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Thursday, December 4, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed BKN by 9 after the first quarter and won 123–110.

Final · Box score
Warriors98
Sixers99
Q1 PHI +20; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +1
Final · Box score
Celtics146
Wizards101
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +45
Final · Box score
Jazz123
Nets110
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA -9; Q4 UTA +13
Final · Box score
Lakers123
Raptors120
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
Wolves125
Pelicans116
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 Wolves 0; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +9
On this day · 2024–25Dec 4, 2024: 6 games. Top scorer: Franz Wagner (Magic-Sixers), 35 points.
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The lead · Jazz-Nets

Lauri Markkanen scores 30 in Utah win over Brooklyn

Austin Reaves goes for 44 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-9-9+13UTA AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz20293242123
Nets29293220110
Who led
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 47, 31, 19, 20, 17, 28, 18, 29, 30UTA30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 34, 20, 27, 28, 31, 0, 28, 29UTA29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Noah ClowneyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 19, 22, 31, 16, 6, 18, 20, 29BKN29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ziaire WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 12, 2, 5, 10, 10, 3, 8, 23BKN23 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Wolves-Pelicans

Minnesota makes it four straight

Minnesota beat New Orleans 125–116 and moved to 14–8. Julius Randle led Minnesota with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
Lvs DEN112–123Wvs DAL120–96Wvs WAS120–109L@ PHX113–114L@ SAC112–117L@ OKC105–113Wvs BOS119–115Wvs SAS125–112W@ NOP149–142W@ NOP125–116
Lead changes
Wolves-Pelicans18
Lakers-Raptors10
Jazz-Nets6
Warriors-Sixers4
Celtics-Wizards0
Shot of the night

Hachimura's three at the buzzer breaks the tie, 123-120 final

The night in charts
Celtics-Wizards combined for 247, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-WizardsCeltics 146, Wizards 101
247
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 123, Raptors 120
243
Wolves-PelicansWolves 125, Pelicans 116
241
Jazz-NetsJazz 123, Nets 110
233
Warriors-SixersWarriors 98, Sixers 99
197
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Warriors-SixersWarriors 98, Sixers 99
+1 PHI
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 123, Raptors 120
+3 LAL
Wolves-PelicansWolves 125, Pelicans 116
+9 MIN
Jazz-NetsJazz 123, Nets 110
+13 UTA
Celtics-WizardsCeltics 146, Wizards 101
+45 BOS
UTA rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Jazz-NetsUTA won · Jazz 123, Nets 110
9 pts
Wolves-PelicansMIN won · Wolves 125, Pelicans 116
2 pts
Ayton shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
AytonLAL · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK
73% (8-11)
ReavesLAL · 44 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB
62% (13-21)
MarkkanenUTA · 30 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST
61% (11-18)
WalterTOR · 17 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
MiddletonWAS · 16 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
58% (7-12)
Final · Warriors-Sixers
Warriors 98Sixers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors1024323298
Sixers3026241999
The story
Tyrese Maxey's 35 points carried Philadelphia past Golden State, 99-98

For Golden State, Buddy Hield had 14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 35 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST · 13-27 FG, 4-10 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-10, was where the 76ers built it.

PHI lead by quarter
300 +20+22+14+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Raptors
Lakers 123Raptors 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers31363323123
Raptors26324022120
The story
Deandre Ayton had 17 points as Los Angeles beat Toronto 123-120

Sandro Mamukelashvili led Toronto with 13 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST 17 PTS, 8 REB · 8-11 FG

The swing

The Lakers won the first 31-26, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5+9+2+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Wizards
Celtics 146Wizards 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics32344337146
Wizards26332715101
The story
Boston beat Washington 146-101 behind 30 points and 9 assists from Derrick White

CJ McCollum paced Washington: 22 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 30 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 12-21 FG, 5-12 3PT

The swing

A 37-15 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
500 +6+7+23+45 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Austin Reaves leads the day with 44

Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 31, 25, 26, 22, 31, 38, 33, 16, 44Lakers-Raptors · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Jason Terry ATL, Apr 13, 2002: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
44 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 39, 24, 54, 27, 20, 22, 44, 35, 35Sixers-Warriors · W
32.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 15, 6, 16, 27, 16, 22, 30Celtics-Wizards · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 47, 31, 19, 20, 17, 28, 18, 29, 30Jazz-Nets · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 34, 20, 27, 28, 31, 0, 28, 29Jazz-Nets · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Noah ClowneyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 19, 22, 31, 16, 6, 18, 20, 29Nets-Jazz · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Noah ClowneyBKN+5.1 18.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Peyton WatsonDEN+4.8 15.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Collin GillespiePHX+4.6 18.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Desmond BaneORL+4.1 23.1 last 10 · 19.0 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATL+3.6 24.0 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cold
Zach LaVineSAC−4.1 15.7 last 10 · 19.8 season
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN−3.1 12.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Julius RandleMIN−3.0 19.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jake LaRaviaLAL−2.6 6.6 last 10 · 9.2 season