FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 22, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed HOU by 13 at halftime and won 128–118.

Final
NYK101
DET104
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +3
Final
NOP111
ORL97
Q1 NOP +12; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +16; Q4 NOP +14
Final
WAS84
BKN119
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +27; Q4 BKN +35
Final
LAC128
HOU118
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC -13; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +10
Final
DAL101
MIA113
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +12
Final
CHA104
MIL109
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +5
Final
ATL117
OKC120
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +3
Final
DEN102
POR85
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +17
Final
LAL106
GSW113
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +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 22, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Jeff Teague (IND vs BOS), 31 points.
The lead · LAC @ HOU

Austin Rivers hits six threes, Clippers top Houston

36 points for Austin Rivers. Final: 128–118. James Harden scored 51 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-10-13+2+10LAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC23293541128
HOU33322033118
Who led
Austin RiversPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 30, 23, 16, 15, 9, 12, 21, 36LAC36 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 23, 35, 17, 31, 23, 13, 18, 32LAC32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 48, 26, 21, 28, 31, 26, 51, 51HOU51 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 12, 27, 17, 14, 16, 33, 21, 28HOU28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Brooklyn by 35.

DET over NYK3OKC over ATL3MIL over CHA5GSW over LAL7LAC over HOU10MIA over DAL12NOP over ORL14DEN over POR17BKN over WAS35Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 5 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: 36, 29, 48, 26, 21, 28, 31, 26, 51, 51HOU vs LAC · L
32.5 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Jan 21, 2006: 51 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
51 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Austin RiversPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 30, 23, 16, 15, 9, 12, 21, 36LAC @ HOU · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 19, 35, 36, 28, 36, 36, 22, 33GSW vs LAL · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 23, 35, 17, 31, 23, 13, 18, 32LAC @ HOU · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 23, 19, 13, 25, 14, 9, 15, 32CHA @ MIL · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 20, 30, 10, 27, 25, 38, 24, 30OKC vs ATL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 15 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+5.9 24.1 last 10 · 18.2 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+5.9 23.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.5 25.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.2 17.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Zach RandolphSAC+5.0 20.9 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Goran DragicMIA−5.0 11.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.2 20.5 last 10 · 24.7 season
Ryan AndersonHOU−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−3.8 10.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season