FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 23, 2018Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NOP by 11 after the first quarter and won 122–117.

Final
ATL98
DET95
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +3
Final
WAS89
IND105
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +16
Final
PHX103
BKN111
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +8
Final
CHA103
BOS119
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +21; Q3 BOS +27; Q4 BOS +16
Final
CHI112
CLE92
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +20
Final
MIA115
ORL91
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +24
Final
NOP117
SAC122
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -11; Q3 SAC -10; Q4 SAC +5
Final
MIN114
OKC112
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +2
Final
LAC127
GSW129
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +2
Final · OT
DAL118
POR121
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +3
Final
MEM107
LAL99
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +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 23, 2017: 13 games. Top scorer: Victor Oladipo (IND vs BKN), 38 points.
The lead · NOP @ SAC

Sacramento climbs back to beat New Orleans

New Orleans led by 11 after one. Sacramento won it 122–117. Buddy Hield led Sacramento with 28 points, 6 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 Q3Final0-11-11-10+5SAC AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP36332721117
SAC25332836122
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 14, 20, 27, 28, 21, 37, 28, 28SAC28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 11, 16, 20, 12, 15, 5, 14, 24SAC24 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 20, 37, 7, 20, 22, 25, 18, 27NOP27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 25, 6, 41, 44, 27, 27, 30, 26NOP26 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg4.9Last 3

4.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg32.9Today

33 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 24.

MIN over OKC2GSW over LAC2ATL over DET3POR over DAL3SAC over NOP5BKN over PHX8MEM over LAL8IND over WAS16BOS over CHA16CHI over CLE20MIA over ORL24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 42

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 42, 20, 38, 10, 35, 20, 32, 22, 42GSW vs LAC · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Dec 18, 1996: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 11, 22, 30, 33, 23, 30, 29, 35GSW vs LAC · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 28, 34, 14, 24, 39, 24, 19, 33POR vs DAL · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 33, 10, 17, 22, 39, 16, 21, 32LAC @ GSW · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 47, 19, 31, 25, 32, 33, 24, 43, 43, 31OKC vs MIN · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 8, 13, 7, 23, 16, 8, 32, 31CHI @ CLE · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.6 32.8 last 10 · 26.2 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.1 19.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.8 22.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Thaddeus YoungIND+4.6 16.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−5.0 19.8 last 10 · 24.8 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−4.9 8.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Victor OladipoIND−4.8 15.4 last 10 · 20.2 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−4.1 14.4 last 10 · 18.5 season
Joel EmbiidPHI−3.8 22.6 last 10 · 26.4 season