FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 28, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–103.

Final
CHA120
ORL101
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +29; Q4 CHA +19
Final
IND105
WAS111
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +6
Final · OT
NYK98
ATL102
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +4
Final
MIL119
DET94
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +25
Final
BKN99
CHI101
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +2
Final
LAC98
NOP102
Q1 NOP -8; Q2 NOP -7; Q3 NOP -1; Q4 NOP +4
Final
PHX98
SAS119
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +21
Final
MIN103
DEN105
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +2
Final
SAC89
POR102
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +13
Final
TOR111
GSW121
Q1 GSW +25; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +10
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 28, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Kemba Walker (CHA vs LAL), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ DEN

Denver climbs out of a 9-point hole against Minnesota

Down 9 after one, the Nuggets won the third quarter 32–24 and the game 105–103. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-90+8+2DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN31182430103
DEN22273224105
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 12, 27, 13, 14, 17, 21, 23, 18DEN18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 5, 2, 17, 12, 17, 13, 19, 2, 17DEN17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 23, 13, 26, 19, 15, 23, 21, 25MIN25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 16, 4, 10, 12, 6, 6, 14, 20MIN20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 25.

CHI over BKN2DEN over MIN2ATL over NYK4NOP over LAC4WAS over IND6GSW over TOR10POR over SAC13CHA over ORL19SAS over PHX21MIL over DET25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.9Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 6.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jimmy Butler leads the day with 40

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.
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 21, 7, 19, 20, 26, 19, 16, 40CHI vs BKN · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Elden Campbell LAL, Feb 23, 1997: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 25, 29, 18, 19, 23, 18, 18, 36WAS vs IND · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 37, 22, 22, 18, 26, 27, 16, 19, 14, 34IND @ WAS · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 26, 20, 22, 22, 28, 16, 21, 33BKN @ CHI · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 27, 28, 12, 30, 27, 21, 14, 31MIL @ DET · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 30, 31, 34, 31, 15, 24, 20, 29TOR @ GSW · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+4.5 16.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Austin RiversLAC+4.5 14.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Luol DengLAL+4.4 12.8 last 10 · 8.4 season
Dennis SchroderATL+4.3 21.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+3.9 13.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−4.4 24.9 last 10 · 29.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.8 20.4 last 10 · 24.2 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN−3.3 13.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jamal MurrayDEN−3.2 5.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Ish SmithDET−3.1 5.8 last 10 · 8.9 season