FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 26, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ORL by 12 at halftime and won 108–101.

Final
WAS111
BKN96
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +15
Final
TOR111
MIL90
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +21
Final
MEM92
CHA98
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +6
Final
HOU108
NOP110
Q1 NOP -8; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP -7; Q4 NOP +2
Final
MIA108
ORL101
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -12; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA +7
Final
NYK98
ATL117
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +19
Final
BOS99
DET93
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +6
Final
IND102
MIN88
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +14
Final
CHI111
DAL118
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +7
Final
DEN86
SAS101
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +15
Final
PHI111
PHX104
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +7
Final
LAC109
UTA104
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +5
Final
CLE76
POR105
Q1 POR +22; Q2 POR +29; Q3 POR +31; Q4 POR +29
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 26, 2014: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ MEM), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

Miami climbs out of a 12-point hole against Orlando

Down 12 at the half, the Heat won the fourth quarter 39–25 and the game 108–101. Chris Bosh led Miami with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-12-7+7MIA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA20242539108
ORL24322025101
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 22, 24, 7, 11, 29, 20, 30, 24MIA24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 14, 7, 28, 21, 18, 19, 19, 24MIA24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 14, 18, 14, 25, 20, 26, 21, 22ORL22 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 9, 17, 12, 19, 14, 5, 12, 18ORL18 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Cleveland by 29, the widest margin of 13 games.

NOP over HOU2LAC over UTA5CHA over MEM6BOS over DET6MIA over ORL7DAL over CHI7PHI over PHX7IND over MIN14WAS over BKN15SAS over DEN15ATL over NYK19TOR over MIL21POR over CLE29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Gordon Hayward leads the day with 28

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.
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 19, 22, 4, 20, 26, 24, 8, 28UTA vs LAC · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 14, 9, 19, 15, 20, 11, 16, 26NOP vs HOU · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 0, 21, 1, 8, 7, 8, 32, 26DAL vs CHI · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 15, 7, 3, 14, 8, 19, 12, 26POR vs CLE · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 42, 30, 24, 33, 25, 18, 36, 31, 20, 25HOU @ NOP · L
28.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 10, 14, 10, 20, 18, 27, 12, 25WAS @ BKN · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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+5.4 24.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Terrence RossTOR+4.4 12.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Will BartonDEN+3.8 19.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Randy FoyeDEN+3.6 10.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Garrett TempleWAS+3.5 10.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeIND−5.5 19.3 last 10 · 24.8 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−4.6 6.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ish SmithPHI−4.3 4.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC−4.0 20.5 last 10 · 24.5 season