FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 18, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ORL by 7 after the first quarter and won 109–79.

Final
LAC110
WAS117
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +7
Final
SAC79
DAL99
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +20
Final
UTA82
MEM73
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +9
Final
BOS105
MIA95
Q1 BOS +18; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +10
Final
TOR109
ORL79
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +30
Final
BKN107
PHI108
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +1
Final
NOP100
SAS113
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +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 · 2015–16Dec 18, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (CHI vs DET), 43 points.
The lead · TOR @ ORL

DeMar DeRozan scores 31 as Toronto wins in Orlando

Final: 109–79. DeMar DeRozan made 13 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+4+20+30TOR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR23322925109
ORL3021131579
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 21, 31, 27, 24, 30, 31, 34, 31TOR31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 2, 4, 20, 6, 11, 17, 11, 16TOR16 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 10, 14, 14, 24, 23, 24, 21, 15ORL15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Elfrid PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 25, 10, 8, 7, 26, 9, 10, 13ORL13 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
30.62015–16 avg13.2Last 2

13.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.6 in 2015–16 (25 games). Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.4Season avg22.8Today

23 minutes today, against 2.4 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · BKN @ PHI

Philadelphia takes over late to edge Brooklyn

Down 3 after three, Philadelphia won the fourth 25–21. Final: 108–107. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over BKN1WAS over LAC7UTA over MEM9BOS over MIA10SAS over NOP13DAL over SAC20TOR over ORL30Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over BKN.
Top performances

Bradley Beal 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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 18, 19, 26, 20, 29, 20, 25, 41WAS vs LAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Todd Day BOS, Dec 22, 1995: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 12, 22, 25, 16, 14, 9, 15, 33PHI vs BKN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 36, 28, 36, 24, 28, 16, 31, 22, 33SAC @ DAL · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 29, 21, 15, 21, 34, 11, 21, 31MIA vs BOS · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 21, 31, 27, 24, 30, 31, 34, 31TOR @ ORL · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 13, 27, 24, 12, 26, 23, 20, 26LAC @ WAS · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 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
Lou WilliamsLAL+4.5 23.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Dennis SchroderATL+4.3 20.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Goran DragicMIA+3.7 22.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+3.6 13.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brandon JenningsNYK+3.1 11.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−3.5 26.1 last 10 · 29.6 season
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
E'Twaun MooreNOP−2.9 7.1 last 10 · 10.0 season