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Thursday, December 12, 2024Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 4 after the first quarter and won 114–104.

Final · Box score
Pistons99
Celtics123
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +24
Final · Box score
Raptors104
Heat114
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +10
Final · Box score
Kings111
Pelicans109
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +2
On this day · 2023–24Dec 12, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (Lakers-Mavs), 37 points.
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The lead · Raptors-Heat

Miami makes it four straight

Domantas Sabonis goes for 32 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+7+13+10MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors27242528104
Heat23353125114
Who led
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 27, 23, 31, 19, 31, 17, 34, 23MIA23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 8, 14, 13, 15, 14, 25, 16, 21MIA21 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Gradey DickPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 9, 15, 9, 18, 15, 27, 7, 22TOR22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jakob PoeltlPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 2, 24, 17, 17, 20, 10, 16TOR16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Kings-Pelicans

Sacramento holds off New Orleans, 111–109

Sacramento led 91–83 after three and held on to win by two. Domantas Sabonis led Sacramento with 32 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over NOP2MIA over TOR10BOS over DET24Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over NOP.
Lead changes
Pistons-Celtics8
Kings-Pelicans5
Raptors-Heat4
The night in charts
Pistons-Celtics combined for 222, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Pistons-CelticsPistons 99, Celtics 123
222
Kings-PelicansKings 111, Pelicans 109
220
Raptors-HeatRaptors 104, Heat 114
218
SAC won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Kings-PelicansKings 111, Pelicans 109
+2 SAC
Raptors-HeatRaptors 104, Heat 114
+10 MIA
Pistons-CelticsPistons 99, Celtics 123
+24 BOS
MIA rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Raptors-HeatMIA won · Raptors 104, Heat 114
4 pts
Kings-PelicansSAC won · Kings 111, Pelicans 109
2 pts
Holland shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HollandDET · 26 PTS, 3 REB
79% (11-14)
SabonisSAC · 32 PTS, 20 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
73% (11-15)
HerroMIA · 23 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
69% (9-13)
CJNOP · 36 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
58% (14-24)
PoeltlTOR · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Kings-Pelicans
Kings 111Pelicans 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings28253820111
Pelicans26292826109
The story
DeMar DeRozan had 29 points as Sacramento beat New Orleans 111-109

Dejounte Murray led New Orleans with 20 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB 29 PTS, 4 STL, 3 REB, 2 AST · 8-18 FG, 3-3 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Kings took the third 38-28.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +2−2+8+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Heat
Raptors 104Heat 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors27242528104
Heat23353125114
The story
Bam Adebayo's 21 points and 16 rebounds carried Miami past Toronto, 114-104

For Toronto, RJ Barrett had 13 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST 21 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST · 8-17 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Heat trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 35-24.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −4+7+13+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Celtics
Pistons 99Celtics 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1628243199
Celtics27323430123
The story
Boston beat Detroit 123-99 behind 27 points and 10 assists from Payton Pritchard

Cade Cunningham paced Detroit: 18 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST 27 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB · 10-20 FG, 7-15 3PT

The swing

A 27-16 first quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
300 +11+15+25+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
22.62023–24 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 2023–24 (78 games). Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.4Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 37 minutes.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 36

CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 19, 30, 13, 29, 25, 11, 19, 36Pelicans-Kings · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 27, 21, 25, 27, 17, 22, 19, 32Kings-Pelicans · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 18, 30, 28, 16, 26, 23, 18, 29Kings-Pelicans · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 20, 29, 24, 25, 19, 0, 22, 27Celtics-Pistons · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Ronald Holland IIPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 4, 14, 6, 2, 2, 7, 4, 26Pistons-Celtics · L
6.3 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 27, 23, 31, 19, 31, 17, 34, 23Heat-Raptors · W
24.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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+3.9 13.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.4 21.7 last 10 · 26.1 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.2 23.3 last 10 · 27.5 season
Jerami GrantPOR−3.6 11.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Naz ReidMIN−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Luguentz DortOKC−3.3 6.6 last 10 · 9.9 season