FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 17, 2017Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed SAC by 2 at halftime and won 108–93.

Final
SAC93
TOR108
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +15
Final
ORL110
DET114
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +4
Final
IND109
BKN97
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +12
Final
CLE106
WAS99
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +7
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 17, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN vs HOU), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ TOR

Toronto handles Sacramento by 15

The Raptors won the first quarter 35–30. Final: 108–93. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 21 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-2+6+15TOR AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3033141693
TOR35262225108
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 2, 30, 26, 20, 26, 25, 17, 37, 31, 21TOR21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 36, 11, 20, 16, 15, 14, 12, 10, 16TOR16 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 19, 9, 5, 8, 15, 10, 9, 18SAC18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 13, 12, 5, 2, 0, 0, 3, 18SAC18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · IND @ BKN

Brooklyn's skid reaches three

Indiana won 109–97; the Nets fall to 11–18. Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · BKN
L@ HOU103–117W@ DAL109–104Lvs ATL102–114W@ ATL110–90Wvs OKC100–95Lvs MIA89–101Wvs WAS103–98Lvs NYK104–111L@ TOR87–120Lvs IND97–109BKN: last 10 games through Dec 17, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg12.9Last 3

12.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg31.5Today

31 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Mario Hezonja leads the day with 28

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.
Mario HezonjaPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 0, 4, 0, 2, 7, 17, 4, 28ORL @ DET · L
4.7 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 11, 51, 34, 25, 28, 18, 20, 27WAS vs CLE · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 36, 16, 27, 33, 47, 19, 26, 26IND @ BKN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 38, 25, 20, 24, 18, 20, 17, 28, 15, 25CLE @ WAS · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 34, 10, 22, 21, 31, 14, 26, 24ORL @ DET · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Jonathon SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 16, 15, 15, 21, 29, 20, 15, 23ORL @ DET · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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