FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 29, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed HOU by 16 after the first quarter and won 121–115.

Final
DET96
NYK108
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +12
Final
ATL121
HOU115
Q1 ATL -16; Q2 ATL -15; Q3 ATL -7; Q4 ATL +6
Final · OT
MIA90
MEM99
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +9
Final
MIL123
OKC131
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +8
Final
CLE93
DEN87
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +6
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 29, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs WAS), 33 points.
The lead · ATL @ HOU

Al Horford drops 30 in 16-point comeback win over Houston

Houston led by 16 after one. Final: 121–115.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-16-15-7+6ATL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL25312936121
HOU41302123115
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 17, 21, 14, 6, 15, 19, 10, 30ATL30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kent BazemorePoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 8, 15, 13, 12, 8, 6, 8, 26ATL26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 4, 16, 22, 9, 12, 11, 7, 30HOU30 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 33, 25, 18, 36, 31, 20, 25, 26HOU26 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Second story · MIA @ MEM

Memphis pulls away in overtime to beat Miami

Level at 83 after 48 minutes, Memphis won overtime 16–7. Final: 99–90. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs MIA
Marc Gasol · MEMChris Bosh · MIAPTS2322REB85AST61Top 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
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg36.5Today

36 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Khris Middleton leads the day with 36

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.
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 16, 15, 16, 26, 21, 20, 15, 36MIL @ OKC · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 24, 33, 23, 24, 25, 12, 14, 34CLE @ DEN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 4, 16, 22, 9, 12, 11, 7, 30HOU vs ATL · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 17, 21, 14, 6, 15, 19, 10, 30ATL @ HOU · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 14, 16, 32, 25, 17, 16, 19, 29DEN vs CLE · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 13, 27, 13, 33, 23, 26, 30, 27OKC vs MIL · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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+6.0 25.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Draymond GreenGSW+4.4 19.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Will BartonDEN+4.1 20.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.0 19.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Garrett TempleWAS+3.9 10.8 last 10 · 6.9 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeIND−7.3 16.9 last 10 · 24.2 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.7 6.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Victor OladipoORL−4.1 8.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.8 16.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−3.6 8.0 last 10 · 11.6 season