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Sunday, December 20, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed POR by 10 at halftime and won 116–109.

Final
MIN100
BKN85
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +15
Final
POR109
MIA116
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA -10; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +7
Final
PHI86
CLE108
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +28; Q4 CLE +22
Final
MIL101
PHX95
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -8; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +6
Final
ATL103
ORL100
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +3
Final
SAC104
TOR94
Q1 SAC +19; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +10
Final
NOP130
DEN125
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP -7; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +5
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 · 2014–15Dec 20, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (DAL vs SAS), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ MIA

Miami rallies from 10 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 10 at the half, Miami outscored the Trail Blazers 64–47 the rest of the way. Final: 116–109. Chris Bosh led Miami with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-10-4+7MIA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR32302423109
MIA23293034116
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 18, 7, 23, 22, 24, 7, 11, 29MIA29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 14, 6, 8, 9, 8, 20, 8, 22MIA22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 23, 33, 18, 29, 30, 20, 19, 32POR32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 17, 24, 26, 22, 16, 24, 27, 20POR20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg32.5Today

32 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Cleveland by 22.

ATL over ORL3NOP over DEN5MIL over PHX6MIA over POR7SAC over TOR10MIN over BKN15CLE over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Will Barton leads the day with 32

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.
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 22, 16, 23, 13, 23, 14, 16, 32DEN vs NOP · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 23, 33, 18, 29, 30, 20, 19, 32POR @ MIA · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 18, 7, 23, 22, 24, 7, 11, 29MIA vs POR · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 16, 28, 27, 25, 20, 31, 30, 28TOR vs SAC · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 31, 16, 18, 22, 28, 17, 16, 27NOP @ DEN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 14, 9, 26, 7, 16, 15, 16, 26MIL @ PHX · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.6 23.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
John WallWAS+3.7 23.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Michael Carter-WilliamsMIL+3.3 15.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Patrick BeverleyHOU+3.3 11.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Lance ThomasNYK+3.3 11.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−5.0 9.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Brandon KnightPHX−4.3 15.2 last 10 · 19.5 season
Ish SmithNOP−4.2 5.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Marco BelinelliSAC−3.9 6.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.5 21.6 last 10 · 25.1 season