FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 23, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by DAL (vs BKN) and ORL (vs HOU).

Final
BOS102
CHA89
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +13
Final
NYK84
CLE91
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +7
Final
SAC108
IND106
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +2
Final
HOU101
ORL104
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +3
Final
MEM91
WAS100
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +9
Final · OT
DAL119
BKN118
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +1
Final
DET100
ATL107
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +7
Final
PHI100
MIL113
Q1 MIL +17; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +22; Q4 MIL +13
Final
SAS108
MIN83
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +25
Final
POR89
NOP115
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +17; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +26
Final
DEN104
PHX96
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +8
Final
UTA85
GSW103
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +18
Final
OKC120
LAL85
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +31; Q4 OKC +35
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 23, 2014: 11 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ OKC), 40 points.
The lead · DAL @ BKN

J.J. Barea scores 32, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 108–108 after regulation. Final: 119–118.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+6+11-60+1DAL AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL3232172711119
BKN2627342110118
Who led
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 7, 0, 21, 1, 8, 7, 8, 32DAL32 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 25, 13, 13, 14, 13, 20, 20, 22DAL22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 18, 18, 10, 8, 14, 12, 16, 29BKN29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 10, 15, 10, 8, 5, 13, 12, 17BKN17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 28 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
36.42014–15 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.4 in 2014–15 (75 games). Today: 5 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Lakers by 35.

DAL over BKN1SAC over IND2ORL over HOU3CLE over NYK7ATL over DET7DEN over PHX8WAS over MEM9BOS over CHA13MIL over PHI13GSW over UTA18SAS over MIN25NOP over POR26OKC over LAL35Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

J.J. Barea leads the day with 32

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.
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 7, 0, 21, 1, 8, 7, 8, 32DAL @ BKN · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 42, 30, 24, 33, 25, 18, 36, 31HOU @ ORL · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 5, 0, 3, 19, 0, 17, 9, 31DEN @ PHX · W
6.7 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 18, 18, 10, 8, 14, 12, 16, 29BKN vs DAL · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 16, 18, 22, 28, 17, 16, 27, 28NOP vs POR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 13, 23, 27, 26, 24, 15, 22, 25SAC @ IND · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 1 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+5.1 24.4 last 10 · 19.3 season
Will BartonDEN+4.4 20.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Michael Carter-WilliamsMIL+4.3 16.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Lance ThomasNYK+4.1 13.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Randy FoyeDEN+4.0 10.7 last 10 · 6.7 season
Cold
Ish SmithNOP−5.2 3.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Evan FournierORL−4.5 9.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.0 21.3 last 10 · 25.3 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC−4.0 20.5 last 10 · 24.5 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.5 16.3 last 10 · 19.8 season