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Sunday, December 28, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 11 after the first quarter and won 103–80.

Final · Box score
Pistons103
Cavs80
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +23
Final · Box score
Rockets106
Spurs110
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +4
Final · Box score
Thunder107
Mavs112
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
Raptors116
Nuggets102
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +14
Final · Box score
Knicks79
Blazers101
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +22
Final · Box score
Suns116
Lakers107
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +9
On this day · 2013–14Dec 28, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (Clippers-Jazz), 40 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Cavs

Detroit rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Kyle Lowry goes for 30 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+3+16+23DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons17332726103
Cavs2819141980
Who led
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 1, 8, 3, 6, 13, 22, 8, 14, 25DET25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 23, 12, 18, 19, 7, 18, 20, 16DET16 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 13, 6, 8, 20, 14, 22, 20CLE20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 10, 7, 9, 3, 5, 6, 9, 18CLE18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Rockets-Spurs20
Raptors-Nuggets12
Thunder-Mavs9
Suns-Lakers4
Pistons-Cavs2
Knicks-Blazers0
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 223, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 116, Lakers 107
223
Thunder-MavsThunder 107, Mavs 112
219
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 116, Nuggets 102
218
Rockets-SpursRockets 106, Spurs 110
216
Pistons-CavsPistons 103, Cavs 80
183
Knicks-BlazersKnicks 79, Blazers 101
180
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Rockets-SpursRockets 106, Spurs 110
+4 SAS
Thunder-MavsThunder 107, Mavs 112
+5 DAL
Suns-LakersSuns 116, Lakers 107
+9 PHX
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 116, Nuggets 102
+14 TOR
Knicks-BlazersKnicks 79, Blazers 101
+22 POR
Pistons-CavsPistons 103, Cavs 80
+23 DET
DET erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-CavsDET won · Pistons 103, Cavs 80
11 pts
Thunder-MavsDAL won · Thunder 107, Mavs 112
7 pts
Rockets-SpursSAS won · Rockets 106, Spurs 110
5 pts
Suns-LakersPHX won · Suns 116, Lakers 107
2 pts
Dwight shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DwightHOU · 24 PTS, 17 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
85% (11-13)
IbakaOKC · 26 PTS, 10 REB
79% (11-14)
BrewerHOU · 25 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
LinLAL · 19 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
73% (8-11)
DrummondDET · 17 REB, 16 PTS, 5 BLK, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Rockets-Spurs
Rockets 106Spurs 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets33222922106
Spurs28282925110
The story
San Antonio beat Houston 110-106 behind 24 points from Danny Green

Corey Brewer paced Houston: 25 PTS, 2 REB 24 PTS, 5 STL, 4 REB, 3 AST · 6-13 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

A 28-22 second quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −5+1+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dwight Howard topped the game at 47.9 FPTS: 24 PTS, 17 REB

Final · Thunder-Mavs
Thunder 107Mavs 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder26323019107
Mavs33311731112
The story
Dirk Nowitzki's 30 points carried Dallas past Oklahoma City, 112-107

For Oklahoma City, Serge Ibaka had 26 PTS, 10 REB 30 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 8-13 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 7 going into the fourth, then won it 31-19.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +7+6−7+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Russell Westbrook was the fantasy play: 52.3 FPTS on 18 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST

Final · Pistons-Cavs
Pistons 103Cavs 80
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons17332726103
Cavs2819141980
The story
Andre Drummond had 17 rebounds and 16 points as Detroit beat Cleveland 103-80

LeBron James led Cleveland with 17 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST 17 REB, 16 PTS, 5 BLK · 8-12 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the first, the Pistons took the second 33-19.

DET lead by quarter
300 −11+3+16+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg3.1Last 3

3.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Detroit by 23.

SAS over HOU4DAL over OKC5PHX over LAL9TOR over DEN14POR over NYK22DET over CLE23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Lou Williams leads the day with 31

Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 15, 18, 10, 15, 22, 12, 9, 31Raptors-Nuggets · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 21, 17, 20, 15, 22, 34, 25, 30Raptors-Nuggets · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 23, 16, 18, 13, 16, 22, 14, 30Mavs-Thunder · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 6, 12, 10, 15, 18, 29, 16, 28Nuggets-Raptors · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 14, 11, 16, 9, 14, 22, 25, 28Blazers-Knicks · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 44, 24, 41, 21, 18, 44, 32, 28Rockets-Spurs · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mason PlumleeBKN+7.0 15.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+6.0 23.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK+5.3 16.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+4.7 18.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.4 26.2 last 10 · 21.8 season
Cold
Chris CopelandIND−5.0 4.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.9 10.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jared SullingerBOS−4.8 8.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Pau GasolCHI−3.8 14.0 last 10 · 17.8 season