FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 20, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 14 points, by BOS (vs MEM) and CHA (vs LAL).

Final
LAL113
CHA117
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA -14; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +4
Final
NOP108
PHI93
Q1 NOP -8; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +15
Final · 2OT
ORL136
MIA130
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL 0; OT2 ORL +6
Final
IND111
NYK118
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +7
Final
BKN104
TOR116
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +12
Final
SAS102
HOU100
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS -7; Q4 SAS +2
Final · OT
BOS112
MEM109
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -14; Q3 BOS -9; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +3
Final · OT
CLE114
MIL108
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +6
Final
UTA74
GSW104
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +22; Q3 GSW +28; Q4 GSW +30
Final
DEN102
LAC119
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +17
Final
POR121
SAC126
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -12; Q3 SAC -6; Q4 SAC +5
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 20, 2015: 7 games. Top scorer: Will Barton (DEN vs NOP), 32 points.
The lead · BOS @ MEM

Isaiah Thomas scores 44 as Boston beats Memphis

Boston won 112–109. Isaiah Thomas: 44 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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.Final0-7-14-90+3BOS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS1516313515112
MEM2223262612109
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 25, 27, 20, 37, 20, 26, 23, 44BOS44 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 21, 10, 19, 19, 13, 18, 17, 17BOS17 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 28, 26, 36, 19, 17, 20, 8, 24MEM24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Troy DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 10, 5, 5, 5, 20, 13, 0, 24MEM24 PTS · 2 REB · 0 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
10.4Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
29.32015–16 avg8.4Last 3

8.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 2015–16 (67 games). Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 30.

SAS over HOU2BOS over MEM3CHA over LAL4SAC over POR5ORL over MIA6CLE over MIL6NYK over IND7TOR over BKN12NOP over PHI15LAC over DEN17GSW over UTA30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 55

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 36, 24, 28, 16, 31, 22, 33, 55SAC vs POR · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Dec 2, 2004: 53 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Season high55 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 25, 27, 20, 37, 20, 26, 23, 44BOS @ MEM · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 1, 2000: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Career high44 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 23, 24, 34, 25, 15, 23, 10, 36POR @ SAC · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 20, 35, 8, 33, 13, 13, 29, 35NYK vs IND · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 27, 34, 25, 27, 44, 23, 26, 34CLE @ MIL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 8, 8, 20, 17, 26, 11, 23, 32MIA vs ORL · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 15 REB · 0 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 23.7 last 10 · 18.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.6 16.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Dennis SchroderATL+4.5 21.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Luol DengLAL+3.3 11.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Dorian Finney-SmithDAL+3.2 8.9 last 10 · 5.7 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−4.5 25.1 last 10 · 29.6 season
Kevin DurantGSW−3.9 21.8 last 10 · 25.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 21.0 last 10 · 24.7 season
Arron AfflaloSAC−3.1 4.3 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ish SmithDET−3.1 6.1 last 10 · 9.2 season