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Tuesday, December 27, 2022Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 113–106.

Final
LAL129
ORL110
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +19
Final
PHI111
WAS116
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +5
Final
HOU102
BOS126
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +24
Final
ATL114
IND129
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +15
Final
LAC124
TOR113
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +11
Final
PHX125
MEM108
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +17
Final
SAS114
OKC130
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +16
Final · OT
NYK121
DAL126
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL -10; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +5
Final
CHA105
GSW110
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +5
Final
DEN113
SAC106
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +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 · 2021–22Dec 27, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (BKN @ LAC), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAC

Michael Porter Jr. scores 30 as Denver wins in Sacramento

Final: 113–106. Michael Porter Jr. made 12 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-12-9-4+7DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN20273234113
SAC32242723106
Who led
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 7, 31, 5, 10, 14, 18, 18, 7, 30DEN30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 21, 30, 5, 23, 6, 25, 26, 25DEN25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 15, 13, 27, 24, 37, 22, 26, 26SAC26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kevin HuerterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 19, 17, 7, 13, 9, 26, 14, 21SAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NYK @ DAL

Dallas needs overtime to survive New York

Tied 115–115 after regulation. Dallas won the final period 11–6 for a 126–121 win. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs NYK
Luka Doncic · DALQuentin Grimes · NYKPTS6033REB216AST104Top 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
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.2Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 26.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 60

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 38, 30, 33, 19, 25, 50, 32, 60DAL vs NYK · W
33.6 PPG season to date · +27.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Davis NOP, Feb 21, 2016: 59 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Career high60 PTS · 21 REB · 10 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 39, 38, 53, 31, 34, 28, 22, 44, 35, 48PHI @ WAS · L
33.7 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Jan 13, 1996: 48 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
48 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 21, 25, 26, 24, 19, 36, 29, 39BOS vs HOU · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 18, 20, 44, 31, 41, 30, 41, 38BOS vs HOU · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 19, 19, 17, 27, 38, 52, 26, 36TOR vs LAC · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 26, 15, 25, 6, 35, 12, 36, 34MEM vs PHX · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 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
Jordan PooleGSW+6.5 26.1 last 10 · 19.6 season
Quentin GrimesNYK+5.6 15.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Norman PowellLAC+5.5 20.8 last 10 · 15.3 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.6 21.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.1 29.4 last 10 · 25.3 season
Cold
Anfernee SimonsPOR−5.0 17.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Max StrusMIA−3.6 9.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Myles TurnerIND−3.1 13.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Jalen SmithIND−3.0 7.1 last 10 · 10.1 season