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Tuesday, December 12, 2017Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIN by 7 after the first quarter and won 118–112.

Final
ATL114
CLE123
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +9
Final
DEN103
DET84
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +19
Final · OT
LAL109
NYK113
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
WAS98
BKN103
Q1 BKN +8; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +5
Final
SAS89
DAL95
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +6
Final · OT
PHI118
MIN112
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +6
Final
PHX92
SAC99
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +7
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 · 2016–17Dec 12, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs BKN), 36 points.
The lead · PHI @ MIN

Philadelphia flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Minnesota led 51–48 at the break. Tied 100–100 after regulation, Philadelphia won the extra time 18–12. Final: 118–112. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists. Jimmy Butler scored 38 for Minnesota in the loss.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-3-20+6PHI AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHI2028262618118
MIN2724252412112
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 28, 18, 30, 25, 25, 22, 33, 28PHI28 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 8, 17, 18, 25, 15, 19, 28, 26PHI26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 17, 19, 22, 33, 30, 19, 22, 38MIN38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 13, 28, 23, 12, 12, 16, 10, 20MIN20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

NYK over LAL4BKN over WAS5DAL over SAS6PHI over MIN6SAC over PHX7CLE over ATL9DEN over DET19Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg27.9Today

28 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jimmy Butler leads the day with 38

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.
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 17, 19, 22, 33, 30, 19, 22, 38MIN vs PHI · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 22, 28, 22, 4, 18, 23, 30, 37NYK vs LAL · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 28, 18, 30, 25, 25, 22, 33, 28PHI @ MIN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 10, 5, 28, 22, 15, 2, 13, 28DEN @ DET · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 8, 21, 10, 11, 51, 34, 25, 28WAS @ BKN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 8, 17, 18, 25, 15, 19, 28, 26PHI @ MIN · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.3 24.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.8 27.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+4.5 24.3 last 10 · 19.8 season
Zach RandolphSAC+4.4 19.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.3 21.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Eric GordonHOU−5.2 13.8 last 10 · 19.0 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.8 22.2 last 10 · 26.0 season
Danny GreenSAS−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyOKC−3.1 14.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Brook LopezLAL−2.9 10.3 last 10 · 13.2 season