FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 22, 2015Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIA by 16 after the first quarter and won 93–92.

Final
MEM104
PHI90
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +14
Final
DET93
MIA92
Q1 DET -16; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +1
Final
DAL99
TOR103
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +4
Final
LAL111
DEN107
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -13; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +4
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 22, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs POR), 44 points.
The lead · DET @ MIA

Detroit storms back from 16 down to beat Miami

The Pistons trailed by 16 after one and won 93–92. Reggie Jackson led Detroit with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16+2-3+1DET AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1836182193
MIA3418231792
Who led
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 4, 18, 21, 21, 34, 23, 31, 18DET18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stanley JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 4, 4, 4, 11, 0, 8, 16, 14DET14 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 7, 23, 22, 24, 7, 11, 29, 20MIA20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 11, 20, 14, 7, 28, 21, 18, 19MIA19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · LAL @ DEN

Lakers fight back from 13 down against Denver

Final: 111–107, after trailing by 13 at the half. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs DEN
Kobe Bryant · LALWill Barton · DENPTS3125REB38AST52Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 5, 21, 11, 12, 25, 22, 22, 31LAL @ DEN · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 28, 27, 25, 20, 31, 30, 28, 28TOR vs DAL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 23, 13, 23, 14, 16, 32, 25DEN vs LAL · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 14, 5, 12, 21, 4, 12, 2, 21DEN vs LAL · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high21 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 19, 25, 13, 13, 14, 13, 20, 20DAL @ TOR · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 7, 23, 22, 24, 7, 11, 29, 20MIA vs DET · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 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
Will BartonDEN+4.3 20.0 last 10 · 15.7 season
Lance ThomasNYK+4.2 13.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+3.9 20.0 last 10 · 16.1 season
Terrence RossTOR+3.6 11.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−4.7 9.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Ish SmithNOP−4.2 5.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.9 21.5 last 10 · 25.4 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.8 15.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC−3.4 21.1 last 10 · 24.5 season