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Saturday, December 20, 2025Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed MEM by 15 at halftime and won 130–122.

Final
HOU115
DEN101
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +14
Final
IND109
NOP128
Q1 NOP +17; Q2 NOP +15; Q3 NOP +19; Q4 NOP +19
Final
DAL114
PHI121
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +7
Final
BOS112
TOR96
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +16
Final
CHA86
DET112
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +26
Final
WAS130
MEM122
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS -15; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +8
Final
PHX116
GSW119
Q1 GSW -12; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +3
Final · OT
ORL128
UTA127
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +1
Final
POR98
SAC93
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +5
Final
LAL88
LAC103
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +15
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 20, 2024: 3 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs CHA), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ MEM

Washington erases 15-point lead, steals one from Memphis

Memphis led 68–53 at halftime. Washington won the second half 77–54 to take it 130–122. KyShawn George led Washington with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Santi Aldama scored 37 for Memphis in the loss.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-5-150+8WAS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS25284235130
MEM30382727122
Who led
KyShawn GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 9, 11, 15, 15, 15, 9, 11, 28WAS28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 46, 11, 28, 10, 22, 28, 27, 18, 11, 28WAS28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Santi AldamaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 7, 4, 7, 22, 22, 3, 8, 37MEM37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 27, 24, 13, 7, 13, 6, 12, 31, 28, 22MEM22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Detroit by 26.

ORL over UTA1GSW over PHX3POR over SAC5PHI over DAL7WAS over MEM8HOU over DEN14LAC over LAL15BOS over TOR16NOP over IND19DET over CHA26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Devin Booker 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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 18, 19, 21, 24, 11, 27, 25, 38PHX @ GSW · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 22, 44, 35, 35, 12, 28, 30, 38PHI vs DAL · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Santi AldamaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 7, 4, 7, 22, 22, 3, 8, 37MEM vs WAS · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 13, 10, 8, 29, 19, 26, 28, 36LAL @ LAC · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 42, 10, 20, 15, 15, 11, 12, 9, 33BOS @ TOR · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 36, 21, 24, 20, 24, 21, 22, 32LAC vs LAL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.2 24.0 last 10 · 18.8 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+4.9 23.1 last 10 · 18.2 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.8 17.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.8 14.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+4.4 19.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
De'Andre HunterCLE−4.5 10.6 last 10 · 15.1 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA−4.0 23.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.7 10.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Moussa DiabateCHA−3.6 4.3 last 10 · 7.9 season