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Thursday, December 9, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 118–96.

Final · Box score
Jazz118
Sixers96
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +22
Final · Box score
Lakers95
Grizzlies108
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +13
Final · Box score
Nuggets111
Spurs123
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +12
The lead · Jazz-Sixers

Utah routs Philadelphia by 22

LeBron James posts a triple-double

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+7+12+22UTA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz27342730118
Sixers3222222096
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 13, 16, 21, 30, 34, 35, 36, 22UTA22 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 15, 9, 6, 21, 18, 6, 13, 17UTA17 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 30, 42, 16, 13, 28, 43, 32, 19PHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 24, 14, 24, 17, 18, 6, 23, 18PHI18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Lakers-Grizzlies

Memphis gets past Lakers

108–95, with Memphis ahead 59–53 at halftime. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DEN12MEM over LAL13UTA over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over LAL.
Lead changes
Jazz-Sixers10
Lakers-Grizzlies10
Nuggets-Spurs0
The night in charts
Nuggets-Spurs combined for 234, 20 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-SpursNuggets 111, Spurs 123
234
Jazz-SixersJazz 118, Sixers 96
214
Lakers-GrizzliesLakers 95, Grizzlies 108
203
SAS won the closest game by 12
Closest finishes
Nuggets-SpursNuggets 111, Spurs 123
+12 SAS
Lakers-GrizzliesLakers 95, Grizzlies 108
+13 MEM
Jazz-SixersJazz 118, Sixers 96
+22 UTA
UTA rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Jazz-SixersUTA won · Jazz 118, Sixers 96
5 pts
Lakers-GrizzliesMEM won · Lakers 95, Grizzlies 108
4 pts
Aaron Gordon shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Aaron GordonDEN · 25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
Derrick WhiteSAS · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
64% (9-14)
Lonnie Walker IVSAS · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
58% (7-12)
CurryPHI · 18 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB
58% (7-12)
GobertUTA · 21 REB, 17 PTS, 2 BLK, 1 AST
55% (6-11)
Final · Nuggets-Spurs
Nuggets 111Spurs 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets29362521111
Spurs37372623123
The story
Derrick White's 23 points carried San Antonio past Denver, 123-111

For Denver, Will Barton had 19 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 23 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 9-14 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 37-29, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +8+9+10+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Nikola Jokic was the fantasy play: 60.6 FPTS on 22 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST

Final · Lakers-Grizzlies
Lakers 95Grizzlies 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2924251795
Grizzlies25342623108
The story
Jaren Jackson Jr. had 25 points as Memphis beat Los Angeles 108-95

Anthony Davis led Los Angeles with 22 PTS, 8 REB 25 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL · 9-18 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the first, the Grizzlies took the second 34-24.

MEM lead by quarter
200 −4+6+7+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Sixers
Jazz 118Sixers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz27342730118
Sixers3222222096
The story
Utah beat Philadelphia 118-96 behind 21 rebounds and 17 points from Rudy Gobert

Joel Embiid paced Philadelphia: 19 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 21 REB, 17 PTS, 1 AST · 6-11 FG

The swing

A 34-22 second quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
300 −5+7+12+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.7Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Aaron Gordon leads the day with 25

Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 11, 18, 20, 17, 5, 18, 10, 25Nuggets-Spurs · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 26, 16, 14, 17, 25, 27, 13, 14, 26, 25Grizzlies-Lakers · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 7, 17, 24, 12, 25, 12, 26, 23Spurs-Nuggets · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 9, 18, 23, 2, 29, 21, 14, 23Grizzlies-Lakers · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 35, 30, 24, 18, 32, 17, 39, 22Nuggets-Spurs · L
26.1 PPG season to date · −4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Jason Kidd NJN, Feb 23, 2007: 22 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
22 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 30, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 17, 22Lakers-Grizzlies · L
24.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+4.7 21.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Alec BurksNYK+4.4 16.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM+3.8 20.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+3.7 17.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kevin HuerterATL+3.6 14.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−4.4 9.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.6 5.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.4 15.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Ricky RubioCLE−3.3 9.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−3.2 12.0 last 10 · 15.2 season