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Wednesday, December 25, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed SAS by 7 at halftime and won 117–114.

Final · Box score
Spurs114
Knicks117
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +3
Final · Box score
Wolves105
Mavs99
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +6
Final · Box score
Sixers118
Celtics114
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 Sixers 0; Q4 PHI +4
Final · Box score
Lakers115
Warriors113
Q1 Lakers 0; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +2
Final · Box score
Nuggets100
Suns110
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +10
On this day · 2023–24Dec 25, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (Mavs-Suns), 50 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Knicks

Mikal Bridges scores 41 as New York beats San Antonio

Victor Wembanyama goes for 42 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-7+5+3NYK AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs27312531114
Knicks28233729117
Who led
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 20, 23, 19, 17, 29, 18, 14, 41NYK41 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 27, 24, 19, 22, 32, 11, 31, 21NYK21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 15, 25, 28, 20, 42, 30, 26, 42SAS42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Jeremy SochanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 14, 7, 15, 17, 20, 10, 15, 21SAS21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Lakers-Warriors

Lakers hold off Golden State, 115–113

Lakers led 84–76 after three and held on to win by two. LeBron James led Lakers with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over GSW2NYK over SAS3PHI over BOS4MIN over DAL6PHX over DEN10Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over GSW.
Lead changes
Spurs-Knicks20
Wolves-Mavs8
Nuggets-Suns8
Sixers-Celtics7
Lakers-Warriors3
Shot of the night

Reaves's layup with 1.1 seconds left breaks the tie, 115-113 final

The night in charts
Sixers-Celtics combined for 232, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-CelticsSixers 118, Celtics 114
232
Spurs-KnicksSpurs 114, Knicks 117
231
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 115, Warriors 113
228
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 100, Suns 110
210
Wolves-MavsWolves 105, Mavs 99
204
3 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 115, Warriors 113
+2 LAL
Spurs-KnicksSpurs 114, Knicks 117
+3 NYK
Sixers-CelticsSixers 118, Celtics 114
+4 PHI
Wolves-MavsWolves 105, Mavs 99
+6 MIN
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 100, Suns 110
+10 PHX
Sochan shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SochanSAS · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
80% (8-10)
Caleb MartinPHI · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
Mikal BridgesNYK · 41 PTS, 4 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK
68% (17-25)
StephGSW · 38 PTS, 6 AST, 1 REB
58% (14-24)
KATNYK · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
56% (9-16)
Final · Lakers-Warriors
Lakers 115Warriors 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers23322931115
Warriors23292437113
The story
LeBron James' 31 points and 10 assists carried Los Angeles past Golden State, 115-113

For Golden State, Stephen Curry had 38 PTS, 6 AST 31 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB · 12-22 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 29-24, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 0+3+8+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Knicks
Spurs 114Knicks 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs27312531114
Knicks28233729117
The story
Jalen Brunson had 20 points and 9 assists as New York beat San Antonio 117-114

Chris Paul led San Antonio with 13 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB 20 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 7-23 FG, 0-5 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the second, the Knicks took the third 37-25.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +1−7+5+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Celtics
Sixers 118Celtics 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers30361636118
Celtics25332432114
The story
Philadelphia beat Boston 118-114 behind 33 points and 12 assists from Tyrese Maxey

Jayson Tatum paced Boston: 32 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST 33 PTS, 12 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 12-23 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

A 30-25 first quarter did the most damage for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +5+80+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.8Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Victor Wembanyama leads the day with 42

Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 15, 25, 28, 20, 42, 30, 26, 42Spurs-Knicks · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Joel Embiid PHI, Nov 9, 2018: 42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 20, 23, 19, 17, 29, 18, 14, 41Knicks-Spurs · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Mar 8, 2000: 40 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Season high41 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 10, 25, 29, 17, 21, 15, 20, 39Mavs-Wolves · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 23, 30, 19, 26, 2, 31, 10, 38Warriors-Lakers · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 16, 25, 22, 40, 23, 27, 32, 33Sixers-Celtics · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 33, 18, 34, 17, 28, 31, 43, 32Celtics-Sixers · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mikal BridgesNYK+3.8 21.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Obi ToppinIND+3.3 14.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+3.3 18.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.1 14.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 15.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Anthony DavisLAL−5.6 20.1 last 10 · 25.7 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.5 20.8 last 10 · 25.3 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Dalton KnechtLAL−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Christian BraunDEN−3.7 10.3 last 10 · 14.0 season