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Wednesday, December 19, 2018Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIN by 14 after three quarters and won 129–123.

Final
CLE99
CHA110
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +11
Final
SAS129
ORL90
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +27; Q4 SAS +39
Final
NYK109
PHI131
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +22
Final
PHX111
BOS103
Q1 PHX -11; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +8
Final
IND96
TOR99
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR -10; Q4 TOR +3
Final
BKN96
CHI93
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN +3
Final
WAS118
HOU136
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +18
Final
NOP115
MIL123
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +8
Final · OT
DET129
MIN123
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET -9; Q3 DET -14; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +6
Final
GSW103
UTA108
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +5
Final
MEM92
POR99
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +7
Final
OKC132
SAC113
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +19; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +19
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 19, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIL), 39 points.
The lead · DET @ MIN

Blake Griffin scores 34, Detroit rallies past Minnesota

Detroit trailed by 14 after three and won 129–123.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1-9-140+6DET AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET2726254011129
MIN263630265123
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 20, 31, 31, 35, 26, 27, 19, 34DET34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Reggie BullockPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 13, 7, 13, 10, 0, 15, 24, 33DET33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 0, 16, 18, 21, 20, 25, 13, 33MIN33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 17, 13, 17, 7, 17, 4, 13, 22MIN22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHX @ BOS

Phoenix rallies from 11 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 11 after one, Phoenix outscored the Celtics 85–66 the rest of the way. Final: 111–103. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs BOS
Devin Booker · PHXKyrie Irving · BOSPTS2529REB55AST810Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 43

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 47, 19, 31, 25, 32, 33, 24, 43OKC @ SAC · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Feb 13, 2014: 43 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
43 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 25, 20, 14, 20, 27, 28, 21, 37SAC vs OKC · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 29, 15, 35, 29, 50, 32, 47, 35HOU vs WAS · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 20, 31, 31, 35, 26, 27, 19, 34DET @ MIN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 0, 16, 18, 21, 20, 25, 13, 33MIN vs DET · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Reggie BullockPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 13, 7, 13, 10, 0, 15, 24, 33DET @ MIN · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 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
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.8 17.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.3 19.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Bradley BealWAS+4.2 27.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL+3.8 22.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Thaddeus YoungIND+3.7 15.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−5.6 19.5 last 10 · 25.1 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Marc GasolMEM−4.4 11.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Joel EmbiidPHI−3.8 22.5 last 10 · 26.3 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.8 17.4 last 10 · 21.2 season