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Saturday, December 25, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed BOS by 15 at halftime and won 117–113.

Final · Box score
Hawks87
Knicks101
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +14
Final · Box score
Celtics113
Bucks117
Q1 MIL -13; Q2 MIL -15; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +4
Final · Box score
Warriors116
Suns107
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 Warriors 0; Q4 GSW +9
Final · Box score
Nets122
Lakers115
Q1 BKN +15; Q2 BKN +4; Q3 BKN +20; Q4 BKN +7
Final · Box score
Mavs116
Jazz120
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 Jazz 0; Q4 UTA +4
On this day · 2020–21Dec 25, 2020: 5 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (Nets-Celtics), 37 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo drops 36 in 15-point comeback win over Boston

James Harden posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-15-4+4MIL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics35273219113
Bucks22254327117
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 26, 40, 27, 15, 41, 20, 20, 36MIL36 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 20, 21, 24, 4, 23, 26, 17MIL17 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 29, 24, 42, 27, 25, 17, 18, 25BOS25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 16, 9, 19, 20, 23, 30, 34, 25BOS25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Mavs-Jazz

Utah rallies from 9 down to beat Dallas

Trailing by 9 after one, Utah outscored the Mavericks 95–82 the rest of the way. Final: 120–116. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 33 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Jazz-Mavs
Donovan Mitchell · UTAKristaps Porzingis · DALPTS3327REB39AST33Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Warriors-Suns12
Mavs-Jazz11
Nets-Lakers3
Celtics-Bucks1
Hawks-Knicks0
The night in charts
Nets-Lakers combined for 237, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-LakersNets 122, Lakers 115
237
Mavs-JazzMavs 116, Jazz 120
236
Celtics-BucksCeltics 113, Bucks 117
230
Warriors-SunsWarriors 116, Suns 107
223
Hawks-KnicksHawks 87, Knicks 101
188
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Celtics-BucksCeltics 113, Bucks 117
+4 MIL
Mavs-JazzMavs 116, Jazz 120
+4 UTA
Nets-LakersNets 122, Lakers 115
+7 BKN
Warriors-SunsWarriors 116, Suns 107
+9 GSW
Hawks-KnicksHawks 87, Knicks 101
+14 NYK
MIL erased a 15-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Celtics-BucksMIL won · Celtics 113, Bucks 117
15 pts
Mavs-JazzUTA won · Mavs 116, Jazz 120
9 pts
Warriors-SunsGSW won · Warriors 116, Suns 107
4 pts
Ayton shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
AytonPHX · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
MillsBKN · 34 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
BogdanovicUTA · 25 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
MonkLAL · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
Delon WrightATL · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
62% (8-13)
Final · Celtics-Bucks
Celtics 113Bucks 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics35273219113
Bucks22254327117
The story
Jrue Holiday had 17 points as Milwaukee beat Boston 117-113

Jaylen Brown led Boston with 25 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 5 REB, 4 STL, 3 AST · 8-14 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 15 after the second, the Bucks took the third 43-32.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −13−15−4+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Jazz
Mavs 116Jazz 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs34292726116
Jazz25402530120
The story
Utah beat Dallas 120-116 behind 33 points from Donovan Mitchell

Jalen Brunson paced Dallas: 27 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 33 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 11-26 FG, 1-7 3PT

The swing

A 40-29 second quarter erased a 9-point hole for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −9+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kristaps Porzingis topped the game at 48.3 FPTS: 27 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST

Final · Nets-Lakers
Nets 122Lakers 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets38283620122
Lakers23392033115
The story
Patty Mills' 34 points carried Brooklyn past Los Angeles, 122-115

For Los Angeles, Carmelo Anthony had 17 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST 34 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB · 11-17 FG, 8-13 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 36-20, was where the Nets built it.

BKN lead by quarter
200 +15+4+20+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 36 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Rebounding up
+3.9rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
3.3Season avg7.2Last 5

7.2 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 3.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 40 minutes.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 39

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 33, 30, 24, 18, 31, 34, 36, 39Lakers-Nets · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 12, 34, 20, 14, 23, 25, 20, 36Nets-Lakers · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James LAL, Aug 29, 2020: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
36 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 26, 40, 27, 15, 41, 20, 20, 36Bucks-Celtics · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 10, 12, 11, 18, 30, 14, 23, 34Nets-Lakers · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 22, 18, 26, 22, 30, 30, 46, 33Warriors-Suns · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 35, 36, 22, 28, 27, 27, 32, 21, 28, 33Jazz-Mavs · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Gary HarrisORL+5.3 15.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Max StrusMIA+5.0 15.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+4.5 22.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+4.4 16.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Luke KennardLAC+4.4 16.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.8 9.7 last 10 · 14.5 season
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−3.5 9.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.4 4.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.3 14.2 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ja MorantMEM−3.3 20.3 last 10 · 23.6 season