FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 21, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed PHI by 13 at halftime and won 114–109.

Final
CHI112
CLE115
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +3
Final
TOR114
PHI109
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -13; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +5
Final
BOS93
NYK102
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +9
Final
MEM95
PHX97
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +2
Final
SAS89
UTA100
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +11
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 21, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ NOP), 42 points.
The lead · TOR @ PHI

DeMar DeRozan scores 45 as Toronto beats Philadelphia

Toronto won 114–109. DeMar DeRozan: 45 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-1-13-2+5TOR AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR30223428114
PHI31342321109
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 26, 25, 17, 37, 31, 21, 28, 45TOR45 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 16, 15, 14, 12, 10, 16, 11, 23TOR23 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 12, 14, 27, 7, 12, 19, 13, 20PHI20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 25, 10, 19, 19, 11, 10, 17, 19PHI19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ PHX

Phoenix takes over late to edge Memphis

Down 2 after three, Phoenix won the fourth 18–14. Final: 97–95. T.J. Warren led Phoenix with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over MEM2CLE over CHI3TOR over PHI5NYK over BOS9UTA over SAS11Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg12.5Last 3

12.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg26.0Today

26 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 45

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 26, 25, 17, 37, 31, 21, 28, 45TOR @ PHI · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony NYK, Dec 11, 2012: 45 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high45 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 29, 30, 25, 25, 29, 20, 39, 34CLE vs CHI · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 14, 9, 1, 13, 15, 30, 23, 32NYK vs BOS · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 36, 16, 33, 33, 20, 30, 33, 32BOS @ NYK · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 19, 21, 15, 17, 11, 26, 17, 29UTA vs SAS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 18, 20, 17, 28, 15, 25, 21, 27CLE vs CHI · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 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
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
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.7 19.8 last 10 · 24.5 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