FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 22, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed TOR by 6 at halftime and won 129–120.

Final
DEN82
CHA110
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +27; Q4 CHA +28
Final
TOR120
CHI129
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +9
Final
POR95
HOU110
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +15
Final
UTA97
MEM91
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +6
Final
ATL105
DAL102
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +3
Final
LAC118
SAS125
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +7
Final
SAC108
GSW128
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +20
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 · 2013–14Dec 22, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ LAC), 45 points.
The lead · TOR @ CHI

Chicago makes it three straight

Chicago beat Toronto 129–120 and moved to 18–9. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-6-3+9CHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR33331737120
CHI33272049129
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 15, 9, 23, 31, 14, 14, 29CHI29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 24, 18, 11, 17, 22, 35, 31, 27CHI27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 16, 9, 21, 17, 20, 15, 22, 34TOR34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 18, 10, 8, 6, 16, 17, 10, 20TOR20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.6minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
33.22013–14 avg11.6Last 2

11.6 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.2 in 2013–14 (69 games). Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · UTA @ MEM

Utah upsets Memphis

Utah (8–20) beat Memphis (21–6) 97–91. Alec Burks led Utah with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over DAL3UTA over MEM6SAS over LAC7CHI over TOR9HOU over POR15GSW over SAC20CHA over DEN28Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over MEM.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 44

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 38, 15, 34, 44, 24, 41, 21, 18, 44HOU vs POR · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kemba Walker BOS, Dec 11, 2019: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ties season high44 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 16, 9, 21, 17, 20, 15, 22, 34TOR @ CHI · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 15, 9, 23, 31, 14, 14, 29CHI vs TOR · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 22, 19, 36, 17, 14, 21, 11, 28MEM vs UTA · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 24, 18, 11, 17, 22, 35, 31, 27CHI vs TOR · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 28, 22, 21, 27, 9, 9, 14, 5, 26SAS vs LAC · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 REB · 4 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
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+5.1 18.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
CJ MilesIND+4.6 15.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.5 21.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Marco BelinelliSAS+4.1 13.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+4.0 14.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−4.8 11.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.5 5.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jared SullingerBOS−4.1 9.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Donald SloanIND−3.6 6.7 last 10 · 10.3 season