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2025–26 season archive
Monday, December 15, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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Final
DET112
BOS105
Final
TOR106
MIA96
Final · OT
DAL133
UTA140
Final · OT
HOU125
DEN128
Final
MEM121
LAC103
The lead · DET @ BOS

Cade Cunningham hits six threes, Detroit tops Boston

32 points for Cade Cunningham. Final: 112–105.

Game flow · DET 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4+4+7DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET25283227112
BOS33242424105
Who led
Cade CunninghamDET32 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Tobias HarrisDET13 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownBOS34 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Derrick WhiteBOS31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DAL @ UTA

Utah flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Dallas led 75–71 at the break. Tied 129–129 after regulation, Utah won the extra time 11–4. Final: 140–133. Keyonte George led Utah with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · UTA vs DAL
Keyonte George · UTACooper Flagg · DALPTS3742REB57AST66Top 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
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 30 minutes.

Our take: Start in most leagues
Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 21 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Cooper Flagg leads the day with 42

Cooper FlaggDAL @ UTA · L
18.4 PPG season to date
42 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicDEN vs HOU · W
29.8 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Keyonte GeorgeUTA vs DAL · W
23.5 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayDEN vs HOU · W
24.9 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownBOS vs DET · L
29.3 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Lauri MarkkanenUTA vs DAL · W
27.8 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST