FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 30, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CHI by 6 after the first quarter and won 95–89.

Final
DET107
ORL109
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +2
Final
MIN113
MIA104
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +9
Final
CHI89
TOR95
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +6
Final
OKC103
DAL105
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +2
Final
PHI95
POR129
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +29; Q3 POR +39; Q4 POR +34
Final
SAC114
LAL121
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +7
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 30, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: Aaron Gordon (ORL vs MIA), 39 points.
The lead · CHI @ TOR

Toronto handles Chicago by 6

The Raptors won the third quarter 28–26. Final: 95–89. Kawhi Leonard led Toronto with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+3+6TOR AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2019262489
TOR1426282795
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 20, 28, 29, 28, 37, 30, 21, 27TOR27 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 13, 10, 17, 15, 26, 10, 4, 20TOR20 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 23, 16, 8, 32, 31, 16, 14, 18CHI18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Wendell Carter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 8, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 5, 12, 17, 16CHI16 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ LAL

Lakers take care of Sacramento

A 7-point win, 121–114. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Lakers with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over DET2DAL over OKC2TOR over CHI6LAL over SAC7MIN over MIA9POR over PHI34Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.3Season avg36.2Last 5

36.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg22.4Last 3

22.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg26.4Today

26 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 36

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: 31, 25, 32, 33, 24, 43, 43, 31, 28, 36OKC @ DAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 40, 14, 27, 11, 12, 22, 11, 24, 14, 35POR vs PHI · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 28, 14, 16, 13, 18, 20, 31, 34MIN @ MIA · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 20, 28, 29, 28, 37, 30, 21, 27TOR vs CHI · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 28, 0, 28, 14, 19, 19, 15, 26SAC @ LAL · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 15, 11, 17, 8, 7, 27, 17, 26ORL vs DET · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Kevin KnoxNYK+6.7 18.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
James HardenHOU+6.4 39.4 last 10 · 33.0 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.0 32.6 last 10 · 26.6 season
Thaddeus YoungIND+4.6 16.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Luka DoncicDAL+4.6 24.2 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
Victor OladipoIND−4.8 14.7 last 10 · 19.5 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−4.4 18.7 last 10 · 23.1 season
Zach LaVineCHI−4.2 19.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−4.2 8.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Klay ThompsonGSW−3.9 17.3 last 10 · 21.2 season