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Sunday, December 15, 2013Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DET by 11 after three quarters and won 111–109.

Final · OT · Box score
Blazers111
Pistons109
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -11; Q4 Blazers 0; OT1 POR +2
Final · Box score
Wolves101
Grizzlies93
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +8
Final · Box score
Rockets91
Kings106
Q1 Kings 0; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +15
Final · Box score
Magic98
Thunder101
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +3
Final · Box score
Pelicans93
Nuggets102
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 Nuggets 0; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
Warriors102
Suns106
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +4
On this day · 2012–13Dec 15, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (Cavs-Knicks), 41 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Pistons

Portland needs overtime to survive Detroit

Kevin Love goes for 30 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+7-1-110+2POR AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Blazers2921232612111
Pistons2229331510109
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 28, 38, 20, 19, 24, 31, 20, 27POR27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 26, 14, 21, 32, 18, 8, 16, 23POR23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 15, 17, 7, 13, 17, 11, 10, 31DET31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 16, 18, 8, 10, 10, 28, 22, 17DET17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Sacramento by 15.

POR over DET2OKC over ORL3PHX over GSW4MIN over MEM8DEN over NOP9SAC over HOU15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Lead changes
Warriors-Suns11
Rockets-Kings7
Magic-Thunder6
Blazers-Pistons5
Wolves-Grizzlies1
Shot of the night

Dame's jumper at the buzzer of OT breaks the tie, 111-109 final

The night in charts
Blazers-Pistons combined for 220, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-PistonsBlazers 111, Pistons 109
220
Warriors-SunsWarriors 102, Suns 106
208
Magic-ThunderMagic 98, Thunder 101
199
Rockets-KingsRockets 91, Kings 106
197
Pelicans-NuggetsPelicans 93, Nuggets 102
195
Wolves-GrizzliesWolves 101, Grizzlies 93
194
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-PistonsBlazers 111, Pistons 109
+2 POR
Magic-ThunderMagic 98, Thunder 101
+3 OKC
Warriors-SunsWarriors 102, Suns 106
+4 PHX
Wolves-GrizzliesWolves 101, Grizzlies 93
+8 MIN
Pelicans-NuggetsPelicans 93, Nuggets 102
+9 DEN
Rockets-KingsRockets 91, Kings 106
+15 SAC
POR erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-PistonsPOR won · Blazers 111, Pistons 109
11 pts
Pelicans-NuggetsDEN won · Pelicans 93, Nuggets 102
3 pts
Josh Smith shot 13-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Josh SmithDET · 31 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
76% (13-17)
LambOKC · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
HicksonDEN · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
KDOKC · 28 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 2 BLK
61% (11-18)
ConleyMEM · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
60% (12-20)
Final · Blazers-Pistons
Blazers 111Pistons 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Blazers2921232612111
Pistons2229331510109
The story
LaMarcus Aldridge had 27 points and 12 rebounds as Portland beat Detroit 111-109 in OT

Andre Drummond led Detroit with 14 REB, 13 PTS 27 PTS, 12 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 11-25 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the third, the Trail Blazers took the fourth 26-15.

POR lead by quarter
200 +7−1−110+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Magic-Thunder
Magic 98Thunder 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2227222798
Thunder28282718101
The story
Russell Westbrook's 20 points and 12 rebounds carried Oklahoma City past Orlando, 101-98

For Orlando, Nikola Vucevic had 16 REB, 13 PTS 20 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST · 7-22 FG, 0-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 28-22, was where the Thunder built it.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +6+7+12+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Suns
Warriors 102Suns 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors27262722102
Suns33262225106
The story
Phoenix beat Golden State 106-102 behind 24 points and 8 assists from Eric Bledsoe

Andrew Bogut paced Golden State: 14 REB, 9 PTS, 2 AST 24 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL · 7-16 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

A 33-27 first quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +6+6+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Stephen Curry topped the game at 52.7 FPTS: 30 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 15 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.2Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 4.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Josh Smith leads the day with 31

Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 15, 17, 7, 13, 17, 11, 10, 31Pistons-Blazers · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26, 26, 42, 30Wolves-Grizzlies · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 36, 27, 22, 22, 43, 33, 20, 30Warriors-Suns · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 27, 33, 29, 36, 30, 18, 31, 28Thunder-Magic · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 16, 18, 16, 12, 13, 20, 18, 28Grizzlies-Wolves · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 28, 38, 20, 19, 24, 31, 20, 27Blazers-Pistons · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stephen CurryGSW+5.3 29.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Nate RobinsonDEN+3.5 14.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Taj GibsonCHI+3.1 14.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Derrick WilliamsSAC+3.1 11.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+2.9 19.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Monta EllisDAL−3.9 16.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Gerald GreenPHX−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.3 17.3 last 10 · 20.6 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.2 8.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ty LawsonDEN−3.1 14.9 last 10 · 18.0 season