FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 30, 2017Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ORL by 16 at halftime and won 117–111.

Final
SAS79
DET93
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +14
Final
NYK105
NOP103
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +2
Final
MIA117
ORL111
Q1 MIA -11; Q2 MIA -16; Q3 MIA -6; Q4 MIA +6
Final
POR89
ATL104
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +15
Final
CLE101
UTA104
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +3
Final
MEM128
GSW141
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +13
Final
PHI107
DEN102
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +5
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 30, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (BOS vs MIA), 52 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

Tyler Johnson drops 31 in 16-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 16 at the half. Final: 117–111. Aaron Gordon scored 39 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-16-6+6MIA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA21293631117
ORL32342619111
Who led
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 0, 19, 6, 19, 20, 17, 11, 31MIA31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 19, 11, 8, 10, 13, 14, 11, 25MIA25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 40, 29, 10, 14, 24, 14, 13, 14, 39ORL39 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 16, 22, 20, 18, 27, 14, 17, 23ORL23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ UTA

Utah climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 10 after one. Utah won it 104–101. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · UTA vs CLE
Donovan Mitchell · UTALeBron James · CLEPTS2929REB48AST66Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg30.6Today

31 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Aaron Gordon 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.
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 40, 29, 10, 14, 24, 14, 13, 14, 39ORL vs MIA · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 24, 33, 27, 28, 23, 30, 31, 38GSW vs MEM · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 15, 10, 30, 7, 14, 22, 21, 31DEN vs PHI · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 25, 28, 37, 20, 17, 33, 33, 31NOP vs NYK · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 0, 19, 6, 19, 20, 17, 11, 31MIA @ ORL · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 37, 13, 1, 29, 22, 23, 18, 30NYK @ NOP · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 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
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.7 18.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+5.5 26.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Reggie BullockDET+4.9 11.7 last 10 · 6.8 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+4.8 20.6 last 10 · 15.8 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
Kemba WalkerCHA−2.8 18.6 last 10 · 21.4 season