FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 15, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed SAS by 19 at halftime and won 98–93.

Final
UTA89
ORL96
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +7
Final
LAL128
CHA100
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +28
Final
BOS104
DET113
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +9
Final
HOU105
MEM97
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +8
Final
CHI98
SAS93
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -19; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +5
Final
LAC104
OKC110
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +6
Final
MIN99
PHX107
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +8
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 15, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs OKC), 34 points.
The lead · CHI @ SAS

Chicago erases 19-point lead, steals one from San Antonio

San Antonio led 62–43 at halftime. Chicago won the second half 55–31 to take it 98–93. Kris Dunn led Chicago with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-7-19-4+5CHI AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2122312498
SAS2834161593
Who led
Kris DunnPoints, last 4 games: 9, 9, 5, 24CHI24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 7 games: 10, 21, 24, 8, 13, 7, 23CHI23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 29, 16, 21, 14, 20, 18, 27, 29SAS29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 36, 16, 32, 36, 26, 5, 14, 21SAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Charlotte by 28, the widest margin of 7 games.

CHI over SAS5OKC over LAC6ORL over UTA7HOU over MEM8PHX over MIN8DET over BOS9LAL over CHA28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg15.1Last 3

15.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg40.3Today

40 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 33

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 20, 17, 47, 19, 31, 25, 32, 33OKC vs LAC · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 54, 25, 23, 30, 29, 15, 35, 29, 50, 32HOU @ MEM · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd PHX, Dec 17, 1999: 32 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
32 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 29, 16, 21, 14, 20, 18, 27, 29SAS vs CHI · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 21, 16, 20, 24, 35, 19, 31, 19, 28MIN @ PHX · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 37, 23, 29, 37, 20, 23, 6, 28PHX vs MIN · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 21, 24, 17, 12, 25, 11, 15, 28LAC @ OKC · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+4.3 21.5 last 10 · 17.2 season
Kelly OlynykMIA+3.6 13.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Thaddeus YoungIND+3.3 14.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Josh JacksonPHX+3.2 12.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+3.1 24.8 last 10 · 21.7 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−6.3 18.6 last 10 · 24.9 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−4.2 16.9 last 10 · 21.1 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.2 13.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL−3.0 14.4 last 10 · 17.4 season