FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 16, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed TOR by 8 at halftime and won 95–86.

Final
ATL127
BKN144
Q1 BKN +19; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +15; Q4 BKN +17
Final
PHI128
CLE105
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +23
Final
NYK99
IND110
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +11
Final
LAL110
WAS128
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +20; Q3 WAS +23; Q4 WAS +18
Final
SAC120
DAL113
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +7
Final
MIA102
NOP96
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +6
Final
TOR86
DEN95
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +9
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 16, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs MIL), 31 points.
The lead · TOR @ DEN

Denver climbs back to beat Toronto

Toronto led by 8 at the half. Denver won it 95–86. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-8-4+9DEN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2324251486
DEN2316292795
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 23, 12, 16, 24, 27, 24, 26DEN26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 10, 21, 31, 20, 4, 16, 19, 19DEN19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 37, 34, 27, 36, 32, 20, 28, 29TOR29 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Delon WrightPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 9, 2, 5, 0, 12, 6, 2, 15TOR15 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
24.72017–18 avg7.3Last 2

7.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.7 in 2017–18 (77 games). Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Philadelphia by 23.

MIA over NOP6SAC over DAL7DEN over TOR9IND over NYK11BKN over ATL17WAS over LAL18PHI over CLE23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

John Wall 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.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 17, 11, 30, 18, 1, 34, 17, 40WAS vs LAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 6, 2016: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 8, 30, 17, 29, 9, 12, 8, 32BKN vs ATL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 37, 34, 27, 36, 32, 20, 28, 29TOR @ DEN · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 9, 19, 24, 26, 30, 20, 11, 29ATL @ BKN · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 6, 21, 8, 21, 7, 24, 13, 28DAL vs SAC · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 15, 16, 30, 18, 25, 13, 25, 28SAC @ DAL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 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
Kevin KnoxNYK+4.0 14.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Thaddeus YoungIND+3.7 15.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kelly OlynykMIA+3.4 13.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL+3.3 12.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Josh JacksonPHX+3.2 12.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−6.3 18.6 last 10 · 24.9 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−5.4 8.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−4.4 16.6 last 10 · 21.0 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−3.4 15.2 last 10 · 18.6 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.2 13.1 last 10 · 16.3 season