FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 26, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed MIA by 14 at halftime and won 106–104.

Final
WAS95
DET106
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +11
Final · OT
PHX122
ORL120
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +2
Final
IND129
ATL121
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +8
Final · 2OT
CHA132
BKN134
Q1 BKN -7; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN 0; OT2 BKN +2
Final
TOR106
MIA104
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -14; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +2
Final
MIN119
CHI94
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +23; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +25
Final
CLE87
MEM95
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +8
Final
NOP119
DAL122
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
DEN103
SAS111
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +8
Final
SAC118
LAC127
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +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 26, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs MEM), 32 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

Kawhi Leonard scores 30, Toronto rallies past Miami

Toronto trailed by 14 at the half and won 106–104.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-8-14+2+2TOR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR23213725106
MIA31272125104
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 36, 32, 20, 28, 29, 28, 37, 30TOR30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 8, 9, 15, 19, 7, 7, 9, 18TOR18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Justise WinslowPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 21, 28, 9, 4, 2, 8, 22, 21MIA21 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 10, 11, 18, 22, 22, 16, 15, 17MIA17 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Chicago by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

PHX over ORL2BKN over CHA2TOR over MIA2DAL over NOP3IND over ATL8MEM over CLE8SAS over DEN8LAC over SAC9DET over WAS11MIN over CHI25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
23.72017–18 avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 2017–18 (39 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Spencer Dinwiddie 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.
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 39, 27, 15, 18, 27, 15, 24, 37BKN vs CHA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 23, 6, 28, 38, 25, 33, 25, 35PHX @ ORL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 25, 31, 16, 4, 30, 22, 21, 35CHA @ BKN · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 6, 41, 44, 27, 27, 30, 26, 32NOP @ DAL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Kent BazemorePoints, last 10 games: 3, 22, 7, 22, 13, 20, 13, 22, 13, 32ATL vs IND · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jeremy LambPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 19, 13, 16, 12, 18, 11, 14, 31CHA @ BKN · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 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
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+6.3 24.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+6.1 18.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Thaddeus YoungIND+5.0 17.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+4.7 19.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+4.6 30.9 last 10 · 26.3 season
Cold
E'Twaun MooreNOP−5.4 7.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Victor OladipoIND−5.2 14.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Klay ThompsonGSW−4.8 16.2 last 10 · 21.0 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−4.0 14.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
George HillMIL−3.9 4.8 last 10 · 8.7 season