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Monday, December 15, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed BOS by 8 after the first quarter and won 112–105.

Final · Box score
Pistons112
Celtics105
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +7
Final · Box score
Raptors106
Heat96
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +10
Final · OT · Box score
Mavs133
Jazz140
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -7; Q4 Jazz 0; OT1 UTA +7
Final · OT · Box score
Rockets125
Nuggets128
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final · Box score
Grizzlies121
Clippers103
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +18
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The lead · Pistons-Celtics

Cade Cunningham hits six threes, Detroit tops Boston

Nikola Jokic posts a triple-double

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4+4+7DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons25283227112
Celtics33242424105
Who led
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 24, 42, 39, 29, 18, 17, 29, 23, 15, 32DET32 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 12, 18, 26, 9, 20, 10, 9, 13DET13 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 33, 41, 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34BOS34 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 27, 16, 22, 30, 19, 27, 11, 31BOS31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Mavs-Jazz

Utah flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Dallas led 75–71 at the break. Tied 129–129 after regulation, Utah won the extra time 11–4. Final: 140–133. Keyonte George led Utah with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Jazz-Mavs
Keyonte George · UTACooper Flagg · DALPTS3742REB57AST66Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Rockets-Nuggets17
Pistons-Celtics15
Mavs-Jazz12
Grizzlies-Clippers5
The night in charts
Mavs-Jazz combined for 273, 20 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-JazzMavs 133, Jazz 140 · OT
273
Rockets-NuggetsRockets 125, Nuggets 128 · OT
253
Grizzlies-ClippersGrizzlies 121, Clippers 103
224
Pistons-CelticsPistons 112, Celtics 105
217
Raptors-HeatRaptors 106, Heat 96
202
DEN won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Rockets-NuggetsRockets 125, Nuggets 128 · OT
+3 DEN
Pistons-CelticsPistons 112, Celtics 105
+7 DET
Mavs-JazzMavs 133, Jazz 140 · OT
+7 UTA
Raptors-HeatRaptors 106, Heat 96
+10 TOR
Grizzlies-ClippersGrizzlies 121, Clippers 103
+18 MEM
DET rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-CelticsDET won · Pistons 112, Celtics 105
8 pts
Mavs-JazzUTA won · Mavs 133, Jazz 140 · OT
7 pts
Rockets-NuggetsDEN won · Rockets 125, Nuggets 128 · OT
6 pts
Raptors-HeatTOR won · Raptors 106, Heat 96
6 pts
Grizzlies-ClippersMEM won · Grizzlies 121, Clippers 103
2 pts
JJJ shot 13-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JJJMEM · 31 PTS, 5 BLK, 4 REB, 4 AST
72% (13-18)
FilipowskiUTA · 25 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
SpencerMEM · 27 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
DunnLAC · 17 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB
60% (6-10)
MarshallDAL · 15 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Rockets-Nuggets
Rockets 125Nuggets 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Rockets302135318125
Nuggets2434312811128
The story
Jamal Murray had 35 points as Denver beat Houston 128-125 in OT

Kevin Durant led Houston with 25 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB 35 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 9-17 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the first, the Nuggets took the second 34-21.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −6+7+30+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Mavs-Jazz
Mavs 133Jazz 140
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Mavs433224304133
Jazz3734213711140
The story
Lauri Markkanen's 33 points and 16 rebounds carried Utah past Dallas, 140-133 in OT

For Dallas, P.J. Washington had 25 PTS, 14 REB 33 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL · 11-23 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The Jazz trailed by 7 going into the fourth, then won it 37-30.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −6−4−70+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Grizzlies-Clippers
Grizzlies 121Clippers 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies25313431121
Clippers27212827103
The story
Memphis beat LA 121-103 behind 31 points from Jaren Jackson Jr.

James Harden paced LA: 13 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 31 PTS, 5 BLK, 4 REB, 4 AST · 13-18 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

A 31-21 second quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Grizzlies.

MEM lead by quarter
200 −2+8+14+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Cooper Flagg leads the day with 42

Cooper FlaggPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 13, 35, 24, 22, 16, 19, 22, 42Mavs-Jazz · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Danny Granger IND, Dec 12, 2008: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Career high42 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 44, 17, 21, 26, 29, 24, 40, 28, 36, 39Nuggets-Rockets · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: James Harden HOU, Jan 10, 2017: 40 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
39 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 31, 0, 28, 29, 18, 8, 39, 37Jazz-Mavs · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 37, 24, 10, 52, 23, 34, 11, 35Nuggets-Rockets · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 33, 41, 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34Celtics-Pistons · L
29.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 17, 28, 18, 29, 30, 18, 26, 33Jazz-Mavs · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Cam SpencerMEM+4.9 16.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jaylen WellsMEM+4.6 17.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Noah ClowneyBKN+4.5 17.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Dyson DanielsATL+4.1 15.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−4.5 20.6 last 10 · 25.1 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA−4.0 23.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
James HardenLAC−3.5 22.5 last 10 · 26.0 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season