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Monday, December 25, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed CLE by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–92.

Final · Box score
Sixers105
Knicks98
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +7
Final · Box score
Cavs92
Warriors99
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +7
Final · Box score
Wizards111
Celtics103
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +8
Final · Box score
Rockets107
Thunder112
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 Thunder 0; Q4 OKC +5
Final · Box score
Wolves121
Lakers104
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +17
On this day · 2016–17Dec 25, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Warriors-Cavs), 36 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Warriors

Golden State beats Cleveland, 99–92

James Harden goes for 29 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+2+4+7GSW AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2816232592
Warriors2422252899
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 36, 28, 36, 36, 22, 33, 18, 25GSW25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 24, 25, 17, 29, 16, 15, 24GSW24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 20, 17, 28, 15, 25, 21, 27, 31CLE31 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 30, 25, 25, 29, 20, 39, 34, 20CLE20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Rockets-Thunder

OKC upsets Houston

OKC (18–15) beat Houston (25–6) 112–107. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over HOU5PHI over NYK7GSW over CLE7WAS over BOS8MIN over LAL17Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over HOU.
Lead changes
Sixers-Knicks18
Rockets-Thunder14
Wolves-Lakers8
Cavs-Warriors7
Wizards-Celtics4
The night in charts
Wolves-Lakers combined for 225, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-LakersWolves 121, Lakers 104
225
Rockets-ThunderRockets 107, Thunder 112
219
Wizards-CelticsWizards 111, Celtics 103
214
Sixers-KnicksSixers 105, Knicks 98
203
Cavs-WarriorsCavs 92, Warriors 99
191
OKC won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Rockets-ThunderRockets 107, Thunder 112
+5 OKC
Cavs-WarriorsCavs 92, Warriors 99
+7 GSW
Sixers-KnicksSixers 105, Knicks 98
+7 PHI
Wizards-CelticsWizards 111, Celtics 103
+8 WAS
Wolves-LakersWolves 121, Lakers 104
+17 MIN
GSW rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-WarriorsGSW won · Cavs 92, Warriors 99
4 pts
Rockets-ThunderOKC won · Rockets 107, Thunder 112
3 pts
Sixers-KnicksPHI won · Sixers 105, Knicks 98
3 pts
Gibson shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GibsonMIN · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 1 STL
85% (11-13)
Otto Porter Jr.WAS · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
CrawfordMIN · 19 PTS, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
RandleLAL · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
MeloOKC · 20 PTS, 5 REB
67% (8-12)
Final · Rockets-Thunder
Rockets 107Thunder 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets31263119107
Thunder28303024112
The story
Russell Westbrook had 31 points and 11 assists as Oklahoma City beat Houston 112-107

Clint Capela led Houston with 19 PTS, 10 REB 31 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB, 3 STL · 12-24 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Thunder won the fourth 24-19, their biggest quarter edge.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −3+10+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Warriors
Cavs 92Warriors 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2816232592
Warriors2422252899
The story
Kevin Durant's 25 points carried Golden State past Cleveland, 99-92

For Cleveland, Dwyane Wade had 13 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 7 REB, 5 BLK, 3 AST · 8-19 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

The Warriors trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 22-16.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −4+2+4+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Knicks
Sixers 105Knicks 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers21292926105
Knicks2424272398
The story
Philadelphia beat New York 105-98 behind 25 points and 16 rebounds from Joel Embiid

Kristaps Porzingis paced New York: 22 PTS, 7 REB 25 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 8-17 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 29-24 second quarter erased a 3-point hole for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −3+2+4+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Enes Kanter leads the day with 31

Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 8, 14, 13, 10, 11, 14, 22, 31Knicks-Sixers · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 20, 17, 28, 15, 25, 21, 27, 31Cavs-Warriors · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 10, 27, 25, 38, 24, 30, 27, 31Thunder-Rockets · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 3, 12, 19, 20, 25, 38, 27, 18, 31Lakers-Wolves · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 48, 26, 21, 28, 31, 26, 51, 51, 29Rockets-Thunder · L
32.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 25, 25, 22, 33, 28, 34, 14, 25Sixers-Knicks · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Donovan MitchellUTA+6.1 24.1 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Zach RandolphSAC+5.4 21.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL+5.3 16.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.2 17.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.7 19.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
Goran DragicMIA−4.2 12.2 last 10 · 16.4 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Tobias HarrisDET−3.3 14.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−3.3 14.2 last 10 · 17.5 season