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Wednesday, December 14, 2022Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 124–123.

Final · OT
DET141
CHA134
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +7
Final
GSW119
IND125
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +6
Final
ATL124
ORL135
Q1 ORL +28; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +11
Final · OT
NYK128
CHI120
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +8
Final
SAC124
TOR123
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC -6; Q4 SAC +1
Final
MIA110
OKC108
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +2
Final
POR128
SAS112
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +16
Final
CLE105
DAL90
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +15
Final
WAS128
DEN141
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MIN88
LAC99
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +11
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 · 2021–22Dec 14, 2021: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (BKN vs TOR), 34 points.
The lead · SAC @ TOR

Sacramento climbs back to beat Toronto

Toronto led by 8 after one. Sacramento won it 124–123. De'Aaron Fox led Sacramento with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists. Fred VanVleet scored 39 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-3-6+1SAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC23362936124
TOR31313229123
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 20, 11, 19, 14, 16, 15, 13, 27SAC27 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 20, 13, 20, 16, 9, 12, 16, 24SAC24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 2, 10, 13, 8, 25, 19, 20, 39TOR39 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 4, 17, 17, 21, 13, 6, 11, 27TOR27 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Portland by 16.

SAC over TOR1MIA over OKC2IND over GSW6DET over CHA7NYK over CHI8ORL over ATL11LAC over MIN11DEN over WAS13CLE over DAL15POR over SAS16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic 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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 39, 19, 32, 17, 24, 32, 19, 33, 31, 43DEN vs WAS · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 2, 2018: 43 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Season high43 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 2, 10, 13, 8, 25, 19, 20, 39TOR vs SAC · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 25, 32, 19, 30, 12, 32, 20, 38GSW @ IND · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 22, 25, 13, 21, 40, 36, 38, 37POR @ SAS · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 22, 26, 23, 34, 19, 23, 8, 35MIA @ OKC · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 32, 8, 18, 34, 23, 43, 28, 34CLE @ DAL · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Shake MiltonPHI+5.3 16.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Killian HayesDET+5.0 13.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.8 21.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jerami GrantPOR+4.6 27.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.3 28.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.0 18.5 last 10 · 22.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Darius GarlandCLE−3.5 17.5 last 10 · 21.0 season
Brook LopezMIL−3.1 11.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Max StrusMIA−2.6 10.9 last 10 · 13.5 season