FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 27, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 11 after three quarters and won 117–116.

Final
BOS113
HOU127
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +14
Final
NYK96
MIL112
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +16
Final
LAL116
SAC117
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC -11; Q4 SAC +1
Final · OT
POR110
GSW109
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +1
Final
PHI114
UTA97
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +17
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 27, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (MIN vs DEN), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from 11 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 11 after three, Sacramento outscored the Lakers 33–21 the rest of the way. Final: 117–116. Bogdan Bogdanovic led Sacramento with 23 points, 1 rebound 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 Q3Final0-2-6-11+1SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL34332821116
SAC32292333117
Who led
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 20, 12, 15, 5, 14, 24, 13, 23SAC23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Willie Cauley-SteinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 22, 12, 1, 13, 12, 22, 11, 19SAC19 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 24, 14, 20, 22, 23, 11, 19, 33LAL33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 14, 19, 15, 5, 18, 20, 14, 22LAL22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHI @ UTA

Philadelphia beats Utah, 114–97

Philadelphia led 95–79 after three and won by 17. JJ Redick led Philadelphia with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over LAL1POR over GSW1HOU over BOS14MIL over NYK16PHI over UTA17Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 45

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: 35, 29, 50, 32, 47, 35, 35, 39, 41, 45HOU vs BOS · W
32.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Martin SAC, Jan 3, 2009: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
45 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 24, 14, 20, 22, 23, 11, 19, 33LAL @ SAC · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 12, 44, 32, 25, 30, 9, 30, 31MIL vs NYK · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 38, 10, 35, 20, 32, 22, 42, 15, 29GSW vs POR · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 2, 11, 20, 8, 10, 10, 7, 27POR @ GSW · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 30, 33, 23, 30, 29, 35, 21, 26GSW vs POR · L
28.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Jan 7, 2018: 26 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
26 PTS · 10 REB · 11 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+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
James HardenHOU+6.1 38.8 last 10 · 32.7 season
Thaddeus YoungIND+5.0 17.1 last 10 · 12.1 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 16.1 last 10 · 20.9 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−4.0 14.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
George HillMIL−3.9 4.5 last 10 · 8.4 season