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Tuesday, December 5, 2023Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Knicks122
Bucks146
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +24
Final · Box score
Suns103
Lakers106
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
On this day · 2022–23Dec 5, 2022: 8 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (Sixers-Rockets), 39 points.
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The lead · Suns-Lakers

LeBron James scores 31, Lakers hold off Phoenix

Giannis Antetokounmpo goes for 35 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+12+1+3LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns23243521103
Lakers33262423106
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 17, 26, 22, 18, 25, 21, 16, 31LAL31 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 26, 10, 32, 17, 28, 31, 27, 27LAL27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 38, 39, 31, 32, 30, 30, 27, 31PHX31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 26, 28, 25, 40, 28, 8, 34, 21PHX21 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Knicks-Bucks

Milwaukee never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 146–122. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bucks-Knicks
Giannis Antetokounmpo · MILJulius Randle · NYKPTS3541REB86AST105Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Knicks-Bucks15
Suns-Lakers14
The night in charts
Knicks-Bucks combined for 268, 59 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-BucksKnicks 122, Bucks 146
268
Suns-LakersSuns 103, Lakers 106
209
LAL won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Suns-LakersSuns 103, Lakers 106
+3 LAL
Knicks-BucksKnicks 122, Bucks 146
+24 MIL
Randle shot 14-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RandleNYK · 41 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST
74% (14-19)
KDPHX · 31 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
71% (12-17)
GiannisMIL · 35 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB, 3 STL
68% (15-22)
DameMIL · 28 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
BeasleyMIL · 18 PTS, 3 REB
55% (6-11)
Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 103Lakers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns23243521103
Lakers33262423106
The story
Anthony Davis had 27 points and 15 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Phoenix 106-103

Kevin Durant led Phoenix with 31 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 27 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST · 10-26 FG

The swing

The Lakers won the first 33-23, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +10+12+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Bucks
Knicks 122Bucks 146
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks35372426122
Bucks37383734146
The story
Damian Lillard's 28 points carried Milwaukee past New York, 146-122

For New York, Jalen Brunson had 24 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 28 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 8-13 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 37-24, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
300 +2+3+16+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.4Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 2 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
24.12022–23 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.1 in 2022–23 (79 games). Today: 1 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+6.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 33.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 41

Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 21, 21, 13, 28, 25, 29, 20, 41Knicks-Bucks · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Mitch Richmond SAC, Jan 4, 1996: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Season high41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 40, 42, 21, 31, 33, 33, 26, 32, 35Bucks-Knicks · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 17, 26, 22, 18, 25, 21, 16, 31Lakers-Suns · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 38, 39, 31, 32, 30, 30, 27, 31Suns-Lakers · L
31.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 22, 27, 31, 31, 32, 18, 25, 28Bucks-Knicks · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 26, 10, 32, 17, 28, 31, 27, 27Lakers-Suns · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Brook LopezMIL+4.0 17.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+3.7 15.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Julius RandleNYK+3.4 24.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+3.2 13.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Reggie JacksonDEN+3.1 16.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
D'Angelo RussellLAL−2.4 14.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−2.2 13.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Dyson DanielsNOP−1.8 5.2 last 10 · 7.0 season
Bobby PortisMIL−1.7 9.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Josh OkogiePHX−1.5 5.2 last 10 · 6.7 season