FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 17, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed OKC by 4 after three quarters and won 104–100.

Final · OT
TOR99
CHA109
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +10
Final
OKC100
CLE104
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +4
Final
HOU107
LAL87
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +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 · 2014–15Dec 17, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs UTA), 42 points.
The lead · OKC @ CLE

Cleveland keeps rolling, beats OKC

That is four in a row. Final: 104–100. LeBron James led Cleveland with 33 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-1-4+4CLE AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC28193122100
CLE26202830104
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37, 33, 25, 24, 33CLE33 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 10, 6, 5, 6, 2, 2, 0, 14CLE14 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 25, 19, 13, 23, 24, 25, 13, 27OKC27 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 25, 20, 32, 25, 21, 31, 24, 25OKC25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · TOR @ CHA

Charlotte outlasts Toronto in overtime

90–90 at the end of regulation. Charlotte took the last extra period 19–9. Final: 109–99. Jeremy Lin led Charlotte with 35 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHA vs TOR
Jeremy Lin · CHADeMar DeRozan · TORPTS3531REB54AST45Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg12.9Last 3

12.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 22.3 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 18 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jeremy Lin leads the day with 35

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.
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 5, 9, 13, 5, 16, 14, 8, 35CHA vs TOR · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37, 33, 25, 24, 33CLE vs OKC · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 34, 16, 16, 28, 27, 25, 20, 31TOR @ CHA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 4, 17, 14, 18, 33, 16, 12, 27CHA vs TOR · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 25, 19, 13, 23, 24, 25, 13, 27OKC @ CLE · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 25, 31, 10, 42, 30, 24, 33, 25HOU @ LAL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Patrick BeverleyHOU+3.6 12.0 last 10 · 8.4 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
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