FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 16, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CHA by 9 at halftime and won 96–88.

Final
BKN111
ORL118
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +7
Final
DET108
WAS122
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +14
Final
CHA88
BOS96
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +8
Final
ATL125
TOR121
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +4
Final
MIL95
CHI69
Q1 MIL +19; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +22; Q4 MIL +26
Final
NOP100
HOU122
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +22
Final
SAC96
MEM92
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +4
Final
LAC102
MIA98
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +4
Final
LAL100
PHI89
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +11
Final
DAL100
UTA103
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +3
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 16, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs PHX), 43 points.
The lead · CHA @ BOS

Boston rallies from 9 down to beat Charlotte

Trailing by 9 at the half, Boston outscored the Hornets 55–38 the rest of the way. Final: 96–88. Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-90+8BOS AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2228191988
BOS2318282796
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 23, 24, 25, 27, 20, 37, 20, 26BOS26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 26, 11, 21, 10, 19, 19, 13, 18BOS18 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 15, 14, 14, 16, 9, 13, 20, 22CHA22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 9, 7, 4, 12, 7, 8, 4, 13CHA13 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.1minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
29.32015–16 avg9.2Last 2

9.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.3 in 2015–16 (67 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg30.2Today

30 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bucks rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat Chicago by 26.

UTA over DAL3ATL over TOR4SAC over MEM4LAC over MIA4ORL over BKN7BOS over CHA8LAL over PHI11WAS over DET14HOU over NOP22MIL over CHI26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 34

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 16, 21, 31, 27, 24, 30, 31, 34TOR vs ATL · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 20, 37, 25, 21, 18, 36, 15, 29HOU vs NOP · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd PHX, Feb 15, 1999: 28 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
29 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 17, 25, 52, 15, 24, 30, 25, 29WAS vs DET · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 18, 19, 26, 17, 18, 24, 9, 29HOU vs NOP · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 17, 2, 10, 6, 23, 10, 20, 27ATL @ TOR · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 24, 17, 24, 25, 34, 18, 20, 27TOR vs ATL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 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+4.9 24.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Dennis SchroderATL+4.0 20.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+3.3 19.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jeff GreenORL+3.3 12.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Eric BledsoePHX+3.3 23.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Cold
CJ MilesIND−3.3 8.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−3.1 25.2 last 10 · 28.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.0 21.9 last 10 · 24.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−3.0 19.6 last 10 · 22.6 season
Frank KaminskyCHA−3.0 7.2 last 10 · 10.2 season