FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 29, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by CHA (vs MIA) and DAL (vs LAL).

Final
MIA82
CHA91
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +9
Final
BOS118
CLE124
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +6
Final
OKC80
MEM114
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +34
Final
TOR91
PHX99
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +8
Final
PHI83
UTA100
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +17
Final
DAL101
LAL89
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +12
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 29, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Khris Middleton (MIL @ OKC), 36 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHA

Miami's skid reaches three

Charlotte won 91–82; the Heat fall to 10–23. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-7+7+9CHA AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1930171682
CHA2121311891
Who led
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 12, 17, 18, 28, 20, 15, 21, 22CHA22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 20, 22, 7, 23, 20, 24, 20, 16CHA16 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 10, 9, 6, 9, 9, 7, 22, 20MIA20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 11, 15, 5, 32, 14, 11, 15, 18MIA18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat OKC by 34, the widest margin of 6 games.

CLE over BOS6PHX over TOR8CHA over MIA9DAL over LAL12UTA over PHI17MEM over OKC34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
14.7Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg17.9Last 3

17.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 12 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg22.3Today

22 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving 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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 11, 21, 28, 31, 13, 25, 18, 32CLE vs BOS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 26, 23, 44, 28, 34, 27, 21, 31BOS @ CLE · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 28, 22, 29, 27, 14, 20, 17, 30CLE vs BOS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 20, 8, 24, 38, 16, 11, 26, 25MEM vs OKC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 20, 27, 16, 23, 36, 27, 27, 24TOR @ PHX · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 31, 34, 31, 15, 24, 20, 29, 24TOR @ PHX · L
27.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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+4.5 16.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Austin RiversLAC+4.5 14.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Dennis SchroderATL+4.3 21.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaPHI+3.3 16.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Garrett TempleSAC+3.2 10.5 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
T.J. WarrenPHX−4.6 10.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
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