The Atlanta Falcons (5-6) and Washington Commanders (6-5) tangle for playoff positioning on Sunday.
The Commanders are peaking on the proper time. They’ve received 5 out of their final six video games and clicking in all three phases. Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke has offered a spark, however Washington’s protection deserves reward. They allowed 10 factors final week and will get star Chase Younger again on Sunday.
The Falcons will likely be with out tight finish Kyle Pitts. It is a massive loss to the play-action passing recreation. Atlanta will depend on its third-ranked speeding assault led by Cordarrelle Patterson and firm. The backfield group is averaging 159.4 yards per recreation.
This is a take a look at the betting particulars and USA TODAY’s NFL workers picks for the Falcons vs. Commanders Week 12 recreation:
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Falcons at Commanders odds, moneyline and over/below
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NFL Week 12 odds, predictions and picks
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Lorenzo Reyes: Commanders 25, Falcons 20
Washington has coated 5 of its final six video games and the protection will solely get a lift with the activation of Chase Younger to the lively roster. Taylor Heinicke has this staff enjoying competitively and the Falcons, with Kyle Pitts now sidelined, wanted some breaks on particular groups to drag forward of the Bears.
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Washington Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke (4) rushes towards the Houston Texans within the second quarter at NRG Stadium.
Safid Deen: Commanders 21, Falcons 17
This recreation options two subpar offenses, however the Commanders are on a roll, profitable 4 of their final 5, and they need to maintain the visiting Falcons.
Lance Pugmire: Commanders 21, Falcons 20
By profitable 4 of 5, Washington has given the NFC East 4 above-.500 entrants, and now it finds one other favorable spot on this residence recreation.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Keaton Wallace had a career-high 27 points and the short-handed Atlanta Hawks beat the Chicago Bulls 110-94 on Wednesday night.
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Wallace nearly doubled his previous high of 14. He made four 3-pointers and had six assists.
Daeqwon Plowden scored 19 points in his NBA debut after being called up from the G League’s College Park Skyhawks.
Dyson Daniels scored 18 points, and Onyeka Okongwu added 14 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists to help the Hawks win for the third time in four games even though Trae Young sat out due to a bruised right rib. The three-time All-Star was hurt against Phoenix on Tuesday night when he scored a season-high 43 points in a 122-117 win.
Coby White scored 16 points for Chicago. Zach LaVine had 15, and Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and 16 rebounds.
Takeaways
Hawks: Young, averaging 23.1 points and a league-leading 11.9 assists, was part of a lengthy list of sidelined Hawks. It included Jalen Johnson (right shoulder inflammation), De’Andre Hunter (left foot soreness), Larry Nance Jr. (right hand) and rookie Zaccharie Risacher (left adductor irritation).
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Bulls: The Bulls simply couldn’t find much of a rhythm and lost for the fourth time in five games.
Key moment
Wallace scored 18 in the first half as the Hawks built a 61-47 lead.
The 6-foot-3 guard had eight points in a 15-0 run early in the second quarter that gave Atlanta a 42-27 lead. The Bulls got within four late in the half before the Hawks scored 13 straight, capped by Okongwu’s alley-oop dunk to make it 59-42 with 1:30 left. Okongwu also put back Bogdan Bogdanovic’s missed 3 in the closing seconds to send Atlanta to the locker room up by 14.
The Bulls went on a 12-2 run in the third to pull within 72-67 with about five minutes left in the quarter. The Hawks led by eight going into the fourth and remained in control from there.
Key stat
Both teams struggled from 3-point range, with the Hawks making 13 of 43 and the Bulls going 6 for 27.
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Atlanta’s dance scene is vibrant and eclectic, and we are honored to highlight some of the many local dancers who move us with their movements in our ongoing series “Speaking of Dance.”
This edition highlights Atlanta performer, Frankie Mulinix, the founder and artistic director of Burning Bones Physical Theatre. She specializes in the evocative Butoh, a 1950s-era Japanese dance-theater art form that blends German expressionism, mime, and European philosophy to explore taboo subjects through dance.
For Mulinix, discovering Butoh during her undergraduate studies was transformative. “My body said, this is home,” she shared.
As an artist-in-residence at Windmill Arts, Mulinix is dedicated to building Atlanta’s Butoh community from the ground up, educating audiences about its history and global significance. Her work aims to transform emotion into experience, creating visceral performances that resonate deeply with performers and audiences alike.
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Burning Bones Physical Theatre has an exciting 2025 season planned, with more information at Frankie Mulinix’s website here.
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