FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 16, 2015Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BKN by 8 after the first quarter and won 104–98.

Final
DAL81
IND107
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +26
Final
CHA98
ORL113
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +15
Final
MIA104
BKN98
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +6
Final
BOS116
DET119
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +3
Final
MIN102
NYK107
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +5
Final
PHI106
ATL127
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +21
Final
MEM85
CHI98
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +13
Final
POR90
OKC106
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +16
Final
WAS95
SAS114
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +19
Final
NOP104
UTA94
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP -6; Q4 NOP +10
Final
PHX103
GSW128
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +40; Q4 GSW +25
Final
MIL90
LAC103
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
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 16, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ SAC), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ BKN

Miami climbs out of an 8-point hole against Brooklyn

Down 8 after one, the Heat won the second quarter 33–20 and the game 104–98. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+5+6+6MIA AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA22332920104
BKN3020282098
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 28, 19, 26, 11, 20, 14, 7, 28MIA28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 11, 7, 14, 6, 8, 9, 8, 20MIA20 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 23, 21, 18, 24, 7, 14, 11, 25BKN25 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 11, 5, 11, 10, 5, 16, 15, 22BKN22 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.9Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg24.7Today

25 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · BOS @ DET

Detroit wins a tight one over Boston

119–116. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroit with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over BOS3NYK over MIN5MIA over BKN6NOP over UTA10CHI over MEM13LAC over MIL13ORL over CHA15OKC over POR16SAS over WAS19ATL over PHI21GSW over PHX25IND over DAL26Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BOS.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 43

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 15, 20, 21, 26, 21, 39, 12, 43GSW vs PHX · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Jan 31, 1997: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Season high43 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 21, 23, 22, 20, 18, 21, 12, 38BOS @ DET · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 8, 22, 16, 9, 13, 18, 19, 31DET vs BOS · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 4, 31, 13, 18, 13, 6, 4, 14, 15, 29NYK vs MIN · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 28, 19, 26, 11, 20, 14, 7, 28MIA @ BKN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 13, 27, 15, 7, 16, 22, 22, 27SAS vs WAS · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 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
John WallWAS+4.8 24.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+3.3 22.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jon LeuerPHX+3.3 11.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
Lance ThomasNYK+3.0 11.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Reggie JacksonDET+2.8 22.9 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−4.7 9.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
Eric GordonNOP−4.4 11.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.9 21.7 last 10 · 25.6 season
Hassan WhitesideMIA−3.0 9.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
T.J. WarrenPHX−2.8 8.1 last 10 · 10.9 season