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Friday, December 19, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed OKC by 10 after the first quarter and won 112–107.

Final · Box score
Heat116
Celtics129
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 Celtics 0; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +13
Final · Box score
Sixers116
Knicks107
Q1 Sixers 0; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +9
Final · Box score
Spurs126
Hawks98
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +28
Final · Box score
Bulls136
Cavs125
Q1 Bulls 0; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +11
Final · Box score
Thunder107
Wolves112
Q1 MIN -10; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +5
On this day · 2024–25Dec 19, 2024: 13 games. Top scorer: Victor Wembanyama (Spurs-Hawks), 42 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Wolves

Minnesota climbs out of a 10-point hole against OKC

Derrick White goes for 33 points

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-3-2+5MIN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder33183422107
Wolves23253529112
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 41, 43, 31, 39, 32, 44, 11, 15, 40, 26MIN26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 28, 24, 21, 27, 24, 21, 19MIN19 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28, 29, 32, 35OKC35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 11, 16, 22, 15, 25, 15, 17, 20, 17OKC17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Sixers-Knicks

Philadelphia tops New York in New York

Final: 116–107. Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 30 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over OKC5PHI over NYK9CHI over CLE11BOS over MIA13SAS over ATL28Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over NYK.
Lead changes
Sixers-Knicks19
Heat-Celtics14
Thunder-Wolves14
Bulls-Cavs7
Spurs-Hawks2
The night in charts
Bulls-Cavs combined for 261, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-CavsBulls 136, Cavs 125
261
Heat-CelticsHeat 116, Celtics 129
245
Spurs-HawksSpurs 126, Hawks 98
224
Sixers-KnicksSixers 116, Knicks 107
223
Thunder-WolvesThunder 107, Wolves 112
219
MIN won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Thunder-WolvesThunder 107, Wolves 112
+5 MIN
Sixers-KnicksSixers 116, Knicks 107
+9 PHI
Bulls-CavsBulls 136, Cavs 125
+11 CHI
Heat-CelticsHeat 116, Celtics 129
+13 BOS
Spurs-HawksSpurs 126, Hawks 98
+28 SAS
MIN erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-WolvesMIN won · Thunder 107, Wolves 112
10 pts
Sixers-KnicksPHI won · Sixers 116, Knicks 107
2 pts
Castle shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CastleSAS · 17 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
WembySAS · 26 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
WareMIA · 24 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
BuzelisCHI · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
60% (9-15)
SimonsBOS · 14 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Thunder-Wolves
Thunder 107Wolves 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder33183422107
Wolves23253529112
The story
Anthony Edwards had 26 points and 12 rebounds as Minnesota beat Oklahoma City 112-107

Jalen Williams led Oklahoma City with 17 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 9-20 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the first, the Timberwolves took the second 25-18.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −10−3−2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Cavs
Bulls 136Cavs 125
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls32343535136
Cavs32234426125
The story
Chicago beat Cleveland 136-125 behind 24 points and 15 rebounds from Nikola Vucevic

Darius Garland paced Cleveland: 35 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB 24 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST · 11-20 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 34-23 second quarter did the most damage for the Bulls.

CHI lead by quarter
200 0+11+2+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Celtics
Heat 116Celtics 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat29293127116
Celtics30283437129
The story
Jaylen Brown's 30 points carried Boston past Miami, 129-116

For Miami, Kel'el Ware had 24 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 30 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST · 9-18 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 37-27, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +10+3+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 35

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28, 29, 32, 35Thunder-Wolves · L
32.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 15, 21, 6, 17, 18, 26, 15, 35Cavs-Bulls · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 16, 22, 30, 19, 27, 11, 31, 33Celtics-Heat · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 41, 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30Celtics-Heat · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 54, 27, 20, 22, 44, 35, 35, 12, 28, 30Sixers-Knicks · W
31.4 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 41, 43, 31, 39, 32, 44, 11, 15, 40, 26Wolves-Thunder · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jaylen WellsMEM+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.9 16.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+4.9 23.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+4.5 19.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+4.2 22.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−4.7 20.4 last 10 · 25.1 season
De'Andre HunterCLE−4.5 10.6 last 10 · 15.1 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA−4.0 23.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.7 10.4 last 10 · 14.1 season