FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 23, 2017Regular season · 13 games
← Dec 22CalendarDec 25 →

13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed BKN by 16 at halftime and won 123–119.

Final
PHI86
TOR102
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +16
Final
MIL106
CHA111
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA +5
Final · OT
BKN119
IND123
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -16; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +4
Final
ORL103
WAS130
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +24; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +27
Final
DAL107
ATL112
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +5
Final
CHI92
BOS117
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +25
Final
LAC112
MEM115
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +3
Final
NOP109
MIA94
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +15
Final
OKC103
UTA89
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +14
Final
DEN96
GSW81
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +15
Final
MIN115
PHX106
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +21; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +9
Final
POR95
LAL92
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +3
Final
SAS108
SAC99
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +9
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 23, 2016: 14 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ BOS), 45 points.
The lead · BKN @ IND

Victor Oladipo drops 38 in 16-point comeback win over Brooklyn

Brooklyn led by 16 at the half. Final: 123–119.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-16-10+4IND AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BKN282924308119
IND2120393112123
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 33, 47, 19, 26, 26, 38, 23, 38IND38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 15, 24, 9, 24, 16, 2, 20, 23IND23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 15, 11, 26, 7, 5, 16, 15, 26BKN26 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
DeMarre CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 7, 5, 15, 13, 2, 15, 15, 20BKN20 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg15.6Last 3

15.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 27.

MEM over LAC3POR over LAL3IND over BKN4CHA over MIL5ATL over DAL5MIN over PHX9SAS over SAC9OKC over UTA14NOP over MIA15DEN over GSW15TOR over PHI16BOS over CHI25WAS over ORL27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Victor Oladipo 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.
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 33, 47, 19, 26, 26, 38, 23, 38IND vs BKN · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Austin RiversPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 23, 16, 15, 9, 12, 21, 36, 38LAC @ MEM · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 35, 17, 31, 23, 13, 18, 32, 36LAC @ MEM · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 18, 21, 14, 9, 18, 23, 8, 33ATL vs DAL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 19, 22, 38, 21, 10, 37, 25, 32MIN @ PHX · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 31, 20, 15, 29, 23, 18, 28, 31MIL @ CHA · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 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
Jimmy ButlerMIN+6.1 26.7 last 10 · 20.6 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+6.1 24.1 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Zach RandolphSAC+5.4 21.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL+5.3 16.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Goran DragicMIA−4.2 12.2 last 10 · 16.4 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.2 20.5 last 10 · 24.7 season
Ryan AndersonHOU−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−3.8 13.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season