CHA103
BKN116
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +13
Final
LAC123
MIA140
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +32; Q4 MIA +17
Final
CHI120
ORL125
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +5
Final
DAL131
DEN121
Q1 DAL -14; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +10
Final
HOU125
UTA133
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +8
Final
PHX125
LAL108
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +17
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 · 2024–25Dec 1, 2024: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (LAC vs DEN), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ DEN

Anthony Davis scores 32, Dallas rallies past Denver

Dallas trailed by 14 after one and won 131–121.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-14+1-2+10DAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL27423329131
DEN41273617121
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 7 games: 22, 27, 25, 26, 4, 12, 32DAL32 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Ryan NembhardPoints, last 9 games: 8, 2, 0, 6, 0, 2, 17, 8, 28DAL28 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 55, 27, 36, 28, 34, 44, 17, 21, 26, 29DEN29 PTS · 20 REB · 13 AST
Spencer JonesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 0, 3, 1, 0, 9, 16, 28DEN28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIL @ WAS

Washington rallies from 8 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 8 at the half, Washington outscored the Bucks 71–60 the rest of the way. Final: 129–126. CJ McCollum led Washington with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs MIL
CJ McCollum · WASKevin Porter Jr. · MILPTS2830REB44AST55Top 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
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 20 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 43

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 37, 21, 32, 37, 17, 42, 18, 43CLE @ IND · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gilbert Arenas WAS, Feb 7, 2005: 43 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
43 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 19, 24, 41, 37, 33, 43, 35, 34, 38LAL vs PHX · L
35.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 26, 23, 15, 27, 18, 15, 37, 37ORL vs CHI · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 18, 34, 27, 20, 19, 39, 30, 36LAC @ MIA · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 28, 25, 21, 24, 34, 25, 33, 25, 16, 35BKN vs CHA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 12, 22, 25, 29, 13, 19, 27, 33PHX @ LAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 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
Desmond BaneORL+4.7 23.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
Collin GillespiePHX+4.6 18.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Noah ClowneyBKN+4.3 16.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Onyeka OkongwuATL+4.0 20.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Peyton WatsonDEN+4.0 14.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jake LaRaviaLAL−3.2 5.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−2.4 16.0 last 10 · 18.4 season
Julius RandleMIN−2.2 20.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−2.1 13.1 last 10 · 15.2 season