FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 13, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CHI by 2 after the first quarter and won 97–91.

Final
LAL111
HOU126
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +15
Final
LAC87
SAS125
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +38
Final
CHI91
ORL97
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +6
Final
DAL89
PHX99
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +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 · 2017–18Dec 13, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ PHX), 37 points.
The lead · CHI @ ORL

Chicago's skid reaches three

Orlando won 97–91; the Bulls fall to 6–23. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-2+5+6+6ORL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2620252091
ORL2427262097
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 30, 20, 25, 19, 24, 22, 8, 26ORL26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 9, 10, 16, 11, 8, 5, 6, 15ORL15 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 24, 8, 29, 13, 25, 11, 19, 23CHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 8, 8, 11, 15, 20, 5, 9, 18CHI18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ PHX

Phoenix leads Dallas wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 99–89. Best quarter: the third, 28–27. T.J. Warren led Phoenix with 30 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over CHI6PHX over DAL10HOU over LAL15SAS over LAC38Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.9Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 50

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 54, 25, 23, 30, 29, 15, 35, 29, 50HOU vs LAL · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Mar 14, 2009: 50 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
50 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 19, 6, 25, 15, 6, 23, 30PHX vs DAL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 38, 28, 22, 42, 35, 20, 28, 29LAL @ HOU · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 20, 29, 16, 21, 14, 20, 18, 27SAS vs LAC · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 30, 20, 25, 19, 24, 22, 8, 26ORL vs CHI · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 11, 15, 23, 22, 27, 20, 33, 24LAL @ HOU · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+3.7 20.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL+3.6 21.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Josh JacksonPHX+3.3 12.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+3.2 15.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.1 32.0 last 10 · 28.9 season
Cold
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.0 16.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−4.7 21.3 last 10 · 26.0 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
JaVale McGeeLAL−3.1 8.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−3.0 15.5 last 10 · 18.5 season