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Sunday, December 10, 2017Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DEN by 13 after the first quarter and won 126–116.

Final · Box score
Raptors102
Kings87
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +15
Final · Box score
Celtics91
Pistons81
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +10
Final · OT · Box score
Nuggets116
Pacers126
Q1 IND -13; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +2; Q4 Pacers 0; OT1 IND +10
Final · Box score
Mavs92
Wolves97
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +5
Final · Box score
Sixers124
Pelicans131
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +11; Q3 NOP -8; Q4 NOP +7
Final · Box score
Hawks107
Knicks111
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +4
On this day · 2016–17Dec 10, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Hornets), 44 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Pacers

Victor Oladipo scores 47 as Indiana beats Denver

Anthony Davis goes for 29 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-7+20+10IND AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Nuggets353122262116
Pacers2237312412126
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 21, 26, 19, 36, 16, 27, 33, 47IND47 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 19, 18, 15, 17, 12, 11, 15, 24IND24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Trey LylesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 6, 6, 10, 18, 7, 10, 3, 25DEN25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 9, 9, 37, 16, 23, 15, 19, 21DEN21 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Sixers-Pelicans

New Orleans climbs back to beat Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 8 after three. New Orleans won it 131–124. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 34 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pelicans-Sixers
Jrue Holiday · NOPJJ Redick · PHIPTS3428REB43AST54Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Mavs-Wolves21
Nuggets-Pacers7
Raptors-Kings6
Celtics-Pistons1
The night in charts
Sixers-Pelicans combined for 255, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-PelicansSixers 124, Pelicans 131
255
Nuggets-PacersNuggets 116, Pacers 126
242
Hawks-KnicksHawks 107, Knicks 111
218
Raptors-KingsRaptors 102, Kings 87
189
Mavs-WolvesMavs 92, Wolves 97
189
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 91, Pistons 81
172
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Hawks-KnicksHawks 107, Knicks 111
+4 NYK
Mavs-WolvesMavs 92, Wolves 97
+5 MIN
Sixers-PelicansSixers 124, Pelicans 131
+7 NOP
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 91, Pistons 81
+10 BOS
Nuggets-PacersNuggets 116, Pacers 126
+10 IND
Raptors-KingsRaptors 102, Kings 87
+15 TOR
IND erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-PacersIND won · Nuggets 116, Pacers 126
13 pts
Sixers-PelicansNOP won · Sixers 124, Pelicans 131
8 pts
Hawks-KnicksNYK won · Hawks 107, Knicks 111
1 pt
Mavs-WolvesMIN won · Mavs 92, Wolves 97
1 pt
Randolph shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RandolphSAC · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
Thaddeus YoungIND · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
CousinsNOP · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
McDermottNYK · 23 PTS, 3 REB
69% (9-13)
TurnerIND · 24 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
Final · Hawks-Knicks
Hawks 107Knicks 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks21312332107
Knicks24272535111
The story
Kristaps Porzingis' 30 points carried New York past Atlanta, 111-107

For Atlanta, Ersan Ilyasova had 20 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 30 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 10-23 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 24-21, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +3−1+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Wolves
Mavs 92Wolves 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2424212392
Wolves2324242697
The story
Minnesota beat Dallas 97-92 behind 28 points and 12 rebounds from Karl-Anthony Towns

Wesley Matthews paced Dallas: 14 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 28 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 10-15 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 24-21 third quarter erased a 1-point hole for the Timberwolves.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −1−1+2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Pacers
Nuggets 116Pacers 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nuggets353122262116
Pacers2237312412126
The story
Myles Turner had 24 points as Indiana beat Denver 126-116 in OT

Wilson Chandler led Denver with 18 PTS, 8 REB 24 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 10-15 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The Pacers won the overtime 12-2.

IND lead by quarter
200 −13−7+20+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg31.5Today

31 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Victor Oladipo leads the day with 47

Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 21, 26, 19, 36, 16, 27, 33, 47Pacers-Nuggets · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 12, 1999: 46 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Career high47 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 24, 27, 11, 17, 34, 27, 14, 34Pelicans-Sixers · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 25, 22, 28, 22, 4, 18, 23, 30Knicks-Hawks · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 36, 29, 23, 30, 17, 19, 18, 29Pelicans-Sixers · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 32, 20, 11, 23, 15, 7, 21, 28Wolves-Mavs · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 11, 8, 17, 18, 25, 15, 19, 28Sixers-Pelicans · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jrue HolidayNOP+4.6 21.9 last 10 · 17.3 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.3 21.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.2 27.0 last 10 · 22.8 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+4.1 23.1 last 10 · 19.0 season
Zach RandolphSAC+3.9 19.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Eric GordonHOU−5.4 13.2 last 10 · 18.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.8 20.7 last 10 · 25.5 season
Kent BazemoreATL−2.8 9.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−2.8 7.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Avery BradleyDET−2.8 13.2 last 10 · 16.0 season