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Friday, December 7, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DET by 12 at halftime and won 117–111.

Final
DEN107
CHA113
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +6
Final
PHI117
DET111
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI -12; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +6
Final
IND112
ORL90
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +22
Final · OT
TOR105
BKN106
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +1
Final
SAC129
CLE110
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +19
Final
OKC112
CHI114
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MEM107
NOP103
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +4
Final
LAL120
SAS133
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -10; Q4 SAS +13
Final
MIA115
PHX98
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +17
Final
GSW105
MIL95
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +10
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 · 2017–18Dec 7, 2017: 4 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS @ PHX), 34 points.
The lead · PHI @ DET

Jimmy Butler scores 38, Philadelphia rallies past Detroit

Philadelphia trailed by 12 at the half and won 117–111.

Game flow · PHI 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+1-12-1+6PHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI28283328117
DET27412221111
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 13, 22, 34, 7, 11, 21, 38, 38PHI38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 22, 22, 13, 14, 13, 19, 8, 18PHI18 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 37, 28, 16, 30, 20, 26, 20, 31, 31DET31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 23, 19, 6, 19, 16, 13, 10, 21DET21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 22.

BKN over TOR1CHI over OKC2MEM over NOP4CHA over DEN6PHI over DET6GSW over MIL10SAS over LAL13MIA over PHX17SAC over CLE19IND over ORL22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 10 rebounds, 2 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: 15, 16, 13, 22, 34, 7, 11, 21, 38, 38PHI @ DET · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 34, 21, 10, 18, 36, 16, 32, 36SAS vs LAL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 51, 32, 22, 24, 14, 38, 28, 22, 42, 35LAL @ SAS · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 27, 29, 17, 37, 34, 27, 36, 32TOR @ BKN · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 37, 28, 16, 30, 20, 26, 20, 31, 31DET vs PHI · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 6, 17, 9, 13, 17, 15, 16, 30SAC @ CLE · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 12 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
Bojan BogdanovicIND+3.2 19.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.0 32.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Collin SextonCLE+2.9 18.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Clint CapelaHOU+2.9 20.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
Eric BledsoeMIL+2.8 18.8 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−4.2 21.6 last 10 · 25.8 season
Josh HartLAL−3.9 5.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC−3.3 10.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Shelvin MackMEM−3.2 5.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.0 9.8 last 10 · 12.8 season