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Thursday, December 25, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CLE by 15 after the first quarter and won 126–124.

Final
CLE124
NYK126
Q1 NYK -15; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK -12; Q4 NYK +2
Final
SAS117
OKC102
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +15
Final
DAL116
GSW126
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +10
Final
HOU119
LAL96
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +23
Final · OT
MIN138
DEN142
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +4
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 25, 2024: 5 games. Top scorer: Victor Wembanyama (SAS @ NYK), 42 points.
The lead · CLE @ NYK

Jalen Brunson hits six threes, New York tops Cleveland

34 points for Jalen Brunson. Final: 126–124.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-15+2-12+2NYK AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE38203828124
NYK23372442126
Who led
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 30, 35, 40, 25, 25, 22, 47, 34NYK34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 12, 2, 15, 18, 9, 10, 10, 25NYK25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 43, 33, 28, 29, 48, 17, 32, 30, 27, 34CLE34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 17, 18, 26, 15, 35, 27, 10, 20CLE20 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Second story · MIN @ DEN

Denver needs overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 115–115 after regulation. Denver won the final period 27–23 for a 142–138 win. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 56 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs MIN
Nikola Jokic · DENAnthony Edwards · MINPTS5644REB166AST153Top 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
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 56

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: 24, 40, 28, 36, 39, 23, 25, 14, 29, 56DEN vs MIN · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +27.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Dec 31, 2016: 53 PTS · 16 REB · 17 AST
Season high56 PTS · 16 REB · 15 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 39, 32, 44, 11, 15, 40, 26, 24, 38, 44MIN @ DEN · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 28, 2005: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 52, 23, 34, 11, 35, 32, 16, 27, 31, 35DEN vs MIN · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 43, 33, 28, 29, 48, 17, 32, 30, 27, 34CLE @ NYK · L
30.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 30, 35, 40, 25, 25, 22, 47, 34NYK vs CLE · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 27, 24, 21, 19, 12, 25, 32MIN @ DEN · L
22.9 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
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.0 24.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Maxime RaynaudSAC+4.8 14.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cam SpencerMEM+4.4 16.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Carlton CarringtonWAS+4.2 13.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+4.2 29.6 last 10 · 25.4 season
Cold
Cade CunninghamDET−4.2 22.2 last 10 · 26.4 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Miles BridgesCHA−3.7 16.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.4 10.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−3.4 9.4 last 10 · 12.8 season