FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 20, 2017Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 90–89.

Final
TOR129
CHA111
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +18
Final
IND105
ATL95
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +10
Final
SAC104
BKN99
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +5
Final
MIA90
BOS89
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +1
Final
ORL94
CHI112
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +18
Final
LAL122
HOU116
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +6
Final
UTA79
OKC107
Q1 OKC +16; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +28
Final
DET93
DAL110
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +17
Final
MIN112
DEN104
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +8
Final
SAS93
POR91
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +2
Final
MEM84
GSW97
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +13
Final
PHX95
LAC108
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +13
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 20, 2016: 11 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs POR), 55 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Kelly Olynyk scores 32 as Miami wins in Boston

Final: 90–89. Kelly Olynyk made 12 of 15 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-9-8+3+1MIA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1521262890
BOS2420153089
Who led
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 5, 11, 5, 10, 11, 11, 7, 32MIA32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 19, 5, 17, 11, 11, 28, 26, 19MIA19 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 23, 36, 16, 33, 33, 20, 30, 33BOS33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 15, 12, 13, 26, 6, 9, 13, 16BOS16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Utah by 28, the widest margin of 12 games.

MIA over BOS1SAS over POR2SAC over BKN5LAL over HOU6MIN over DEN8IND over ATL10GSW over MEM13LAC over PHX13DAL over DET17TOR over CHA18CHI over ORL18OKC over UTA28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
4.7Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 51

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: 29, 36, 29, 48, 26, 21, 28, 31, 26, 51HOU vs LAL · L
31.9 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 13, 2009: 51 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
51 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 13, 22, 3, 12, 19, 20, 25, 38LAL @ HOU · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 23, 36, 16, 33, 33, 20, 30, 33BOS vs MIA · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 5, 11, 5, 10, 11, 11, 7, 32MIA @ BOS · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jeremy LambPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 6, 4, 14, 9, 12, 15, 9, 32CHA vs TOR · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 15, 2, 13, 28, 28, 15, 10, 30DEN vs MIN · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+5.9 23.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.5 25.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Zach RandolphSAC+5.0 20.9 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+4.8 22.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Goran DragicMIA−5.0 11.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyOKC−3.7 13.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ryan AndersonHOU−3.5 7.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.3 22.2 last 10 · 25.5 season