FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 16, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 13 after the first quarter and won 98–96.

Final
POR93
CHA91
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +2
Final
UTA100
CLE109
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +9
Final
OKC96
NYK111
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +15
Final
MIL111
HOU115
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +4
Final
LAC85
MIA90
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +5
Final
PHX108
MIN106
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +2
Final
DAL96
SAS98
Q1 SAS -13; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS -9; Q4 SAS +2
Final
BOS102
MEM93
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +9
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 · 2016–17Dec 16, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR vs ATL), 34 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 13 down to beat Dallas

Trailing by 13 after one, San Antonio outscored the Mavericks 80–65 the rest of the way. Final: 98–96. LaMarcus Aldridge led San Antonio with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-13-10-9+2SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3122271696
SAS1825282798
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 41, 22, 17, 18, 27, 20, 23, 16, 22SAS22 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 17, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 9, 14SAS14 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Maxi KleberPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 3, 2, 13, 7, 16, 5, 4, 21DAL21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 16, 9, 16, 11, 10, 6, 18, 19DAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 15.

POR over CHA2PHX over MIN2SAS over DAL2HOU over MIL4MIA over LAC5CLE over UTA9BOS over MEM9NYK over OKC15Final 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
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 13 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 31

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: 37, 37, 29, 36, 29, 48, 26, 21, 28, 31HOU vs MIL · W
31.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 21, 17, 20, 22, 19, 15, 13, 30MEM vs BOS · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 21, 13, 14, 9, 1, 13, 15, 30NYK vs OKC · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 34, 23, 32, 29, 30, 25, 25, 29CLE vs UTA · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antoine Walker BOS, Jan 18, 2001: 29 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
29 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 23, 15, 7, 21, 28, 19, 30, 28MIN vs PHX · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 33, 40, 25, 27, 37, 32, 29, 28MIL @ HOU · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 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
Donovan MitchellUTA+6.5 24.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.1 24.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.0 15.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.6 24.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Dario SaricPHI+3.9 15.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Goran DragicMIA−5.0 11.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Brook LopezLAL−4.0 9.0 last 10 · 13.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyOKC−3.8 13.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Eric GordonHOU−3.8 14.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.3 22.2 last 10 · 25.5 season