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Friday, December 5, 2025Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed ATL by 19 at halftime and won 134–133.

Final
LAL105
BOS126
Q1 BOS +22; Q2 BOS +23; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +21
Final
MIA105
ORL106
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +1
Final
DEN134
ATL133
Q1 DEN -18; Q2 DEN -19; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN +1
Final
SAS117
CLE130
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +13
Final
POR116
DET122
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +6
Final
UTA112
NYK146
Q1 NYK +28; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +38; Q4 NYK +34
Final
CHA111
TOR86
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +25
Final
IND120
CHI105
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +15
Final
PHX98
HOU117
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +19
Final
LAC98
MEM107
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +9
Final
PHI116
MIL101
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +20; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +15
Final
DAL111
OKC132
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +30; Q4 OKC +21
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 · 2024–25Dec 5, 2024: 8 games. Top scorer: Nikola Vucevic (CHI @ SAS), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ ATL

Nikola Jokic drops 40 in 19-point comeback win over Atlanta

Atlanta led by 19 at the half. Final: 134–133.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-19-9+1DEN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN23314040134
ATL41323030133
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 34, 44, 17, 21, 26, 29, 24, 40DEN40 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 26, 23, 29, 37, 24, 10, 52, 23DEN23 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 38, 10, 23, 8, 30, 34, 26, 21, 30ATL30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 15, 17, 20, 13, 16, 30, 22, 25ATL25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ CLE

Cleveland climbs back to beat San Antonio

San Antonio led by 8 at the half. Cleveland won it 130–117. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs SAS
Donovan Mitchell · CLEDevin Vassell · SASPTS2828REB23AST83Top 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
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.4Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 18 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 40

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: 36, 28, 34, 44, 17, 21, 26, 29, 24, 40DEN @ ATL · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter NJN, Feb 25, 2007: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 26, 22, 31, 38, 33, 16, 44, 36LAL @ BOS · L
29.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 26, 24, 11, 24, 24, 26, 23, 36IND @ CHI · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 26, 11, 22, 37, 31, 25, 27, 35POR @ DET · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 33, 31, 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33OKC vs DAL · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 33, 27, 33, 37, 18, 15, 26, 33NYK vs UTA · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 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
Noah ClowneyBKN+5.1 18.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Collin GillespiePHX+5.0 18.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Peyton WatsonDEN+4.6 14.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cameron JohnsonDEN+4.5 15.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATL+3.6 24.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Cold
Zach LaVineSAC−4.1 15.7 last 10 · 19.8 season
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN−3.1 12.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Julius RandleMIN−3.0 19.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−2.8 11.9 last 10 · 14.7 season