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Wednesday, December 12, 2018Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by CHA (vs DET) and MEM (vs POR).

Final
DET107
CHA108
Q1 CHA +12; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA -11; Q4 CHA +1
Final
NYK106
CLE113
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +7
Final
MIL97
IND113
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +16
Final
BKN127
PHI124
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +3
Final · OT
BOS130
WAS125
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final
POR83
MEM92
Q1 MEM -11; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +9
Final
OKC114
NOP118
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +4
Final
ATL107
DAL114
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +7
Final
MIA84
UTA111
Q1 UTA +25; Q2 UTA +27; Q3 UTA +39; Q4 UTA +27
Final
MIN130
SAC141
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +11
Final
TOR113
GSW93
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +20
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 12, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (MIN vs PHI), 38 points.
The lead · DET @ CHA

Kemba Walker scores 31, Charlotte holds off Detroit

Final: 108–107. Kemba Walker added 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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+12+5-11+1CHA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET25303814107
CHA37232226108
Who led
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 21, 19, 21, 13, 15, 21, 25, 31CHA31 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 15, 6, 20, 10, 0, 19, 16, 16CHA16 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 30, 20, 26, 20, 31, 31, 35, 26DET26 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 20, 17, 10, 15, 13, 2, 15, 18DET18 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Jazz rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Miami by 27.

CHA over DET1BKN over PHI3NOP over OKC4BOS over WAS5CLE over NYK7DAL over ATL7MEM over POR9SAC over MIN11IND over MIL16TOR over GSW20UTA over MIA27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg21.1Last 3

21.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg34.7Today

35 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 44

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 41, 36, 23, 27, 25, 6, 41, 44NOP vs OKC · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Apr 3, 2022: 44 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Season high44 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 18, 15, 33, 24, 18, 19, 23, 40POR @ MEM · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Redd MIL, Apr 29, 2006: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 18, 15, 8, 18, 17, 17, 25, 39BKN @ PHI · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 13, 19, 26, 29, 21, 22, 13, 38BOS @ WAS · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 22, 36, 17, 11, 30, 18, 1, 34WAS vs BOS · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 24, 32, 26, 16, 15, 10, 24, 33PHI vs BKN · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 17 REB · 6 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
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+3.7 20.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+3.2 15.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.1 32.0 last 10 · 28.9 season
Josh JacksonPHX+3.1 11.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Justise WinslowMIA+3.0 14.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.0 16.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−4.7 21.3 last 10 · 26.0 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−3.0 15.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
JaVale McGeeLAL−3.0 8.6 last 10 · 11.6 season