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Friday, December 25, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAS by 5 at halftime and won 88–84.

Final · OT · Box score
Pelicans88
Heat94
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 Heat 0; OT1 MIA +6
Final · Box score
Bulls105
Thunder96
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +9
Final · Box score
Cavs83
Warriors89
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +6
Final · Box score
Spurs84
Rockets88
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +4
Final · Box score
Clippers94
Lakers84
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +28; Q4 LAC +10
On this day · 2014–15Dec 25, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (Thunder-Spurs), 34 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Rockets

Houston upsets San Antonio

Anthony Davis goes for 29 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-5+1+4HOU AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2221172484
Rockets2513232788
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 42, 30, 24, 33, 25, 18, 36, 31, 20HOU20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 9, 0, 1, 16, 8, 17, 8, 14HOU14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 16, 22, 22, 27, 19, 24, 19, 20SAS20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 24, 13, 18, 14, 26, 10, 12, 18SAS18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Pelicans-Heat

Miami outlasts New Orleans in overtime

78–78 at the end of regulation. Miami took the last extra period 16–10. Final: 94–88. Chris Bosh led Miami with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Heat-Pelicans
Chris Bosh · MIAAnthony Davis · NOPPTS3029REB1015AST44Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Rockets10
Cavs-Warriors9
Pelicans-Heat2
Bulls-Thunder0
Clippers-Lakers0
The night in charts
Bulls-Thunder combined for 201, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-ThunderBulls 105, Thunder 96
201
Pelicans-HeatPelicans 88, Heat 94
182
Clippers-LakersClippers 94, Lakers 84
178
Cavs-WarriorsCavs 83, Warriors 89
172
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 84, Rockets 88
172
HOU won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 84, Rockets 88
+4 HOU
Cavs-WarriorsCavs 83, Warriors 89
+6 GSW
Pelicans-HeatPelicans 88, Heat 94
+6 MIA
Bulls-ThunderBulls 105, Thunder 96
+9 CHI
Clippers-LakersClippers 94, Lakers 84
+10 LAC
CP3 shot 11-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CP3LAC · 23 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL
58% (11-19)
Terrence JonesHOU · 14 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
55% (6-11)
RussellLAL · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
54% (7-13)
AldridgeSAS · 18 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
53% (9-17)
KDOKC · 29 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
52% (11-21)
Final · Spurs-Rockets
Spurs 84Rockets 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2221172484
Rockets2513232788
The story
James Harden's 20 points and 9 assists carried Houston past San Antonio, 88-84

For San Antonio, LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB · 7-21 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Rockets trailed by 5 going into the third, then won it 23-17.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +3−5+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kawhi Leonard was the fantasy play: 59.6 FPTS on 20 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST

Final · Pelicans-Heat
Pelicans 88Heat 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Pelicans152314261088
Heat271521151694
The story
Dwyane Wade had 19 points as Miami beat New Orleans 94-88 in OT

Ryan Anderson led New Orleans with 18 PTS, 8 REB 19 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 7-20 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the first 27-15, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +12+4+110+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Cavs-Warriors
Cavs 83Warriors 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1923172483
Warriors2817192589
The story
Golden State beat Cleveland 89-83 behind 22 points and 15 rebounds from Draymond Green

Kevin Love paced Cleveland: 18 REB, 10 PTS, 4 AST 22 PTS, 15 REB, 7 AST · 8-17 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 28-19 first quarter did the most damage for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +9+3+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.5Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
36.42014–15 avg20.8Last 3

20.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 2014–15 (75 games). Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.8Season avg50.2Today

50 minutes today, against 35.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 30

Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 23, 22, 24, 7, 11, 29, 20, 30Heat-Pelicans · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 18, 22, 28, 17, 16, 27, 28, 29Pelicans-Heat · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 21, 31, 24, 25, 22, 24, 21, 29Thunder-Bulls · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 24, 25, 13, 27, 13, 33, 23, 26Thunder-Bulls · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 37, 33, 25, 24, 33, 23, 24, 25Cavs-Warriors · L
26.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 12, 15, 13, 21, 27, 12, 32, 23Clippers-Lakers · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Klay ThompsonGSW+5.4 24.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Will BartonDEN+4.4 20.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Michael Carter-WilliamsMIL+4.3 16.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Lance ThomasNYK+4.1 13.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Randy FoyeDEN+4.0 10.7 last 10 · 6.7 season
Cold
Ish SmithNOP−5.2 3.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Evan FournierORL−4.5 9.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.4 12.8 last 10 · 17.2 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.1 8.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC−4.0 20.5 last 10 · 24.5 season