FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 21, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MEM by 13 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final
DET86
CHA98
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +12
Final
CLE110
TOR126
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +16
Final
IND114
BKN106
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +8
Final
ATL114
NYK107
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +7
Final
MIL120
BOS107
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +13
Final
ORL80
CHI90
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +10
Final
MIN98
SAS124
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +26
Final
UTA120
POR90
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +30
Final
MEM99
SAC102
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -13; Q3 SAC -9; Q4 SAC +3
Final
NOP104
LAL112
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +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 21, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ PHI), 45 points.
The lead · MEM @ SAC

Sacramento climbs out of a 13-point hole against Memphis

Down 13 at the half, the Kings won the fourth quarter 37–25 and the game 102–99. Buddy Hield led Sacramento with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-13-9+3SAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3221212599
SAC24162537102
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 20, 14, 20, 27, 28, 21, 37, 28SAC28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 18, 25, 13, 25, 28, 0, 28, 14SAC14 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 9, 12, 19, 23, 22, 22, 23, 23MEM23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 9, 7, 4, 15, 8, 13, 10, 17MEM17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ATL @ NYK

Atlanta turns it around against New York

From 11 down after one to a 7-point win: 114–107. Kent Bazemore led Atlanta with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs NYK
Kent Bazemore · ATLEmmanuel Mudiay · NYKPTS2232REB61AST14Top 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
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg9.9Last 3

9.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 37

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 27, 36, 32, 20, 28, 29, 28, 37TOR vs CLE · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 24, 8, 13, 7, 23, 16, 8, 32CHI vs ORL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 13, 6, 16, 34, 18, 32, 11, 32NYK vs ATL · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 27, 25, 6, 41, 44, 27, 27, 30NOP @ LAL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 36, 33, 15, 22, 19, 12, 44, 32, 25, 30MIL @ BOS · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 20, 14, 20, 27, 28, 21, 37, 28SAC vs MEM · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.1 19.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL+4.5 22.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.4 21.8 last 10 · 17.4 season
Bradley BealWAS+4.2 27.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Cold
E'Twaun MooreNOP−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−5.2 19.8 last 10 · 25.0 season
Marc GasolMEM−4.3 11.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Victor OladipoIND−4.2 16.4 last 10 · 20.6 season
Joel EmbiidPHI−3.8 22.5 last 10 · 26.3 season