FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 31, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIN by 7 after the first quarter and won 115–90.

Final
MIN90
DET115
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +25
Final
MIL120
IND116
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +4
Final
GSW114
HOU110
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +4
Final
LAC95
NOP89
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +6
Final
PHX106
OKC110
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +4
Final
POR96
UTA109
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +13
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 31, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs PHX), 44 points.
The lead · MIN @ DET

Detroit routs Minnesota by 25

Detroit led by 8 at halftime and won 115–90. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 23 points, 18 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+8+8+25DET AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2215332090
DET15303337115
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 20, 16, 33, 11, 25, 22, 13, 23DET23 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 19, 31, 17, 14, 12, 6, 9, 22DET22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 15, 24, 25, 10, 24, 10, 25, 22MIN22 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 32, 16, 26, 10, 19, 18, 17, 21MIN21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Minnesota by 25.

MIL over IND4GSW over HOU4OKC over PHX4LAC over NOP6UTA over POR13DET over MIN25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
28.62014–15 avg18.8Last 2

18.8 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.6 in 2014–15 (41 games). Today: 7 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 38

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 12, 43, 27, 20, 18, 29, 10, 38GSW @ HOU · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 27, 13, 33, 23, 26, 30, 27, 36OKC vs PHX · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 15, 16, 26, 21, 20, 15, 36, 33MIL @ IND · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 24, 27, 20, 19, 16, 35, 29, 32POR @ UTA · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 23, 29, 7, 12, 18, 9, 19, 31IND vs MIL · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 25, 18, 36, 31, 20, 25, 26, 30HOU vs GSW · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+5.8 25.7 last 10 · 19.9 season
Will BartonDEN+5.5 22.2 last 10 · 16.7 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.2 20.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Michael Carter-WilliamsMIL+4.0 16.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Garrett TempleWAS+3.9 10.7 last 10 · 6.8 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeIND−6.0 18.3 last 10 · 24.3 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.7 6.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Victor OladipoORL−4.3 8.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Markieff MorrisPHX−3.6 6.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.4 16.0 last 10 · 19.4 season