FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 14, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHA by 5 at halftime and won 109–106.

Final
IND89
MIA95
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +6
Final
LAC113
ORL108
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +5
Final
TOR123
PHI114
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +9
Final
CHA106
WAS109
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +3
Final
LAL97
BKN107
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN +10
Final
SAC98
HOU132
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +35; Q4 HOU +34
Final
CLE85
MEM93
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +21; Q4 MEM +8
Final
DET95
DAL85
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +10
Final
OKC89
UTA109
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +20
Final
BOS101
SAS108
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +7
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 · 2015–16Dec 14, 2015: 10 games. Top scorer: Reggie Jackson (DET vs LAC), 34 points.
The lead · CHA @ WAS

Washington edges Charlotte by three

Charlotte won the fourth 29–22, but Washington held on, 109–106. John Wall led Washington with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-5+10+3WAS AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA30242329106
WAS26233822109
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 15, 17, 25, 52, 15, 24, 30, 25WAS25 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 31, 23, 18, 19, 26, 20, 29, 20WAS20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 12, 15, 14, 14, 16, 9, 13, 20CHA20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Cody ZellerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 6, 6, 12, 9, 9, 17, 8, 18CHA18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Sacramento by 34, the widest margin of 10 games.

WAS over CHA3LAC over ORL5MIA over IND6SAS over BOS7MEM over CLE8TOR over PHI9BKN over LAL10DET over DAL10UTA over OKC20HOU over SAC34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Aaron Gordon leads the day with 33

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.
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 20, 10, 9, 5, 9, 11, 7, 33ORL vs LAC · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +23.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 24, 16, 21, 31, 27, 24, 30, 31TOR @ PHI · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 27, 35, 28, 32, 27, 37, 20, 27OKC @ UTA · L
30.5 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 9, 28, 23, 8, 8, 20, 17, 26MIA vs IND · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 22 REB · 0 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 19, 2, 8, 20, 9, 7, 16, 26PHI vs TOR · L
9.5 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 21, 21, 23, 21, 31, 24, 30, 26SAS vs BOS · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
Lou WilliamsLAL+4.6 23.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+4.0 20.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Marc GasolMEM+3.7 23.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Dennis SchroderATL+3.5 20.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Goran DragicMIA+3.5 21.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−3.6 24.4 last 10 · 28.0 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−3.1 9.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−3.0 19.6 last 10 · 22.6 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR−2.7 9.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Arron AfflaloSAC−2.7 4.6 last 10 · 7.3 season