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Tuesday, December 17, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed LAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 105–102.

Final · Box score
Kings102
Hornets110
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +8
Final · Box score
Lakers102
Pacers105
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +3
Final · Box score
Hawks120
Knicks143
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +24; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +23
Final · OT · Box score
Nets108
Pelicans101
Q1 Nets 0; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN -3; Q4 Nets 0; OT1 BKN +7
Final · Box score
Magic102
Jazz109
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +7
Final · Box score
Suns99
Clippers120
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +21
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The lead · Lakers-Pacers

Indiana holds off Lakers, 105–102

Trae Young goes for 42 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-2+2+3IND AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers28242426102
Pacers24262827105
Who led
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 17, 18, 19, 18, 15, 12, 12, 26IND26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 12, 4, 7, 5, 11, 11, 14, 16IND16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 25, 20, 31, 32, 25, 28, 32, 20LAL20 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 13, 7, 5, 8, 2, 4, 2, 20LAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Nets-Pelicans

Brooklyn pulls away in overtime to beat New Orleans

Level at 93 after 48 minutes, Brooklyn won overtime 15–8. Final: 108–101. Spencer Dinwiddie led Brooklyn with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nets-Pelicans
Spencer Dinwiddie · BKNBrandon Ingram · NOPPTS3122REB211AST71Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nets-Pelicans14
Lakers-Pacers5
Magic-Jazz4
Suns-Clippers2
Hawks-Knicks1
The night in charts
Hawks-Knicks combined for 263, 44 more than any other game
Points by game
Hawks-KnicksHawks 120, Knicks 143
263
Suns-ClippersSuns 99, Clippers 120
219
Kings-HornetsKings 102, Hornets 110
212
Magic-JazzMagic 102, Jazz 109
211
Nets-PelicansNets 108, Pelicans 101 · OT
209
Lakers-PacersLakers 102, Pacers 105
207
IND won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Lakers-PacersLakers 102, Pacers 105
+3 IND
Nets-PelicansNets 108, Pelicans 101 · OT
+7 BKN
Magic-JazzMagic 102, Jazz 109
+7 UTA
Kings-HornetsKings 102, Hornets 110
+8 CHA
Suns-ClippersSuns 99, Clippers 120
+21 LAC
Hawks-KnicksHawks 120, Knicks 143
+23 NYK
IND rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-PacersIND won · Lakers 102, Pacers 105
4 pts
Nets-PelicansBKN won · Nets 108, Pelicans 101 · OT
3 pts
Dwight shot 10-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DwightLAL · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK
100% (10-10)
AugustinORL · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
RJNYK · 27 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
77% (10-13)
MonkCHA · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
Mitchell RobinsonNYK · 22 PTS, 13 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Final · Lakers-Pacers
Lakers 102Pacers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers28242426102
Pacers24262827105
The story
Domantas Sabonis had 26 points and 10 rebounds as Indiana beat Los Angeles 105-102

LeBron James led Los Angeles with 20 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST 26 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 10-15 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Pacers took the third 28-24.

IND lead by quarter
200 −4−2+2+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Pelicans
Nets 108Pelicans 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nets2121193215108
Pelicans211429298101
The story
Brooklyn beat New Orleans 108-101 in OT behind 31 points from Spencer Dinwiddie

Brandon Ingram paced New Orleans: 22 PTS, 11 REB 31 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB · 11-26 FG, 1-8 3PT

The swing

A 21-14 second quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

BKN lead by quarter
200 0+7−30+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Jrue Holiday topped the game at 46.0 FPTS: 21 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB

Final · Hawks-Knicks
Hawks 120Knicks 143
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks27263136120
Knicks41363234143
The story
Mitchell Robinson's 22 points and 13 rebounds carried New York past Atlanta, 143-120

For Atlanta, Kevin Huerter had 14 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 22 PTS, 13 REB · 9-13 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 41-27, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
300 +14+24+25+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 42

Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 49, 37, 24, 39, 30, 21, 15, 23, 30, 42Hawks-Knicks · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Ricky Davis CLE, Dec 13, 2002: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
42 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 29, 24, 13, 24, 24, 24, 24, 31Nets-Pelicans · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 11, 9, 23, 19, 13, 14, 32, 30Jazz-Magic · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 16, 18, 29, 22, 26, 30, 28, 30Jazz-Magic · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 2, 9, 12, 5, 22, 8, 7, 27Knicks-Hawks · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 17, 18, 19, 18, 15, 12, 12, 26Pacers-Lakers · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ben McLemoreHOU+5.7 16.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.4 19.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Anthony DavisLAL+3.6 31.0 last 10 · 27.4 season
Davis BertansWAS+3.6 19.0 last 10 · 15.4 season
Tobias HarrisPHI+3.5 23.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.3 15.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.7 12.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jabari ParkerATL−3.7 12.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Coby WhiteCHI−3.4 7.8 last 10 · 11.2 season