FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 23, 2016Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed PHI by 13 at halftime and won 123–116.

Final
CHI91
CHA103
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +12
Final
LAL90
ORL109
Q1 ORL +16; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +19
Final
OKC117
BOS112
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +5
Final
BKN99
CLE119
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +26; Q3 CLE +41; Q4 CLE +20
Final
GSW119
DET113
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +6
Final
HOU109
MEM115
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +6
Final
WAS96
MIL123
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +22; Q4 MIL +27
Final
SAC109
MIN105
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC -7; Q4 SAC +4
Final
MIA87
NOP91
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP -4; Q4 NOP +4
Final
ATL109
DEN108
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +1
Final
PHI116
PHX123
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +7
Final
TOR104
UTA98
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
SAS110
POR90
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +20
Final
DAL90
LAC88
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +2
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 23, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: J.J. Barea (DAL @ BKN), 32 points.
The lead · PHI @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 13 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 13 at the half, Phoenix outscored the 76ers 70–50 the rest of the way. Final: 123–116. Eric Bledsoe led Phoenix with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-7-13-4+7PHX AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI31351931116
PHX24292842123
Who led
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 30, 32, 31, 14, 12, 27, 16, 24PHX24 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 15, 16, 12, 17, 31, 18, 28, 23PHX23 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 25, 16, 14, 9, 15, 33, 11, 27PHI27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Sergio RodriguezPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 17, 5, 16, 16, 4, 9, 9, 21PHI21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bucks rout

Four of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat Washington by 27.

ATL over DEN1DAL over LAC2SAC over MIN4NOP over MIA4OKC over BOS5GSW over DET6MEM over HOU6TOR over UTA6PHX over PHI7CHA over CHI12ORL over LAL19CLE over BKN20SAS over POR20MIL over WAS27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
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
10.0Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 45

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: 28, 32, 27, 37, 20, 27, 26, 46, 42, 45OKC @ BOS · W
31.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Apr 6, 2018: 44 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
45 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 29, 14, 25, 24, 24, 23, 18, 40MIN vs SAC · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Dec 10, 2009: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Career high40 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 14, 28, 30, 30, 22, 25, 28, 39MIL vs WAS · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 25, 34, 18, 20, 27, 16, 23, 36TOR @ UTA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 20, 37, 20, 26, 23, 44, 28, 34BOS vs OKC · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 24, 30, 26, 18, 13, 21, 27, 33SAS @ POR · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 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
Nikola JokicDEN+4.2 15.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dennis SchroderATL+4.0 21.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+4.0 14.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Rudy GobertUTA+3.8 16.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Ersan IlyasovaPHI+3.7 17.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−4.2 25.5 last 10 · 29.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.8 20.6 last 10 · 24.4 season
Ish SmithDET−3.6 5.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Arron AfflaloSAC−3.1 4.1 last 10 · 7.2 season
Justin HamiltonBKN−2.8 3.7 last 10 · 6.5 season