FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 21, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed BOS by 16 after the first quarter and won 106–99.

Final
MEM95
NYK87
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +8
Final
WAS106
BOS99
Q1 WAS -16; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +7
Final
SAC105
ORL100
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +5
Final
UTA88
CHA85
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +3
Final
HOU114
DET97
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +17
Final
CLE84
CHI100
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +17; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +16
Final
PHI106
MIL116
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +10
Final
OKC113
SAS100
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +13
Final
DAL108
PHX123
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +15
Final
NOP107
POR110
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +3
Final
LAL83
GSW102
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +19
Final
DEN91
LAC112
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +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 · 2012–13Dec 21, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs MIL), 35 points.
The lead · WAS @ BOS

Washington overcomes 16-point deficit, beats Boston 106–99

The Wizards trailed by 16 after one and finished 92–69. Trevor Ariza led Washington with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-16-7-2+7WAS AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS14303032106
BOS3021252399
Who led
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 24, 22, 14, 10, 11, 10, 15, 27WAS27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 16, 30, 20, 13, 24, 20, 21, 20WAS20 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 18, 13, 22, 8, 13, 19, 14, 26BOS26 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 8, 21, 15, 10, 19, 24, 19, 22BOS22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ ORL

Sacramento handles Orlando by 5

The Kings won the second quarter 31–27. Final: 105–100. Isaiah Thomas led Sacramento with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over CHA3POR over NOP3SAC over ORL5WAS over BOS7MEM over NYK8MIL over PHI10OKC over SAS13PHX over DAL15CHI over CLE16HOU over DET17GSW over LAL19LAC over DEN21Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg46.4Today

46 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 35

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 22, 20, 32, 18, 13, 23, 19, 35HOU @ DET · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 19 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 26, 14, 27, 19, 20, 21, 20, 31OKC @ SAS · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 14, 16, 16, 18, 15, 14, 25, 30PHI @ MIL · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 19, 29, 30, 26, 35, 32, 29, 30NYK vs MEM · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 32, 18, 8, 16, 23, 36, 36, 29POR vs NOP · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 24, 22, 14, 10, 11, 10, 15, 27WAS @ BOS · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Luol DengCHI+3.8 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
John HensonMIL+3.5 16.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Xavier HenryLAL+3.5 13.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+3.4 21.9 last 10 · 18.5 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+3.2 20.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.7 15.6 last 10 · 19.3 season
Corey BrewerMIN−3.4 9.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.2 17.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Enes KanterUTA−2.8 8.5 last 10 · 11.3 season