FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 19, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed WAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 107–105.

Final
WAS105
IND107
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +2
Final
DET82
CHI113
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +35; Q3 CHI +34; Q4 CHI +31
Final
PHX108
MIN115
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +7
Final
ATL110
OKC108
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +2
Final
DAL107
DEN117
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +10
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 19, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Paul George (IND @ MEM), 29 points.
The lead · WAS @ IND

Indiana holds off Washington, 107–105

Indiana led 88–79 after three and held on to win by two. Paul George led Indiana with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-70+9+2IND AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS36212226105
IND29283119107
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 25, 22, 37, 22, 22, 18, 26, 27IND27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 19, 10, 9, 16, 10, 21, 19, 23IND23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 19, 26, 20, 29, 20, 25, 41, 22WAS22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 6, 4, 9, 7, 16, 12, 9, 21WAS21 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ATL @ OKC

Atlanta wins a tight one over OKC

110–108. Neither team led by more than 6 at any break. Dennis Schroder led Atlanta with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over WAS2ATL over OKC2MIN over PHX7DEN over DAL10CHI over DET31Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 26.4 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 46

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 28, 32, 27, 37, 20, 27, 26, 46OKC vs ATL · L
30.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan WAS, Dec 31, 2001: 45 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
46 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 15, 17, 17, 33, 19, 24, 12, 31ATL @ OKC · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 14, 24, 21, 23, 17, 14, 20, 30ATL @ OKC · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 47, 20, 27, 11, 17, 14, 25, 16, 41, 28MIN vs PHX · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 17, 14, 17, 14, 27, 13, 10, 27DEN vs DAL · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 17 REB · 9 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 25, 22, 37, 22, 22, 18, 26, 27IND vs WAS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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+4.5 21.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.3 15.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Goran DragicMIA+3.7 22.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+3.6 13.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−3.5 26.1 last 10 · 29.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.4 21.3 last 10 · 24.7 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−3.1 19.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Ish SmithDET−3.1 6.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−2.9 7.1 last 10 · 10.0 season