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Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets defeated the Houston Rockets in overtime on Peacock.<\/p>\n
What we know after Monday night\u2019s games:<\/p>\n
The Pistons defeated the Celtics 112-105<\/a> in Boston behind Cade Cunningham (32 pts, 10 ast). 12:57 AM \/ DECEMBER 16, 2025<\/p>\n Grizzlies defeat Clippers to continue hot streak<\/p>\n Memphis takes a 121-103<\/a> win over LA on the road in the Intuit Dome.<\/p>\n Jaren Jackson Jr. (31 pts, 5 blk) led the way for the Grizzlies, with Cam Spencer chipping in with 27.<\/p>\n Jaren Jackson Jr. in MEM’s W tonight:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc3b 31 PTS The @memgrizz<\/a> have 8 of their last 11 games! pic.twitter.com\/eND1cIerEn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Kawhi Leonard paced the Clippers with 21 points while Kris Dunn added 17 points and 5 assists.<\/p>\n Memphis is 8-3 in their last 11, rising to ninth in the Western Conference, just a half game behind Golden State.<\/p>\n 12:27 AM \/ DECEMBER 16, 2025<\/p>\n Nuggets win a thriller on Peacock<\/p>\n Clutch shotmaking. ROCKETS VS. NUGGETS WAS AN INCREDIBLE OT FINISH TONIGHT! \ud83c\udf7f pic.twitter.com\/h08Hn5kouA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 128-125 over the Rockets. Alperen Sengun had a chance to tie it with 6.8 seconds to go, but missed a fadeaway three-pointer.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the fifth straight win for Denver.<\/p>\n Nikola Joki\u0107 credited the Rockets in his postgame interview, noting he thinks the Nuggets could build on the victory.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re a really talented team,\u201d said Joki\u0107 (39 pts, 15 reb, 10 ast). \u201cIt was a really good game for us\u2026 If we go into a playoff series, I think it\u2019s going to be really interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n Sengun had 33 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the loss, while Kevin Durant added 25.<\/p>\n Two of the league’s best passers went head-to-head tonight \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n Joker: 39 PTS, 15 REB, 10 AST Denver secured the victory, winning their 5th straight! pic.twitter.com\/BSlYpRreLl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 12:11 AM \/ DECEMBER 16, 2025<\/p>\n Overtime in Denver<\/p>\n INSANE SEQUENCE AT THE 4Q OF HOU\/DEN!<\/p>\n JOKI\u0106 3. TIED AT 117, WE ARE HEADED TO OT\u2026 WATCH HERE: https:\/\/t.co\/1satrYPmsa<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/26ZkaCtNDr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Joker\u2019s three-point attempt was just long! We\u2019re going to OT, tied at 117 on Peacock.<\/p>\n Enjoy the free basketball, folks.<\/p>\n Joki\u0107 has 37 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists. Jamal Murray has 33 points on 15 shots. Kevin Durant has 25 points. Alperen Sengun has 28 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a great one so far. What will the conclusion look like?<\/p>\n 12:03 AM \/ DECEMBER 16, 2025<\/p>\n Nuggets and Rockets down to it<\/p>\n 112-all with a minute to go. Big shots being made on both sides. Get to Peacock for the finish!<\/p>\n 11:55 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Jazz take the win as Flagg makes history<\/p>\n George’s 37 + Markkanen’s 33 = @utahjazz<\/a> W!<\/p>\n Utah secures the OT WIN over Dallas \ud83c\udfb6 pic.twitter.com\/yHh9rjjKOU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Jazz defeat the Mavericks 140-133 behind Keyonte George (37 pts, 6 ast) and Lauri Markkanen (33 pts, 16 reb).<\/p>\n Cooper Flagg had 42 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in defeat, becoming the youngest player to drop 40+ in an NBA game.<\/p>\n COOPER FLAGG SCORES THE MOST POINTS EVER BY AN 18-YEAR-OLD IN NBA HISTORY!!!<\/p>\n 42 PTS (career high) \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n LeBron James previously held the record for points by an 18-year-old, as he dropped 37 points against the Boston Celtics on Dec. 13, 2003.<\/p>\n 11:52 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in Rockets-Nuggets<\/p>\n ONE. LEGGED. FADEAWAY. <\/p>\n WHAT A TOUGH SHOT BY JOKER!<\/p>\n 5-POINT GAME ON PEACOCK. pic.twitter.com\/OViHkkZYVd<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 11:37 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Mavericks-Jazz going down to the wire<\/p>\n Overtime in Utah, as regulation ends at 129-all. Catch the finish on League Pass!<\/a><\/p>\n Cooper Flagg, all of 18 years old, has 40 for Dallas.<\/p>\n 11:16 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Flagg on fire<\/p>\n 121-113 Dallas with 4:12 to go in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n 34 FOR COOPER FLAGG.<\/p>\n Dallas in front midway through the 4th quarter! pic.twitter.com\/ILMFR1ZvHh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 10:57 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n The Joker\u2019s vision<\/p>\n Nikola Joki\u0107 (12 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast, 2 blk) delivers the dart for Denver. Nuggets up 64-60 with 9:15 to go in the third.<\/p>\n Joker outlet pass \u27a1\ufe0f Cam Johnson slam!<\/p>\n Denver leads by 7 at the break on Peacock. pic.twitter.com\/gvX1YGg61W<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 10:36 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Raptors rock the Heat<\/p>\n 106-96, snapping a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram (28 pts) led five Raptors in double figures. Toronto shot 16-for-40 from three-point range.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram’s buckets against the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n 10:26 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Mavericks up at the half<\/p>\n 75-71 over the Jazz.<\/p>\n Cooper Flagg has 24 points for Dallas \u2014 his highest scoring half as a pro.<\/p>\n Cooper passes Tracy McGrady for the third-most points by a player before his 19th birthday \ud83d\udd25 Only LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have scored more before turning 19.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa: KFAA pic.twitter.com\/1IhFpx3plZ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 10:09 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Amen rises up<\/p>\n 30-24 Rockets after the first, in part to a remarkable lob from Alperen Sengun (10 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast) to Amen Thompson.<\/p>\n Amen Thompson climbs the ladder \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n HOU with the lead in the 1Q\u2026 watch here: https:\/\/t.co\/1satrYOOCC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xplWreYUUH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Kevin Durant put up 10 points of his own as well.<\/p>\n Lethal in the midrange\u2026 that’s KD for you \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n He scored 10 in the opening frame on Peacock!<\/p>\n Watch here: https:\/\/t.co\/1satrYOOCC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/s6HQCnlods<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 9:46 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Pistons win on the road in Boston<\/p>\n 112-105 Detroit, taking their record to 21-5.<\/p>\n Cade Cunningham (32 pts, 10 ast) kept it under control all night, outdueling Jaylen Brown (34 pts) and Derrick White (31 pts, 5 3PM).<\/p>\n CLUTCH CADE BUCKET FOR 32.<\/p>\n HE PUTS DETROIT UP 5 WITH 1:13 LEFT. pic.twitter.com\/N7vWvOAPwj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 9:31 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Ace Bailey shows off the springs<\/p>\n What a dunk from the rook.<\/p>\n 29-27 Jazz with 3:55 to go in Utah.<\/p>\n ACE BAILEY OFF HIS OWN MISS \ud83d\ude33\u2708\ufe0f<\/p>\n UTA hosting DAL on NBA League Pass\u2026 tap to watch: https:\/\/t.co\/ZQasTTyJGx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/w4PgWuH1R1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 9:28 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Raptors and Heat going at it<\/p>\n 83-79 Toronto with 9:50 to go in the fourth.<\/p>\n Collin Murray-Boyles shows off the athleticism with the swat here.<\/p>\n CMB WITH THE SWAT \ud83d\udd90\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/5yodmrJieH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 9:12 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Bam with the english<\/p>\n 65-65 all in the third, thanks in part to this stylish finish from Bam Adebayo (16 pts, 9 reb).<\/p>\n Bam Adebayo from a TOUGH angle \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n MIA leads in the 3Q\u2026 tap to watch: https:\/\/t.co\/iJ4BYfx3kK<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RGlIDD7CKJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 8:44 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n What can Brown do for you?<\/p>\n Jaylen \u2014 the subject of tonight\u2019s profile<\/a> \u2014 can get buckets. Pistons and Celtics are dueling in another hard-fought affair.<\/p>\n It\u2019s 66-65 Boston with 5:40 to go in the third.<\/p>\n JB AND-1!<\/p>\n He’s got 20 as Boston leads Detroit in the 3Q. pic.twitter.com\/eFCEva58Bi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 8:34 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram going off early<\/p>\n The Notorious B.I.3. (18 pts) is delivering the opposite of peace to the Heat.<\/p>\n 43-43 with 1:50 to go in the second quarter in Miami.<\/p>\n NOTORIOUS B.I.3 \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 pic.twitter.com\/KsShZm3VOX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 8:02 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Pistons power back<\/p>\n 43-43 in Boston after a 16-4 Pistons run. Cade Cunningham (11 pts, 7 ast) is running the show and looking comfortable, especially after Jordan Walsh hit the bench with foul trouble.<\/p>\n Cade Cunningham just makes it look EASY.<\/p>\n He spins his way inside for 2! pic.twitter.com\/x6BElq0MYC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Stocks are up for the Wolf of Walsh Street \ud83d\udcc8\ud83d\udcc8\ud83d\udcc8 pic.twitter.com\/9z9ieg3dDt<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 7:54 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Beef Stew shows off the muscle<\/p>\n Stew at the rim \ud83d\udcaa pic.twitter.com\/xK0AyvgJ4T<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Some classic Detroit physical intensity from Isaiah Stewart here, as the Pistons battle back against Boston.<\/p>\n 41-36 Celtics with 8:18 to go in the second.<\/p>\n 7:37 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Celtics go on a run<\/p>\n Talk about timing. It\u2019s now 28-19 Celtics after a Hugo Gonzalez three caps a 14-0 run.<\/p>\n Jaylen Brown<\/a> (10 pts) has had it working early. He gets 20.3 percent of his points from midrange this season \u2014 third-most in the NBA \u2014 and shows why here.<\/p>\n PUT IT ON EM JB \u26a1\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/rTMsRGyPH2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 7:25 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Pritchard finds the range<\/p>\n The reigning Kia Sixth Man of the Year is hot early, but the Pistons are up 19-14 with 6:40 to go in the first quarter.<\/p>\n Payton Pritchard has 8 of Boston’s first 11 points!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa DET-BOS is LIVE on Peacock pic.twitter.com\/5ziuQ8Mvqb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBA (@NBA) December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Ausar Thompson is quick, but going under the screen against Pritchard is a recipe for trouble.<\/p>\n 6:15 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Jaylen Brown ascends<\/p>\n Jaylen Brown’s baskets against the Detroit Pistons this season.<\/p>\n The energy has shifted.<\/p>\n Four-time All-Star Jaylen Brown is averaging career-highs in points (29.9 ppg) and assists (4.8 ast), as he steps to the fore of the Celtics offense while Jayson Tatum recovers from ACL surgery.<\/p>\n His efficiency has been as good as it\u2019s ever been (49.9 FG%, tied for the best of his career) and the Celtics are thriving, rising to third in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n Brown has been a rock. He\u2019s part of all five lineups that have logged 18+ minutes for Boston this season, providing playmaking, athleticism, defense and devastating isolation scoring, and second in the league in usage percentage (35.3).<\/p>\n JB isolates on 5.4 possessions per game, averaging 5.3 points per game on the action. No other player isolates on more than three plays per game or averages more than 4.5 points on them.<\/p>\n If the Celtics offense is struggling, the ball will find Jaylen.<\/p>\n He\u2019s a workhorse (fifth in total points with 699), boasting a versatile offensive game. Jaylen\u2019s comfortable getting to the rim, rocking into his rhythm for a midrange jumper (11.0 ppg on pull-up jumpers, third in the NBA), or stepping back to launch from deep (36.3 percent from three).<\/p>\n His teammates find open shots playing off him. Nine of the top 21 players in the league in scoring on spot-up shots are his fellow Celtics.<\/p>\n Tatum and Brown regularly played one-on-one as young players<\/a>. That experience is evident in his game today, as are his years of playoff basketball experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe never wavers in the poise or the mindset that he has,\u201d Coach Joe Mazzulla said earlier this season. \u201cHe does a great job of that regardless of how it\u2019s going.\u201d<\/p>\n 5:15 PM \/ DECEMBER 15, 2025<\/p>\n Welcome to a five-game night in the NBA! Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons take on the Boston Celtics in the opening half of tonight\u2019s doubleheader on Peacock.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve got a dynamite doubleheader tonight on Peacock, featuring Pistons-Celtics (7 ET<\/a>) and Rockets-Nuggets (9:30 ET<\/a>) highlighting the action.<\/p>\n In the national TV opener, the Pistons will travel to Boston seeking revenge after the Celtics snapped their franchise record-tying 13-game winning streak 117-114<\/a> on Nov. 26, en route to a 7-3 record in their last 10 games.<\/p>\n Detroit, sitting at the top of the East with a 20-5 record, is also 7-3 in their last 10. They defeated the Celtics 119-113<\/a> on Oct. 26.<\/p>\n Cade Cunningham (26.9 ppg, 6.1 reb, 9.1 ast, 1.5 stl) and Jaylen Brown (29.9 ppg, 6.1 reb, 4.8 ast) are sitting at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, in the latest Kia MVP Ladder<\/a>.<\/p>\n Who will win in this clash of traditional Eastern Conference powers?<\/p>\n In the nightcap, the West\u2019s top two-ranked offenses face off (124.4 offense rating for Denver vs 121.4 for Houston).<\/p>\n The Nuggets are running the best assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) and effective field goal percentage (59.4) in the league, while the Rockets boast the league\u2019s best offensive rebounding percentage (41.5), as well as the second-best defensive rating (111.0).<\/p>\n Denver took the initial clash between these Western contenders 112-109<\/a> Nov. 22 behind 34 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists from Nikola Joki\u0107.<\/p>\n Joki\u0107\u2019s averaged 21.1 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists against the Rockets in his career, logging the second-fewest minutes per game (29.1) and grabbing the second-most offensive rebounds (3.3) against Houston compared to the other 29 teams.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll battle rising star Alperen Sengun (23.0 ppg, 9.4 reb, 7.0 ast) and Steven Adams (9.1 reb) in the pivot tonight on Peacock.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the complete slate:<\/p>\n
\nThe Nuggets beat the Rockets 128-125<\/a> in overtime as Nikola Joki\u0107 (39 pts, 15 reb, 10 ast) and Jamal Murray (35 pts) showed out.
\nThe Jazz knocked off the Mavericks 140-133<\/a>, also in overtime, but Cooper Flagg (42 pts) achieved a new milestone, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 40+.<\/p>\n
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\ud83d\udc3b 13-18 FGM<\/p>\n
Wild back-and-forth action.
Amazing performances.<\/p>\n
Alpi: 33 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST<\/p>\n
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