FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 19, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
LAL78
OKC118
Q1 OKC +20; Q2 OKC +26; Q3 OKC +37; Q4 OKC +40
Final
CHA101
WAS109
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +8
Final
CHI91
NYK107
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +16
Final
LAC97
HOU107
Q1 HOU +21; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +10
Final
IND84
MEM96
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +12
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 19, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ SAS), 43 points.
The lead · CHA @ WAS

Washington handles Charlotte by 8

The Wizards won the second quarter 31–26. Final: 109–101. John Wall led Washington with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+6+11+8WAS AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA27262226101
WAS28312723109
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 28, 26, 26, 26, 26, 6, 20, 27WAS27 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 0, 3, 5, 10, 5, 6, 3, 21WAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 4, 17, 14, 18, 33, 16, 12, 27, 18CHA18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 9, 13, 5, 16, 14, 8, 35, 15CHA15 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · LAC @ HOU

Houston leads Clippers wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 107–97. Best quarter: the first, 38–17. Dwight Howard led Houston with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over CHA8HOU over LAC10MEM over IND12NYK over CHI16OKC over LAL40Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over LAC.
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
11.5Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 25 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg23.5Last 3

23.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.5Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 3.5 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 29

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 11, 48, 33, 23, 13, 16, 19, 23, 29IND @ MEM · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 28, 26, 26, 26, 26, 6, 20, 27WAS vs CHA · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 18, 17, 12, 23, 37, 20, 16, 27NYK vs CHI · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 16, 21, 18, 21, 34, 15, 25, 22LAC @ HOU · L
23.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 22, 10, 4, 18, 13, 4, 16, 22HOU vs LAC · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 20, 32, 25, 21, 31, 24, 25, 22OKC vs LAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · −5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.6 23.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Jon LeuerPHX+4.2 12.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
John WallWAS+3.7 23.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Patrick BeverleyHOU+3.3 11.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Lance ThomasNYK+3.3 11.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−5.7 8.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Eric GordonNOP−4.5 11.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.5 21.6 last 10 · 25.1 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.4 16.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Nikola MiroticCHI−3.1 7.5 last 10 · 10.6 season