FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 22, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed UTA by 6 after the first quarter and won 107–106.

Final
DEN111
LAC132
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +21
Final · 3OT
PHX146
WAS149
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS 0; OT2 WAS 0; OT3 WAS +3
Final
TOR101
PHI126
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +25
Final
SAS101
HOU108
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIL87
MIA94
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +7
Final
DAL116
GSW120
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +4
Final
OKC107
UTA106
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +1
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 22, 2017: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs LAC), 51 points.
The lead · OKC @ UTA

Paul George scores 43 as OKC beats Utah

OKC won 107–106. Paul George: 43 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-3+12+1OKC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC26323514107
UTA32292025106
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 47, 19, 31, 25, 32, 33, 24, 43, 43OKC43 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 21, 22, 20, 26, 16, 19, 20, 15OKC15 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 27, 19, 21, 24, 23, 17, 3, 20UTA20 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 18, 2, 12, 13, 10, 6, 18, 17, 11, 20UTA20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Toronto by 25.

OKC over UTA1WAS over PHX3GSW over DAL4HOU over SAS7MIA over MIL7LAC over DEN21PHI over TOR25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.5Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg17.5Last 3

17.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg48.1Today

48 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 43

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: 17, 47, 19, 31, 25, 32, 33, 24, 43, 43OKC @ UTA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Apr 14, 1998: 44 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
43 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 36, 27, 30, 22, 31, 25, 29, 28, 40WAS vs PHX · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden BKN, Mar 17, 2021: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Season high40 PTS · 11 REB · 15 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 35, 29, 50, 32, 47, 35, 35, 39HOU vs SAS · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 37, 20, 23, 6, 28, 38, 25, 33PHX @ WAS · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Thomas BryantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 2, 10, 8, 7, 8, 4, 12, 31WAS vs PHX · W
7.3 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 25, 11, 22, 30, 33, 23, 30, 29GSW vs DAL · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 8 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
Bradley BealWAS+5.5 29.5 last 10 · 24.0 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+5.3 31.4 last 10 · 26.1 season
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
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
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.0 16.1 last 10 · 20.1 season