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Monday, December 25, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by DEN (vs GSW) and DAL (vs PHX).

Final · Box score
Bucks122
Knicks129
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +7
Final · Box score
Warriors114
Nuggets120
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +6
Final · Box score
Celtics126
Lakers115
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +11
Final · Box score
Sixers113
Heat119
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 Heat 0; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
Mavs128
Suns114
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +14
On this day · 2022–23Dec 25, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (Nuggets-Suns), 41 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Nuggets

Denver makes it five straight

Luka Doncic goes for 50 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-1+3+6DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors26283525114
Nuggets29243928120
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 29, 16, 15, 22, 20, 32, 20, 28DEN28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 4, 26, 24, 8, 31, 31, 18, 26DEN26 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 9, 12, 3, 9, 14, 25, 6, 22GSW22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 24, 17, 37, 7, 33, 30, 27, 18GSW18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Mavs-Suns

Dallas handles Phoenix by 14

The Mavericks won the fourth quarter 37–22. Final: 128–114. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 50 points, 6 rebounds and 15 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over GSW6MIA over PHI6NYK over MIL7BOS over LAL11DAL over PHX14Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over PHX.
Lead changes
Bucks-Knicks7
Celtics-Lakers4
Sixers-Heat4
Mavs-Suns2
The night in charts
Bucks-Knicks combined for 251, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-KnicksBucks 122, Knicks 129
251
Mavs-SunsMavs 128, Suns 114
242
Celtics-LakersCeltics 126, Lakers 115
241
Warriors-NuggetsWarriors 114, Nuggets 120
234
Sixers-HeatSixers 113, Heat 119
232
DEN won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Warriors-NuggetsWarriors 114, Nuggets 120
+6 DEN
Sixers-HeatSixers 113, Heat 119
+6 MIA
Bucks-KnicksBucks 122, Knicks 129
+7 NYK
Celtics-LakersCeltics 126, Lakers 115
+11 BOS
Mavs-SunsMavs 128, Suns 114
+14 DAL
DEN rallied from 1 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Warriors-NuggetsDEN won · Warriors 114, Nuggets 120
1 pt
Mavs-SunsDAL won · Mavs 128, Suns 114
1 pt
Jaquez shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JaquezMIA · 31 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
73% (11-15)
QuickleyNYK · 20 PTS, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Aaron GordonDEN · 16 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
JrueBOS · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
WigginsGSW · 22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Final · Sixers-Heat
Sixers 113Heat 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers22273727113
Heat26372333119
The story
Miami beat Philadelphia 119-113 behind 26 points and 15 rebounds from Bam Adebayo

Tobias Harris paced Philadelphia: 27 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 26 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK · 9-15 FG

The swing

A 37-27 second quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +4+140+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Lakers
Celtics 126Lakers 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics32264127126
Lakers23343325115
The story
Kristaps Porzingis' 28 points and 11 rebounds carried Boston past Los Angeles, 126-115

For Los Angeles, LeBron James had 16 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST 28 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 11-19 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 32-23, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +9+1+9+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Anthony Davis was the fantasy play: 63.6 FPTS on 40 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST

Final · Mavs-Suns
Mavs 128Suns 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs36282737128
Suns24303822114
The story
Derrick Jones Jr. had 23 points as Dallas beat Phoenix 128-114

Grayson Allen led Phoenix with 32 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 23 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST · 9-18 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

Down 1 after the third, the Mavericks took the fourth 37-22.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +12+10−1+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.9Season avg39.0Last 5

39.0 points a game over his last five games, against 32.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 50

Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 35, 33, 39, 40, 38, 28, 39, 50Mavs-Suns · W
33.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Damian Lillard POR, Jan 26, 2020: 50 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Season high50 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 41, 37, 37, 32, 19, 31, 26, 40Lakers-Celtics · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Hakeem Olajuwon HOU, Feb 19, 1996: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 21, 23, 50, 22, 29, 16, 36, 38Knicks-Bucks · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 32, 64, 22, 26, 11, 37, 28, 32Bucks-Knicks · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 14, 21, 33, 39, 40, 24, 19, 32Bucks-Knicks · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Grayson AllenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 13, 9, 21, 13, 11, 11, 11, 32Suns-Mavs · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Coby WhiteCHI+5.5 23.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Collin SextonUTA+5.2 20.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM+5.1 26.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Keegan MurraySAC+4.7 20.9 last 10 · 16.2 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.6 27.5 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
D'Angelo RussellLAL−5.0 10.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
Nikola JokicDEN−4.8 21.6 last 10 · 26.4 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−3.8 7.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Dennis SchroderTOR−3.6 10.6 last 10 · 14.2 season