Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Lauri Markkanen and Yuta Watanabe

This is the detail of NBA games in which Lauri Markkanen and Yuta Watanabe played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 11 times in NBA games. Lauri Markkanen has a 6-5 winning record over Yuta Watanabe. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Lauri Markkanen:
2017-18 to 2025-26
Yuta Watanabe:
2018-19 to 2023-24
11 Games played
11 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Lauri Markkanen
6
6
0
Yuta Watanabe
5
5
0

* NBA Cup games other than the Championship game are included in the Regular Season category. They played in 1 of those games.

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Lauri Markkanen 19.4 6.5 0.8 0.70.9
Yuta Watanabe 4.7 2.5 0.60.40.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Lauri Markkanen 23 12 2 22
Yuta Watanabe 26 13 2 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Lauri Markkanen 10

games
8

games
4

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5

games
5

games
Yuta Watanabe 1

game
2

games
2

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2

games
0

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
5

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4

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6

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2019-20 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 04, 2019
1. Bulls 106   Lauri Markkanen 15 5 1 0 2 2 2 29 5-9 .556 4-8 .500 1-2 .500
Grizzlies 99   Yuta Watanabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2020-21 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 14, 2021
2. Bulls 118   Lauri Markkanen 13 7 1 1 1 0 0 32 4-12 .333 2-9 .222 3-3 1.000
Raptors 95   Yuta Watanabe 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 8 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 08, 2021
3. Bulls 122   Lauri Markkanen 18 3 0 0 0 0 1 18 8-10 .800 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Raptors 113   Yuta Watanabe 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 17 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
May. 13, 2021
4. Bulls 114   Lauri Markkanen 20 7 2 1 1 2 3 25 7-10 .700 6-9 .667 0-0 -
Raptors 102   Yuta Watanabe 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 09 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
2021-22 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 2021
5. Cavaliers 144   Lauri Markkanen 20 7 1 0 1 2 2 22 9-13 .692 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000
Raptors 99   Yuta Watanabe 26 13 1 0 1 5 0 37 11-20 .550 2-5 .400 2-3 .667
Mar. 06, 2022
6. Cavaliers 104   Lauri Markkanen 22 12 0 0 1 1 0 38 8-18 .444 3-12 .250 3-4 .750
Raptors 96   Yuta Watanabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 24, 2022
7. Cavaliers 104   Lauri Markkanen 20 5 1 1 0 1 2 36 6-10 .600 2-6 .333 6-6 1.000
Raptors 117   Yuta Watanabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
2022-23 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 20, 2023
8. Jazz 106   Lauri Markkanen 22 11 1 1 0 2 0 37 8-16 .500 6-10 .600 0-0 -
Nets 117   Yuta Watanabe 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Apr. 02, 2023
9. Jazz 110   Lauri Markkanen 23 9 2 2 0 2 3 35 8-21 .381 1-8 .125 6-6 1.000
Nets 111   Yuta Watanabe 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 08 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 -
2023-24 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 28, 2023
10. Jazz 104   Lauri Markkanen 19 3 0 1 2 1 1 28 7-13 .538 5-7 .714 0-0 -
Suns 126   Yuta Watanabe 7 4 0 2 1 0 2 21 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000
Nov. 17, 2023 (* Season and NBA Cup game)
11. Jazz 128   Lauri Markkanen 21 2 0 1 2 0 1 40 5-12 .417 1-4 .250 10-12 .833
Suns 131   Yuta Watanabe 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 -