FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 25, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed CLE by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–92.

Final
PHI105
NYK98
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +7
Final
CLE92
GSW99
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +7
Final
WAS111
BOS103
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +8
Final
HOU107
OKC112
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +5
Final
MIN121
LAL104
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +17
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 25, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (GSW @ CLE), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ GSW

Golden State beats Cleveland, 99–92

Golden State led 71–67 after three and won by 7. Kevin Durant led Golden State with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+2+4+7GSW AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2816232592
GSW2422252899
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 36, 28, 36, 36, 22, 33, 18, 25GSW25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 24, 25, 17, 29, 16, 15, 24GSW24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 20, 17, 28, 15, 25, 21, 27, 31CLE31 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 30, 25, 25, 29, 20, 39, 34, 20CLE20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · HOU @ OKC

OKC upsets Houston

OKC (18–15) beat Houston (25–6) 112–107. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over HOU5PHI over NYK7GSW over CLE7WAS over BOS8MIN over LAL17Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over HOU.
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
17.7Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Enes Kanter leads the day with 31

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.
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 8, 14, 13, 10, 11, 14, 22, 31NYK vs PHI · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 20, 17, 28, 15, 25, 21, 27, 31CLE @ GSW · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 10, 27, 25, 38, 24, 30, 27, 31OKC vs HOU · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 3, 12, 19, 20, 25, 38, 27, 18, 31LAL vs MIN · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 48, 26, 21, 28, 31, 26, 51, 51, 29HOU @ OKC · L
32.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 25, 25, 22, 33, 28, 34, 14, 25PHI @ NYK · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 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+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
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.2 17.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.7 19.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
Goran DragicMIA−4.2 12.2 last 10 · 16.4 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Tobias HarrisDET−3.3 14.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−3.3 14.2 last 10 · 17.5 season