FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 26, 2014Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by HOU (vs MEM) and BKN (vs BOS).

Final
BKN109
BOS107
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN -7; Q4 BKN +2
Final
CLE98
ORL89
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +9
Final
MIL107
ATL77
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +30
Final
IND109
DET119
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
HOU117
MEM111
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +6
Final
SAS90
NOP97
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +7
Final
CHA75
OKC98
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +19; Q3 OKC +25; Q4 OKC +23
Final
LAL98
DAL102
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +4
Final
MIN102
DEN106
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +4
Final
PHI93
POR114
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +21
Final
PHX115
SAC106
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +9
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 26, 2013: 4 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs ATL), 40 points.
The lead · BKN @ BOS

Boston's skid reaches three

Brooklyn won 109–107; the Celtics fall to 10–17. Jarrett Jack led Brooklyn with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-10-7+2BKN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN28282330109
BOS29273021107
Who led
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 4, 14, 5, 4, 13, 15, 17, 27BKN27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Alan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 12, 17, 2, 4, 5, 6, 2, 15BKN15 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 16, 28, 14, 16, 18, 13, 4, 22BOS22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 5, 0, 5, 16, 14, 9, 0, 19BOS19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg2.2Last 3

2.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg38.5Today

38 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat Atlanta by 30.

BKN over BOS2DAL over LAL4DEN over MIN4HOU over MEM6NOP over SAS7CLE over ORL9PHX over SAC9DET over IND10POR over PHI21OKC over CHA23MIL over ATL30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 32

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: 38, 15, 34, 44, 24, 41, 21, 18, 44, 32HOU @ MEM · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 35, 41, 27, 21, 22, 25, 24, 30, 29CLE @ ORL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 2, 30, 19, 18, 24, 26, 13, 23, 24, 29MEM vs HOU · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 28, 32, 33, 31, 29, 40, 34, 29OKC vs CHA · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 18, 23, 29, 43, 17, 18, 40, 28POR vs PHI · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 4, 14, 5, 4, 13, 15, 17, 27BKN @ BOS · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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
Mason PlumleeBKN+7.1 15.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+5.7 19.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.3 27.4 last 10 · 22.1 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.4 20.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
CJ MilesIND+4.2 15.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Chris CopelandIND−5.1 4.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jared SullingerBOS−5.0 8.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.2 11.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−4.0 11.7 last 10 · 15.7 season