FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 26, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed CHA by 9 after the first quarter and won 120–118.

Final
MEM102
ORL112
Q1 ORL +18; Q2 ORL +25; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +10
Final
MIL102
WAS107
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +5
Final
CHA118
BKN120
Q1 BKN -9; Q2 BKN -9; Q3 BKN -5; Q4 BKN +2
Final
CLE90
DET106
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +16
Final
IND85
CHI90
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +5
Final
PHX115
HOU131
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +26; Q3 HOU +27; Q4 HOU +16
Final
ATL90
MIN104
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +14
Final
DAL104
NOP111
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +7
Final
TOR95
POR91
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +4
Final
DEN106
LAC102
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +4
Final
PHI100
SAC102
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC -7; Q4 SAC +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 26, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: Gordon Hayward (UTA vs LAC), 28 points.
The lead · CHA @ BKN

Brooklyn fights back from 9 down against Charlotte

Final: 120–118, after trailing by 9 after one. Bojan Bogdanovic led Brooklyn with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-9-5+2BKN AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA40232530118
BKN31232937120
Who led
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 7, 23, 15, 14, 5, 12, 0, 26BKN26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Sean KilpatrickPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 17, 22, 13, 7, 8, 14, 12, 23BKN23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 9, 13, 20, 22, 7, 23, 20, 24CHA24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jeremy LambPoints, last 10 games: 3, 12, 10, 8, 2, 10, 8, 2, 7, 17CHA17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg14.2Last 3

14.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg42.3Today

42 minutes today, against 23.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · PHI @ SAC

Sacramento takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 7 after three, Sacramento won the fourth 32–23. Final: 102–100. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over CHA2SAC over PHI2TOR over POR4DEN over LAC4WAS over MIL5CHI over IND5NOP over DAL7ORL over MEM10MIN over ATL14DET over CLE16HOU over PHX16Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over PHI.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 32

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 36, 15, 29, 28, 31, 27, 16, 32HOU vs PHX · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 10, 9, 10, 15, 9, 17, 8, 18, 32WAS vs MIL · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 16, 31, 22, 33, 55, 21, 32, 30SAC vs PHI · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 7, 33, 13, 7, 12, 6, 9, 30ORL vs MEM · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 25, 15, 23, 10, 36, 13, 16, 29POR vs TOR · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 28, 35, 19, 12, 31, 34, 28, 28NOP vs DAL · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 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
Nikola JokicDEN+4.4 16.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Luol DengLAL+4.1 12.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Austin RiversLAC+4.0 13.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+3.9 13.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Rudy GobertUTA+3.8 16.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−4.1 25.5 last 10 · 29.6 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.1 19.9 last 10 · 24.0 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN−4.0 12.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.9 20.2 last 10 · 24.1 season
Ish SmithDET−3.4 5.8 last 10 · 9.2 season