FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 17, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NYK by 7 at halftime and won 128–110.

Final
MIL107
DET104
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +3
Final
PHX128
NYK110
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +18
Final
UTA97
HOU102
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +5
Final
SAC105
MIN132
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +30; Q3 MIN +26; Q4 MIN +27
Final
CHI96
OKC121
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +20; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +25
Final
PHI96
SAS123
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +27
Final
MEM93
GSW110
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +17
Final
POR131
LAC127
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +4
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 17, 2017: 4 games. Top scorer: Mario Hezonja (ORL @ DET), 28 points.
The lead · PHX @ NYK

D-Book pours in 38, Phoenix beats New York

Devin Booker finished with 38 points in a 128–110 win.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-7+17+18PHX AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28314128128
NYK32341727110
Who led
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 37, 23, 29, 37, 20, 23, 6, 28, 38PHX38 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 6, 25, 15, 6, 23, 30, 21, 26PHX26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 3, 28, 16, 17, 13, 6, 16, 34, 18, 32NYK32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 8, 11, 7, 26, 19, 20, 15, 17NYK17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHI @ SAS

San Antonio routs Philadelphia by 27

San Antonio led by 11 at halftime and won 123–96. Rudy Gay led San Antonio with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over DET3POR over LAC4HOU over UTA5GSW over MEM17PHX over NYK18OKC over CHI25MIN over SAC27SAS over PHI27Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg28.7Today

29 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 47

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: 25, 23, 30, 29, 15, 35, 29, 50, 32, 47HOU vs UTA · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kemba Walker CHA, Nov 17, 2017: 47 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
47 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 27, 7, 20, 33, 10, 17, 22, 39LAC vs POR · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 41, 15, 37, 33, 25, 28, 34, 14, 24, 39POR @ LAC · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 37, 23, 29, 37, 20, 23, 6, 28, 38PHX @ NYK · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 36, 33, 15, 22, 19, 12, 44, 32MIL @ DET · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 3, 28, 16, 17, 13, 6, 16, 34, 18, 32NYK vs PHX · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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+5.0 15.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+4.4 18.3 last 10 · 13.9 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
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
Marc GasolMEM−4.4 11.9 last 10 · 16.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 25.1 last 10 · 28.8 season