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Friday, December 12, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 15 after three quarters and won 130–126.

Final
CHI129
CHA126
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +3
Final
ATL115
DET142
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +27
Final
IND105
PHI115
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +10
Final
CLE130
WAS126
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -15; Q4 CLE +4
Final
UTA130
MEM126
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +4
Final
BKN111
DAL119
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MIN127
GSW120
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +7
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 12, 2024: 3 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (NOP vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ WAS

Donovan Mitchell scores 48 as Cleveland beats Washington

Cleveland won 130–126. Donovan Mitchell: 48 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+2-15+4CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE35272345130
WAS24364026126
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 17, 42, 18, 43, 33, 28, 29, 48CLE48 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 14, 20, 27, 13, 23, 17, 18, 23CLE23 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Carlton CarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 8, 10, 6, 5, 10, 7, 14, 27WAS27 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 18, 46, 11, 28, 10, 22, 28, 27WAS27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Atlanta by 27.

CHI over CHA3CLE over WAS4UTA over MEM4MIN over GSW7DAL over BKN8PHI over IND10DET over ATL27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
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
6.5Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 19 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 48

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: 32, 37, 17, 42, 18, 43, 33, 28, 29, 48CLE @ WAS · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen MIL, Apr 14, 2002: 47 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Season high48 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 28, 31, 0, 28, 29, 18, 8, 39UTA @ MEM · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 25, 20, 20, 29, 18, 12, 16, 39PHI vs IND · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 46, 49, 9, 34, 38, 31, 14, 39GSW vs MIN · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 24, 34, 25, 33, 25, 16, 35, 33, 35, 34BKN @ DAL · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kon KnueppelPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 6, 12, 20, 18, 13, 21, 14, 33CHA vs CHI · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 9 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
Noah ClowneyBKN+4.9 18.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+4.8 19.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jaylen WellsMEM+4.5 16.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Collin GillespiePHX+3.9 17.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Josh HartNYK+3.6 16.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Lauri MarkkanenUTA−4.0 23.6 last 10 · 27.6 season
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.2 11.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Julius RandleMIN−2.9 20.1 last 10 · 23.0 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−2.7 11.0 last 10 · 13.7 season