FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 21, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by SAC (vs UTA) and WAS (vs CHI).

Final
MIL102
CLE113
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +11
Final
MIN92
ATL84
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +8
Final
MEM98
DET86
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +12
Final
WAS107
CHI97
Q1 WAS -11; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +10
Final
OKC121
NOP110
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +11
Final
HOU125
PHX111
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +14
Final
SAC94
UTA93
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -10; Q3 SAC -11; Q4 SAC +1
Final
DAL96
POR95
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +1
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 21, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs CHA), 36 points.
The lead · SAC @ UTA

Sacramento climbs out of an 11-point hole against Utah

Down 11 after three, the Kings won the fourth quarter 32–20 and the game 94–93. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-10-11+1SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC1721243294
UTA2424252093
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 24, 28, 16, 31, 22, 33, 55, 21SAC21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 4, 5, 8, 8, 6, 10, 16, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 23, 28, 26, 17, 13, 22, 6, 28UTA28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 22, 20, 17, 12, 16, 21, 11, 17UTA17 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.4Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 25.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
30.62015–16 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 2015–16 (25 games). Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Houston by 14.

SAC over UTA1DAL over POR1MIN over ATL8WAS over CHI10CLE over MIL11OKC over NOP11MEM over DET12HOU over PHX14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 42

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: 35, 28, 32, 27, 37, 20, 27, 26, 46, 42OKC @ NOP · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen MIL, Feb 26, 2001: 42 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
42 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 26, 36, 19, 17, 20, 8, 24, 38MEM @ DET · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 26, 14, 28, 35, 19, 12, 31, 34NOP vs OKC · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 20, 24, 28, 23, 11, 21, 28, 31CLE vs MIL · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 34, 25, 27, 44, 23, 26, 34, 29CLE vs MIL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 19, 33, 24, 17, 40, 20, 24, 29POR vs DAL · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Marc GasolMEM+3.4 23.5 last 10 · 20.1 season
Dennis SchroderATL+3.4 20.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Luol DengLAL+3.3 11.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Kevin DurantGSW−3.9 21.8 last 10 · 25.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 21.0 last 10 · 24.7 season
Ish SmithDET−3.4 5.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP−3.4 26.4 last 10 · 29.8 season
Tobias HarrisDET−3.2 12.4 last 10 · 15.6 season