FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 23, 2014Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIA by 15 at halftime and won 91–87.

Final
MIN104
CLE125
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +21
Final
NOP84
IND96
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +12
Final
BOS95
ORL100
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +23; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +5
Final
CHI99
WAS91
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +8
Final
LAC104
ATL107
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +3
Final
DEN96
BKN102
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +4; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN +6
Final
PHI91
MIA87
Q1 PHI -13; Q2 PHI -15; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +4
Final
CHA108
MIL101
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +7
Final · OT
POR115
OKC111
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +4
Final
DAL115
PHX124
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +9
Final
GSW105
LAL115
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +10
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 23, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs ATL), 38 points.
The lead · PHI @ MIA

Philadelphia erases 15-point lead, steals one from Miami

Miami led 57–42 at halftime. Philadelphia won the second half 49–30 to take it 91–87. Michael Carter-Williams led Philadelphia with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-13-15-5+4PHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1923311891
MIA322521987
Who led
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 20, 8, 14, 16, 13, 14, 21, 20PHI20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Luc Mbah a MoutePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 14, 12, 8, 10, 9, 10, 9, 19PHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 16, 10, 29, 17, 28, 42, 28, 23MIA23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shawne WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 9, 2, 4, 10, 5, 8, 11, 17MIA17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
33.22013–14 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 2013–14 (69 games). Today: 12 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg20.0Today

20 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · LAC @ ATL

Atlanta takes over late to edge Clippers

Down 2 after three, Atlanta won the fourth 26–21. Final: 107–104. DeMarre Carroll led Atlanta with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over LAC3PHI over MIA4POR over OKC4ORL over BOS5BKN over DEN6CHA over MIL7CHI over WAS8PHX over DAL9LAL over GSW10IND over NOP12CLE over MIN21Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over LAC.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 40

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 35, 18, 23, 29, 43, 17, 18, 40POR @ OKC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Monta Ellis GSW, Mar 11, 2011: 39 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 26, 34, 28, 32, 33, 31, 29, 40OKC vs POR · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Feb 7, 1996: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 16, 9, 22, 20, 24, 20, 8, 34MIL vs CHA · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 22, 10, 19, 6, 12, 10, 15, 18, 29DEN @ BKN · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 13, 20, 17, 16, 9, 16, 17, 29CLE vs MIN · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 12, 12, 22, 16, 17, 26, 16, 27BKN vs DEN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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+6.3 19.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.5 21.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Marco BelinelliSAS+4.1 13.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.1 26.0 last 10 · 21.9 season
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+4.0 14.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jared SullingerBOS−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.5 5.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kyrie IrvingCLE−4.1 15.9 last 10 · 20.0 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−3.9 12.4 last 10 · 16.3 season