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Thursday, December 25, 2014Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed GSW by 2 after the first quarter and won 100–86.

Final · Box score
Wizards102
Knicks91
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +11
Final · Box score
Thunder114
Spurs106
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +8
Final · Box score
Cavs91
Heat101
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +10
Final · Box score
Lakers93
Bulls113
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +20
Final · Box score
Warriors86
Clippers100
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +14
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The lead · Warriors-Clippers

Clippers beat Golden State, 100–86

Russell Westbrook goes for 34 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-1+3+14LAC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2022281686
Clippers18233227100
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 17, 5, 10, 20, 17, 18, 18, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 10, 11, 20, 17, 27, 25, 19, 22LAC22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 21, 25, 29, 22, 19, 25, 18, 15GSW15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 20, 29, 34, 19, 34, 12, 22, 14GSW14 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Thunder-Spurs

OKC handles San Antonio by 8

The Thunder won the fourth quarter 38–29. Final: 114–106. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over SAS8MIA over CLE10WAS over NYK11LAC over GSW14CHI over LAL20Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over SAS.
Lead changes
Thunder-Spurs10
Warriors-Clippers4
Cavs-Heat3
The night in charts
Thunder-Spurs combined for 220, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-SpursThunder 114, Spurs 106
220
Lakers-BullsLakers 93, Bulls 113
206
Wizards-KnicksWizards 102, Knicks 91
193
Cavs-HeatCavs 91, Heat 101
192
Warriors-ClippersWarriors 86, Clippers 100
186
OKC won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Thunder-SpursThunder 114, Spurs 106
+8 OKC
Cavs-HeatCavs 91, Heat 101
+10 MIA
Wizards-KnicksWizards 102, Knicks 91
+11 WAS
Warriors-ClippersWarriors 86, Clippers 100
+14 LAC
Lakers-BullsLakers 93, Bulls 113
+20 CHI
LAC rallied from 2 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Warriors-ClippersLAC won · Warriors 86, Clippers 100
2 pts
Thunder-SpursOKC won · Thunder 114, Spurs 106
1 pt
Splitter shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SplitterSAS · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
DengMIA · 25 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST
69% (11-16)
PauCHI · 23 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
64% (9-14)
BoozerLAL · 14 PTS, 5 REB
64% (7-11)
WallWAS · 24 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
Final · Thunder-Spurs
Thunder 114Spurs 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder29212638114
Spurs27203029106
The story
Steven Adams had 16 points and 15 rebounds as Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 114-106

Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 13 AST, 11 PTS, 7 REB 16 PTS, 15 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 5-8 FG

The swing

Down 1 after the third, the Thunder took the fourth 38-29.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +2+3−1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Heat
Cavs 91Heat 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2722251791
Heat30321524101
The story
Dwyane Wade's 31 points carried Miami past Cleveland, 101-91

For Cleveland, LeBron James had 30 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB 31 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 12-28 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 32-22, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +3+13+3+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Clippers
Warriors 86Clippers 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2022281686
Clippers18233227100
The story
Los Angeles beat Golden State 100-86 behind 18 points and 15 rebounds from Blake Griffin

Draymond Green paced Golden State: 10 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 18 PTS, 15 REB, 6 AST · 5-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 27-16 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −2−1+3+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.8Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg34.7Today

35 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 34

Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 34, 28, 32, 33, 31, 29, 40, 34Thunder-Spurs · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 32, 23, 17, 22, 34, 26, 25, 28, 34Knicks-Wizards · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 10, 29, 17, 28, 42, 28, 23, 31Heat-Cavs · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 35, 41, 27, 21, 22, 25, 24, 30Cavs-Heat · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 14, 17, 18, 8, 19, 23, 7, 25Heat-Cavs · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 20, 17, 16, 9, 16, 17, 29, 25Cavs-Heat · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+6.3 19.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.5 21.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.1 26.0 last 10 · 21.9 season
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+4.0 14.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
CJ MilesIND+4.0 15.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jared SullingerBOS−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.5 5.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jeremy LambOKC−3.7 5.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Donald SloanIND−3.6 6.7 last 10 · 10.3 season