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Tuesday, December 10, 2024Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed ORL by 8 after the first quarter and won 114–109.

Final · Box score
Magic109
Bucks114
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +5
Final · Box score
Mavs104
Thunder118
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +14
The lead · Magic-Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 37, Milwaukee rallies past Orlando

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander goes for 39 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+1+8+5MIL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic33261337109
Bucks25352034114
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 37, 32, 42, 28, 31, 30, 34, 37MIL37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 31, 37, 25, 27, 25, 31, 15, 28MIL28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Jalen SuggsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 2, 31, 12, 12, 14, 17, 22, 26, 32ORL32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Anthony BlackPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 4, 5, 5, 6, 10, 0, 8, 17ORL17 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Mavs-Thunder

OKC leads Dallas wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 118–104. Best quarter: the third, 33–19. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 39 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Thunder-Mavs
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · OKCNaji Marshall · DALPTS3919REB84AST52Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Magic-Bucks13
Mavs-Thunder5
The night in charts
Magic-Bucks combined for 223, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-BucksMagic 109, Bucks 114
223
Mavs-ThunderMavs 104, Thunder 118
222
MIL won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Magic-BucksMagic 109, Bucks 114
+5 MIL
Mavs-ThunderMavs 104, Thunder 118
+14 OKC
Portis shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PortisMIL · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
SGAOKC · 39 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL
65% (15-23)
MarshallDAL · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
GiannisMIL · 37 PTS, 7 REB, 4 BLK, 2 STL
63% (15-24)
DameMIL · 28 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
53% (8-15)
Final · Magic-Bucks
Magic 109Bucks 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic33261337109
Bucks25352034114
The story
Damian Lillard had 28 points and 9 assists as Milwaukee beat Orlando 114-109

Goga Bitadze led Orlando with 14 REB, 12 PTS, 4 AST 28 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB · 8-15 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the first, the Bucks took the second 35-26.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −8+1+8+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Thunder
Mavs 104Thunder 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs24301931104
Thunder32253328118
The story
Jalen Williams' 18 points carried Oklahoma City past Dallas, 118-104

For Dallas, Kyrie Irving had 17 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB 18 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 8-21 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 33-19, was where the Thunder built it.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +8+3+17+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 39

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 37, 35, 36, 32, 26, 30, 31, 39Thunder-Mavs · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 37, 32, 42, 28, 31, 30, 34, 37Bucks-Magic · W
32.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jalen SuggsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 2, 31, 12, 12, 14, 17, 22, 26, 32Magic-Bucks · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 31, 37, 25, 27, 25, 31, 15, 28Bucks-Magic · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 11, 11, 9, 14, 6, 9, 23, 22Bucks-Magic · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Naji MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 13, 15, 26, 20, 22, 24, 3, 19Mavs-Thunder · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Brandon MillerCHA+5.3 27.4 last 10 · 22.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Naji MarshallDAL+4.8 16.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.4 12.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Yves MissiNOP+3.4 12.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Anthony DavisLAL−4.2 23.3 last 10 · 27.5 season
Jerami GrantPOR−3.6 11.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−3.6 22.8 last 10 · 26.4 season
Naz ReidMIN−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Luguentz DortOKC−3.3 6.6 last 10 · 9.9 season