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Saturday, December 21, 2024Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 22 after three quarters and won 121–114.

Final
LAL103
SAC99
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +4
Final
MIA114
ORL121
Q1 ORL -12; Q2 ORL -20; Q3 ORL -22; Q4 ORL +7
Final
MEM128
ATL112
Q1 MEM +16; Q2 MEM +24; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +16
Final
UTA105
BKN94
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +11
Final
BOS123
CHI98
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +25
Final
PHI99
CLE126
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +27
Final
WAS101
MIL112
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +11
Final
GSW113
MIN103
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +10
Final
NYK104
NOP93
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +11
Final
LAC97
DAL113
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +16
Final
POR94
SAS114
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +20
Final
DET133
PHX125
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +8
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 · 2023–24Dec 21, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Anfernee Simons (POR vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

Cole Anthony drops 35 in 22-point comeback win over Miami

Miami led by 22 after three. Final: 121–114.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-20-22+7ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA4036308114
ORL28282837121
Who led
Cole AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 3, 10, 6, 14, 4, 4, 3, 35ORL35 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 9, 7, 2, 8, 7, 4, 11, 24ORL24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 15, 14, 25, 16, 21, 15, 17, 24MIA24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 4, 16, 0, 14, 5, 11, 7, 23MIA23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Cleveland by 27.

LAL over SAC4ORL over MIA7DET over PHX8GSW over MIN10UTA over BKN11MIL over WAS11NYK over NOP11MEM over ATL16DAL over LAC16SAS over POR20BOS over CHI25CLE over PHI27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jayson Tatum 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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 35, 33, 18, 34, 17, 28, 31, 43BOS @ CHI · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Feb 14, 2019: 44 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Season high43 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 23, 30, 21, 13, 30, 20, 37, 43PHX vs DET · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Caris LeVert BKN, Jan 8, 2021: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Season high43 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 21, 24, 31, 20, 14, 31, 14, 39NYK @ NOP · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Cole AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 3, 10, 6, 14, 4, 4, 3, 35ORL vs MIA · W
6.2 PPG season to date · +29.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 6, 9, 23, 22, 10, 5, 9, 34MIL vs WAS · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 12, 27, 10, 29, 39, 18, 19, 32LAL @ SAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 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
Quentin GrimesDAL+5.2 14.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Naji MarshallDAL+4.5 16.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+4.5 13.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+3.2 20.9 last 10 · 17.7 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 15.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.0 21.6 last 10 · 25.6 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.9 23.0 last 10 · 26.9 season
Scotty Pippen Jr.MEM−3.6 7.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Naz ReidMIN−3.5 8.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jarrett AllenCLE−3.3 9.9 last 10 · 13.2 season