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Sunday, December 28, 2025Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed BOS by 8 at halftime and won 114–108.

Final · Box score
Sixers104
Thunder129
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +25
Final · OT · Box score
Warriors127
Raptors141
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 Raptors 0; OT1 TOR +14
Final · Box score
Celtics108
Blazers114
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +6
Final · Box score
Grizzlies112
Wizards116
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +4
Final · Box score
Pistons99
Clippers112
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +13
Final · Box score
Kings101
Lakers125
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +24
On this day · 2024–25Dec 28, 2024: 9 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (Knicks-Wizards), 55 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Blazers

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Boston

Kawhi Leonard goes for 55 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-8+1+6POR AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics30332223108
Blazers31243128114
Who led
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 21, 35, 26, 23, 25, 22, 16, 26POR26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 35, 17, 16, 26, 35, 24, 18, 25, 29, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30, 37BOS37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Hugo GonzálezPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 5, 6, 5, 10, 10, 6, 0, 13BOS13 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: OKC by 25.

WAS over MEM4POR over BOS6LAC over DET13TOR over GSW14LAL over SAC24OKC over PHI25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Grizzlies-Wizards19
Celtics-Blazers11
Warriors-Raptors9
Sixers-Thunder6
Kings-Lakers6
Pistons-Clippers0
The night in charts
Warriors-Raptors combined for 268, 35 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-RaptorsWarriors 127, Raptors 141 · OT
268
Sixers-ThunderSixers 104, Thunder 129
233
Grizzlies-WizardsGrizzlies 112, Wizards 116
228
Kings-LakersKings 101, Lakers 125
226
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 108, Blazers 114
222
Pistons-ClippersPistons 99, Clippers 112
211
WAS won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-WizardsGrizzlies 112, Wizards 116
+4 WAS
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 108, Blazers 114
+6 POR
Pistons-ClippersPistons 99, Clippers 112
+13 LAC
Warriors-RaptorsWarriors 127, Raptors 141 · OT
+14 TOR
Kings-LakersKings 101, Lakers 125
+24 LAL
Sixers-ThunderSixers 104, Thunder 129
+25 OKC
POR rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Celtics-BlazersPOR won · Celtics 108, Blazers 114
8 pts
Warriors-RaptorsTOR won · Warriors 127, Raptors 141 · OT
4 pts
Grizzlies-WizardsWAS won · Grizzlies 112, Wizards 116
4 pts
LeBron shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LeBronLAL · 24 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
85% (11-13)
ClinganPOR · 18 PTS, 18 REB, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
RaynaudSAC · 16 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST
80% (8-10)
SGAOKC · 27 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
77% (10-13)
ChetOKC · 29 PTS, 9 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
71% (12-17)
Final · Grizzlies-Wizards
Grizzlies 112Wizards 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies27322924112
Wizards25352432116
The story
Washington beat Memphis 116-112 behind 20 points from Alexandre Sarr

Jaren Jackson Jr. paced Memphis: 31 PTS, 8 REB 20 PTS, 9 REB, 6 BLK, 1 AST · 9-20 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

A 32-24 fourth quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −2+1−4+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Clippers
Pistons 99Clippers 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2022273099
Clippers33273220112
The story
James Harden's 28 points carried LA past Detroit, 112-99

For Detroit, Jalen Duren had 18 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 28 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 7-23 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 33-20, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
300 +13+18+23+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Raptors
Warriors 127Raptors 141
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Warriors293536225127
Raptors3332312619141
The story
Scottie Barnes had a 23-25-10 triple-double as Toronto beat Golden State 141-127 in OT

Stephen Curry led Golden State with 39 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 25 REB, 23 PTS, 10 AST, 3 STL · 11-17 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Raptors won the overtime 19-5.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +4+1−40+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 55

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 20, 24, 21, 22, 32, 41, 28, 55Clippers-Pistons · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +28.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Jermaine O'Neal IND, Jan 4, 2005: 55 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Career high55 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 38, 31, 14, 39, 48, 15, 28, 26, 23, 39Warriors-Raptors · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 19, 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30, 37Celtics-Blazers · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 34, 38, 31, 35, 29, 45, 12, 25, 34Lakers-Kings · W
33.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 6, 12, 31, 28, 22, 11, 21, 24, 31Grizzlies-Wizards · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 25, 24, 17, 22, 14, 7, 10, 29Thunder-Sixers · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Carlton CarringtonWAS+5.1 14.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.4 16.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.3 14.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Anthony BlackORL+4.3 19.4 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
De'Andre HunterCLE−3.7 11.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Isaiah JoeOKC−3.5 7.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−3.1 18.8 last 10 · 21.9 season