FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 27, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NYK by 11 after the first quarter and won 92–87.

Final
BOS102
CHA91
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +11
Final
DAL98
IND94
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +4
Final
WAS99
ATL113
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +14
Final
NYK87
CHI92
Q1 CHI -11; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +5
Final · OT
DEN125
MIN128
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +3
Final
BKN113
NOP128
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +23; Q3 NOP +16; Q4 NOP +15
Final
TOR107
OKC124
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +17
Final
CLE95
SAC109
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +14
Final
UTA101
GSW126
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +25
Final
MEM109
LAL99
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +10
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 27, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ DAL), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ CHI

Chicago climbs out of an 11-point hole against New York

Down 11 after one, the Bulls won the second quarter 32–24 and the game 92–87. Kris Dunn led Chicago with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-11-3-2+5CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2824211487
CHI1732222192
Who led
Kris DunnPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 13, 17, 22, 15, 10, 2, 20, 17CHI17 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 24, 15, 10, 9, 25, 12, 3, 12CHI12 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 23, 30, 37, 13, 1, 29, 22, 23NYK23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 10, 27, 20, 2, 12, 16, 20, 17NYK17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Utah by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIN over DEN3DAL over IND4CHI over NYK5MEM over LAL10BOS over CHA11ATL over WAS14SAC over CLE14NOP over BKN15OKC over TOR17GSW over UTA25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.7Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg46.1Today

46 minutes today, against 28.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Jimmy Butler leads the day with 39

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.
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 38, 21, 10, 37, 25, 32, 23, 39MIN vs DEN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 18, 29, 25, 28, 37, 20, 17, 33NOP vs BKN · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 24, 18, 8, 18, 17, 26, 24, 33OKC vs TOR · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 11, 22, 25, 10, 23, 30, 25, 32MEM @ LAL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 27, 25, 38, 24, 30, 27, 31, 30OKC vs TOR · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 4, 19, 6, 6, 12, 9, 5, 28DEN @ MIN · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Ersan IlyasovaATL+6.0 17.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.4 26.6 last 10 · 21.2 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.1 17.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Austin RiversLAC+4.9 20.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+4.5 22.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.5 20.0 last 10 · 24.5 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Goran DragicMIA−3.4 13.0 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ryan AndersonHOU−3.3 7.4 last 10 · 10.7 season