FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 17, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIN by 13 at halftime and won 111–109.

Final
PHX101
OKC114
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +13
Final
IND105
DET90
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHA107
ATL99
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +8
Final
LAL108
CLE119
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +11
Final · OT
HOU111
MIN109
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -13; Q3 HOU -13; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +2
Final
NYK114
DEN127
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +13
Final
POR90
GSW135
Q1 GSW +18; Q2 GSW +25; Q3 GSW +36; Q4 GSW +45
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 17, 2015: 3 games. Top scorer: Jeremy Lin (CHA vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIN

Houston rallies from thirteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Minnesota led 57–44 at the break. It was 95–95 after regulation, and Houston won the extra time 16–14. Final: 111–109. James Harden led Houston with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 13 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 41 for Minnesota in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-13-130+2HOU AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2816232816111
MIN2433231514109
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 37, 25, 21, 18, 36, 15, 29, 28HOU28 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 2, 12, 14, 4, 19, 22, 8, 28HOU28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 47, 20, 27, 11, 17, 14, 25, 16, 41MIN41 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 23, 17, 25, 29, 14, 25, 24, 24MIN24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 13 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg36.5Today

36 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · LAL @ CLE

Cleveland beats Lakers, 119–108

Cleveland led 89–83 after three and won by 11. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 27 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MIN2CHA over ATL8CLE over LAL11OKC over PHX13DEN over NYK13IND over DET15GSW over POR45Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAL.
Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 41

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 47, 20, 27, 11, 17, 14, 25, 16, 41MIN vs HOU · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Dec 10, 2021: 41 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 20, 20, 16, 21, 21, 22, 27, 15, 34GSW vs POR · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 8, 17, 0, 15, 8, 14, 15, 32LAL @ CLE · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 21, 21, 13, 15, 16, 12, 17, 31PHX @ OKC · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 29, 20, 35, 8, 33, 13, 13, 29NYK @ DEN · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 37, 25, 21, 18, 36, 15, 29, 28HOU @ MIN · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 13 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+4.5 23.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Dennis SchroderATL+4.3 20.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+3.3 19.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jeff GreenORL+3.3 12.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+3.3 13.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−3.4 21.3 last 10 · 24.7 season
CJ MilesIND−3.2 8.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−3.1 19.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−3.1 25.2 last 10 · 28.3 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS−2.9 13.4 last 10 · 16.3 season