FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 29, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
HOU103
WAS121
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +18
Final
ATL98
TOR111
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +13
Final
IND107
CHI119
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +12
Final
BKN111
MIA87
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN +20; Q3 BKN +35; Q4 BKN +24
Final
DAL128
NOP120
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MIL97
OKC95
Q1 MIL +20; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +2
Final
PHX111
SAC101
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +10
Final
CHA111
GSW100
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +11
Final
LAC121
LAL106
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +15
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 29, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs BOS), 32 points.
The lead · MIL @ OKC

Milwaukee holds off OKC, 97–95

Milwaukee led 73–67 after three and held on to win by two. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. Russell Westbrook scored 40 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+20+14+6+2MIL AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3820152497
OKC1826232895
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 32, 29, 28, 27, 26, 28, 22, 23MIL23 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 29, 23, 18, 28, 31, 16, 14, 20MIL20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 25, 38, 24, 30, 27, 31, 30, 40OKC40 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 12, 4, 18, 24, 16, 20, 18, 12OKC12 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Brooklyn by 24.

MIL over OKC2DAL over NOP8PHX over SAC10CHA over GSW11CHI over IND12TOR over ATL13LAC over LAL15WAS over HOU18BKN over MIA24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.6Season avg32.2Last 5

32.2 points a game over his last five games, against 24.6 in 26 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.5Season avg27.8Today

28 minutes today, against 8.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 40

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 25, 38, 24, 30, 27, 31, 30, 40OKC vs MIL · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Love MIN, Apr 14, 2014: 40 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Season high40 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 29, 25, 28, 37, 20, 17, 33, 33NOP vs DAL · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 24, 26, 29, 26, 26, 16, 27, 32NOP vs DAL · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 20 REB · 8 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 15, 10, 9, 25, 12, 3, 12, 32CHI vs IND · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 4, 17, 24, 8, 8, 10, 11, 30ATL @ TOR · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 10, 14, 15, 11, 14, 5, 16, 30IND @ CHI · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 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
Josh RichardsonMIA+6.3 18.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.5 26.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL+4.2 15.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Wayne EllingtonMIA+4.1 14.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Victor OladipoIND+4.1 29.0 last 10 · 24.9 season
Cold
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Ryan AndersonHOU−3.9 6.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Brook LopezLAL−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−3.1 9.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−2.9 21.4 last 10 · 24.3 season