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Tuesday, December 30, 2025Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed UTA by 7 after the first quarter and won 129–119.

Final · OT · Box score
Sixers139
Grizzlies136
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 Sixers 0; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 Sixers 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final · Box score
Celtics129
Jazz119
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
Pistons128
Lakers106
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +22
Final · Box score
Kings90
Clippers131
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +33; Q3 LAC +29; Q4 LAC +41
On this day · 2024–25Dec 30, 2024: 7 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (Sixers-Blazers), 37 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Jazz

Boston beats Utah, 129–119

Derrick White goes for 27 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-5+3+10BOS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics31284030129
Jazz38263223119
Who led
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 11, 31, 33, 15, 19, 21, 12, 27BOS27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 42, 30, 30, 30, 34, 30, 31, 30, 37, 23BOS23 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 8, 39, 37, 34, 27, 20, 24, 31, 28, 37UTA37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 7, 13, 15, 4, 17, 16, 16, 26UTA26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Sixers-Grizzlies

Philadelphia outlasts Memphis in overtime

128–128 at the end of regulation. Philadelphia took the last extra period 11–8. Final: 139–136. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 34 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Sixers-Grizzlies
Joel Embiid · PHIJa Morant · MEMPTS3440REB102AST83Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Sixers-Grizzlies15
Pistons-Lakers4
Kings-Clippers0
Shot of the night

Edgecombe's three with 2.2 seconds left in OT breaks the tie, 139-136 final

The night in charts
Sixers-Grizzlies combined for 275, 27 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-GrizzliesSixers 139, Grizzlies 136 · OT
275
Celtics-JazzCeltics 129, Jazz 119
248
Pistons-LakersPistons 128, Lakers 106
234
Kings-ClippersKings 90, Clippers 131
221
PHI won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Sixers-GrizzliesSixers 139, Grizzlies 136 · OT
+3 PHI
Celtics-JazzCeltics 129, Jazz 119
+10 BOS
Pistons-LakersPistons 128, Lakers 106
+22 DET
Kings-ClippersKings 90, Clippers 131
+41 LAC
BOS rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Celtics-JazzBOS won · Celtics 129, Jazz 119
7 pts
Sixers-GrizzliesPHI won · Sixers 139, Grizzlies 136 · OT
6 pts
Nurkic shot 10-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
NurkicUTA · 26 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST
91% (10-11)
JaMEM · 40 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
73% (16-22)
CadeDET · 27 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
63% (12-19)
CowardMEM · 28 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST
63% (10-16)
MaxeyPHI · 34 PTS, 12 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
62% (13-21)
Final · Sixers-Grizzlies
Sixers 139Grizzlies 136
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Sixers3438312511139
Grizzlies403228288136
The story
Joel Embiid had 34 points and 10 rebounds as Philadelphia beat Memphis 139-136 in OT

Cedric Coward led Memphis with 28 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST 34 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST · 11-28 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the first, the 76ers took the second 38-32.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −60+30+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Tyrese Maxey led the game in fantasy with 64.8 FPTS (34 PTS, 12 AST, 4 REB)

Final · Celtics-Jazz
Celtics 129Jazz 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics31284030129
Jazz38263223119
The story
Jaylen Brown's 23 points and 10 assists carried Boston past Utah, 129-119

For Utah, Lauri Markkanen had 22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB · 9-19 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Celtics trailed by 5 going into the third, then won it 40-32.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −7−5+3+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Clippers
Kings 90Clippers 131
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2020311990
Clippers34392731131
The story
LA beat Sacramento 131-90 behind 33 points from Kawhi Leonard

Maxime Raynaud paced Sacramento: 12 PTS, 12 REB 33 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 11-19 FG, 5-9 3PT

The swing

A 39-20 second quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
500 +14+33+29+41 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.5Season avg37.8Last 5

37.8 points a game over his last five games, against 27.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 22 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Ja Morant leads the day with 40

Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 11, 16, 7, 21, 12, 17, 21, 40Grizzlies-Sixers · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Jalen Rose IND, May 6, 2000: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 8, 39, 37, 34, 27, 20, 24, 31, 28, 37Jazz-Celtics · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 18, 12, 16, 39, 22, 27, 31, 34Sixers-Grizzlies · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 12, 28, 30, 38, 13, 27, 28, 34Sixers-Grizzlies · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 24, 21, 22, 32, 41, 28, 55, 33Clippers-Kings · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 38, 31, 35, 29, 45, 12, 25, 34, 30Lakers-Pistons · L
33.5 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anthony BlackORL+5.3 20.8 last 10 · 15.5 season
Carlton CarringtonWAS+5.3 14.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Bobby PortisMIL+4.6 17.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.3 14.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.5 17.1 last 10 · 21.6 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
De'Andre HunterCLE−3.6 11.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Isaiah JoeOKC−3.5 7.2 last 10 · 10.7 season