FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 18, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed POR by 9 after three quarters and won 108–107.

Final
NYK91
CHA109
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +24; Q4 CHA +18
Final
BOS112
IND111
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +1
Final
MIA104
ATL110
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +6
Final
PHI115
CHI117
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +2
Final
UTA99
HOU120
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +21
Final
POR107
MIN108
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -9; Q4 MIN +1
Final
DEN94
OKC95
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 OKC +1
Final
PHX97
DAL91
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +6
Final
LAC91
SAS109
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +18
Final · OT
GSW116
LAL114
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +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 · 2016–17Dec 18, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS vs LAC), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ MIN

Jimmy Butler scores 37, Minnesota rallies past Portland

Minnesota trailed by 9 after three and won 108–107.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final00-3-9+1MIN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR24303122107
MIN24272532108
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 33, 30, 19, 22, 38, 21, 10, 37MIN37 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 12, 5, 11, 16, 2, 2, 6, 23MIN23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 17, 12, 25, 8, 15, 9, 14, 20POR20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 17, 14, 28, 21, 28, 20, 25, 20POR20 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Rockets rout

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Utah by 21.

BOS over IND1MIN over POR1OKC over DEN1CHI over PHI2GSW over LAL2ATL over MIA6PHX over DAL6CHA over NYK18SAS over LAC18HOU over UTA21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 24 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
33.42016–17 avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 2016–17 (74 games). Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg31.3Today

31 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 38

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 34, 31, 20, 30, 10, 27, 25, 38OKC vs DEN · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 36, 16, 27, 33, 47, 19, 26, 26, 38IND vs BOS · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 33, 30, 19, 22, 38, 21, 10, 37MIN vs POR · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 25, 24, 19, 35, 36, 28, 36, 36GSW @ LAL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 22, 10, 12, 27, 17, 14, 16, 33HOU vs UTA · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 32, 23, 36, 16, 33, 33, 20, 30BOS @ IND · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 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
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.1 24.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+5.9 23.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.6 16.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.0 25.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.6 24.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Goran DragicMIA−5.0 11.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyOKC−4.6 12.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.3 22.2 last 10 · 25.5 season
Pau GasolSAS−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season