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Wednesday, December 18, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed BOS by 19 after the first quarter and won 107–106.

Final
IND94
MIA97
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -11; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +3
Final
UTA86
ORL82
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +4
Final · OT
CHA104
TOR102
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA -10; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +2
Final
SAC107
ATL124
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +17
Final
WAS113
BKN107
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +6
Final
DET107
BOS106
Q1 DET -19; Q2 DET -11; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +1
Final · 2OT
NYK107
MIL101
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK 0; OT2 NYK +6
Final
POR109
MIN120
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +26; Q3 MIN +20; Q4 MIN +11
Final
MEM91
DAL105
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +14
Final
SAS108
PHX101
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +7
Final
CHI94
HOU109
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +15
Final
NOP95
LAC108
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +13
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Dec 18, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (MIL vs IND), 34 points.
The lead · DET @ BOS

Detroit storms back from 19 down to beat Boston

The Pistons trailed by 19 after one and won 107–106. Brandon Jennings led Detroit with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-19-11-1+1DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET23292827107
BOS42211825106
Who led
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 33, 19, 20, 25, 8, 15, 18, 28DET28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 7, 13, 17, 11, 10, 31, 30, 20DET20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 12, 8, 21, 15, 10, 19, 24, 19BOS19 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 25, 22, 23, 15, 20, 2, 15, 17BOS17 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Atlanta by 17.

DET over BOS1CHA over TOR2MIA over IND3UTA over ORL4WAS over BKN6NYK over MIL6SAS over PHX7MIN over POR11LAC over NOP13DAL over MEM14HOU over CHI15ATL over SAC17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg51.6Today

52 minutes today, against 26.6 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Knight leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 12, 20, 10, 19, 8, 11, 16, 36MIL vs NYK · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 21, 32, 18, 8, 16, 23, 36, 36POR @ MIN · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 22, 22, 17, 19, 17, 24, 27, 32MIA vs IND · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 7, 19, 15, 11, 10, 20, 3, 30UTA @ ORL · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 22, 18, 18, 20, 18, 19, 13, 30MIN vs POR · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 17, 26, 13, 26, 19, 27, 15, 30TOR vs CHA · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Stephen CurryGSW+5.0 29.3 last 10 · 24.3 season
Luol DengCHI+3.8 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Derrick WilliamsSAC+3.5 12.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Alec BurksUTA+3.5 16.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.5 17.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Monta EllisDAL−4.2 16.5 last 10 · 20.7 season
Gerald GreenPHX−3.8 8.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN−3.4 14.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.4 15.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.0 17.6 last 10 · 20.6 season