FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 27, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAL by 4 at halftime and won 102–100.

Final
MEM103
BOS113
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final
OKC106
MIA94
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +12
Final
HOU123
DAL107
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +16
Final
UTA102
LAL100
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +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 27, 2015: 4 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs POR), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ LAL

Gordon Hayward scores 31 as Utah wins in Los Angeles

Final: 102–100. Gordon Hayward made 10 of 17 shots from the field.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-4-2+2UTA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA28202430102
LAL25272226100
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 26, 17, 13, 22, 6, 28, 23, 31UTA31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Joe InglesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 11, 11, 5, 0, 11, 10, 9, 13UTA13 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 17, 2, 6, 25, 16, 8, 13, 25LAL25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 16, 18, 12, 16, 27, 13, 14, 22LAL22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MEM @ BOS

Boston leads Memphis wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 113–103. Best quarter: the fourth, 29–26. Avery Bradley led Boston with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over LAL2BOS over MEM10OKC over MIA12HOU over DAL16Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.7Season avg38.6Last 5

38.6 points a game over his last five games, against 31.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg44.2Today

44 minutes today, against 26.4 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 34

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: 18, 36, 15, 29, 28, 31, 27, 16, 32, 34HOU @ DAL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 26, 17, 13, 22, 6, 28, 23, 31UTA @ LAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 20, 27, 26, 46, 42, 45, 31, 29OKC @ MIA · W
31.7 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jimmy Butler CHI, Apr 2, 2016: 28 PTS · 17 REB · 12 AST
29 PTS · 17 REB · 11 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 17, 20, 8, 24, 38, 16, 11, 26MEM @ BOS · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 17, 2, 6, 25, 16, 8, 13, 25LAL vs UTA · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 25, 12, 20, 16, 15, 16, 11, 23BOS vs MEM · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 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+4.4 12.8 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
LeBron JamesCLE+3.7 29.2 last 10 · 25.5 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