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Thursday, December 22, 2022Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 120–112.

Final · Box score
Spurs117
Pelicans126
Q1 NOP +20; Q2 NOP +19; Q3 NOP +19; Q4 NOP +9
Final · Box score
Wizards112
Jazz120
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +8
On this day · 2021–22Dec 22, 2021: 5 games. Top scorer: Jaylen Brown (Celtics-Cavs), 34 points.
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The lead · Wizards-Jazz

Utah handles Washington by 8

CJ McCollum goes for 40 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-6+3+8UTA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards27392422112
Jazz30303327120
Who led
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 23, 19, 21, 17, 18, 3, 17, 25UTA25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 22, 21, 11, 39, 13, 23, 21, 23UTA23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 30, 22, 25, 33, 2, 29, 27, 30WAS30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 27, 35, 20, 24, 17, 22, 29, 21WAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Spurs-Pelicans

New Orleans leads San Antonio wire to wire

New Orleans was ahead at every break and won 126–117. Best quarter: the first, 37–17. CJ McCollum led New Orleans with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pelicans-Spurs
CJ McCollum · NOPJeremy Sochan · SASPTS4023REB89AST96Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Pelicans1
The night in charts
Spurs-Pelicans combined for 243, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-PelicansSpurs 117, Pelicans 126
243
Wizards-JazzWizards 112, Jazz 120
232
UTA won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Wizards-JazzWizards 112, Jazz 120
+8 UTA
Spurs-PelicansSpurs 117, Pelicans 126
+9 NOP
Beal shot 13-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BealWAS · 30 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST
65% (13-20)
Tre JonesSAS · 19 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB
58% (7-12)
BeasleyUTA · 25 PTS, 4 STL, 2 REB
53% (9-17)
CJNOP · 40 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB, 2 BLK
52% (14-27)
SochanSAS · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
50% (7-14)
Final · Wizards-Jazz
Wizards 112Jazz 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards27392422112
Jazz30303327120
The story
Malik Beasley's 25 points carried Utah past Washington, 120-112

For Washington, Kyle Kuzma had 21 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 4 STL, 2 REB · 9-17 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Jazz trailed by 6 going into the third, then won it 33-24.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +3−6+3+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Bradley Beal was the fantasy play: 41.5 FPTS on 30 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST

Final · Spurs-Pelicans
Spurs 117Pelicans 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs17292942117
Pelicans37282932126
The story
Willy Hernangomez had 13 points as New Orleans beat San Antonio 126-117

Stanley Johnson led San Antonio with 12 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 3-6 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Pelicans won the first 37-17, their biggest quarter edge.

NOP lead by quarter
200 +20+19+19+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.6Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 7.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 40

CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 8, 18, 29, 14, 28, 27, 31, 40Pelicans-Spurs · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 9, 1997: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 30, 22, 25, 33, 2, 29, 27, 30Wizards-Jazz · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 18, 23, 19, 21, 17, 18, 3, 17, 25Jazz-Wizards · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jeremy SochanPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 12, 13, 5, 2, 4, 2, 12, 23Spurs-Pelicans · L
8.2 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 22, 21, 11, 39, 13, 23, 21, 23Jazz-Wizards · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 27, 35, 20, 24, 17, 22, 29, 21Wizards-Jazz · L
21.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jordan PooleGSW+5.8 24.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.4 20.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
Nicolas BatumLAC+4.1 10.4 last 10 · 6.3 season
Zion WilliamsonNOP+4.0 29.2 last 10 · 25.2 season
Kristaps PorzingisWAS+3.9 26.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Max StrusMIA−5.2 7.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.5 5.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−3.3 11.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−3.3 19.8 last 10 · 23.1 season