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Thursday, December 18, 2025Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed HOU by 22 at halftime and won 133–128.

Final
ATL126
CHA133
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +7
Final
NYK114
IND113
Q1 NYK -11; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK +1
Final
MIA106
BKN95
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +11
Final
TOR111
MIL105
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +6
Final · OT
HOU128
NOP133
Q1 NOP -9; Q2 NOP -22; Q3 NOP -16; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +5
Final
LAC101
OKC122
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +21
Final
WAS94
SAS119
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +25
Final · OT
DET114
DAL116
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Final
ORL115
DEN126
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +11
Final
GSW98
PHX99
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +1
Final
LAL143
UTA135
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +8
Final · OT
SAC133
POR134
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +1
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · HOU @ NOP

New Orleans needs overtime to survive Houston

Tied 119–119 after regulation. New Orleans won the final period 14–9 for a 133–128 win. Saddiq Bey led New Orleans with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-22-160+5NOP AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU333432209128
NOP2421383614133
Who led
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 22, 20, 18, 17, 15, 10, 29NOP29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 12, 33, 21, 23, 32, 24, 20, 27NOP27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 25, 32, 24, 28, 27, 16, 25, 32HOU32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 18, 16, 27, 31, 28, 22, 33, 28HOU28 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 25.

NYK over IND1PHX over GSW1POR over SAC1DAL over DET2NOP over HOU5TOR over MIL6CHA over ATL7LAL over UTA8MIA over BKN11DEN over ORL11OKC over LAC21SAS over WAS25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
8.5Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
27.82024–25 avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 2024–25 (68 games). Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 45

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: 37, 33, 43, 35, 34, 38, 31, 35, 29, 45LAL @ UTA · W
35.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Feb 23, 2003: 46 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
45 PTS · 11 REB · 14 AST
Jalen JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 7, 29, 41, 29, 21, 30, 19, 12, 43ATL @ CHA · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Feb 28, 2017: 43 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Career high43 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 31, 25, 27, 35, 17, 16, 26, 35POR vs SAC · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 0, 28, 29, 18, 8, 39, 37, 34UTA vs LAL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 16, 23, 12, 13, 20, 11, 17, 33SAC @ POR · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 31, 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28, 29, 32OKC vs LAC · W
32.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 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
Jaylen WellsMEM+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.9 16.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+4.5 19.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+4.2 22.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Josh HartNYK+3.6 16.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−4.7 20.4 last 10 · 25.1 season
De'Andre HunterCLE−4.1 11.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA−4.0 23.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
James HardenLAC−3.5 22.5 last 10 · 26.0 season