FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 15, 2015Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 6 at halftime and won 89–77.

Final
CLE89
BOS77
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +12
Final
DEN112
MIN100
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +12
Final
HOU97
SAC107
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +10
Final
MIL95
LAL113
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +18
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 · 2014–15Dec 15, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Kelly Olynyk (BOS @ PHI), 30 points.
The lead · CLE @ BOS

Cleveland beats Boston, 89–77

Cleveland led 69–61 after three and won by 12. LeBron James led Cleveland with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-6+8+12CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2317292089
BOS2521151677
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37, 33, 25, 24CLE24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 18, 26, 8, 15, 5, 18, 8, 20CLE20 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 25, 20, 18, 11, 10, 19, 23, 17BOS17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 13, 20, 15, 17, 13, 15, 16, 14BOS14 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAC

Sacramento gets past Houston

107–97, with Sacramento ahead 57–50 at halftime. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over HOU10CLE over BOS12DEN over MIN12LAL over MIL18Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg24.2Today

24 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 33

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: 26, 29, 24, 25, 31, 10, 42, 30, 24, 33HOU @ SAC · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 30, 31, 16, 14, 13, 23, 27, 26SAC vs HOU · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37, 33, 25, 24CLE @ BOS · W
26.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 21, 27, 17, 8, 19, 22, 13, 23MIN vs DEN · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 31, 14, 5, 21, 11, 12, 25, 22LAL vs MIL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 18, 26, 8, 15, 5, 18, 8, 20CLE @ BOS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 8 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
John WallWAS+4.6 24.2 last 10 · 19.6 season
Jon LeuerPHX+4.1 12.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Allen CrabbePOR+2.7 12.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+2.7 15.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+2.7 14.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−5.9 8.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Eric GordonNOP−3.9 11.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.7 22.4 last 10 · 26.1 season
Hassan WhitesideMIA−3.1 9.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−3.1 12.6 last 10 · 15.7 season