FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 16, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed CHI by 21 after the first quarter and won 109–106.

Final
WAS133
DET119
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +14
Final
CLE113
TOR133
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +20
Final
SAS107
HOU109
Q1 HOU -14; Q2 HOU -19; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +2
Final
MIA111
MEM118
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +7
Final
DAL120
MIL116
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +4
Final
CHI106
OKC109
Q1 OKC -21; Q2 OKC -19; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 OKC +3
Final
POR111
PHX110
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +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 · 2018–19Dec 16, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: John Wall (WAS vs LAL), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ OKC

Chris Paul drops 30 in 21-point comeback win over Chicago

Chicago led by 21 after one. Final: 109–106. Zach LaVine scored 39 for Chicago in the loss.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-21-19-8+3OKC AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI37312216106
OKC16333327109
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 16, 4, 30, 20, 16, 8, 15, 30OKC30 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 17, 23, 18, 21, 12, 14, 7, 22OKC22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 25, 22, 18, 20, 35, 12, 31, 39CHI39 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 15, 20, 22, 13, 22, 10, 13, 13CHI13 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Raptors rout

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Cleveland by 20.

POR over PHX1HOU over SAS2OKC over CHI3DAL over MIL4MEM over MIA7WAS over DET14TOR over CLE20Final 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
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 48

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 26, 29, 35, 27, 32, 37, 29, 48MIL vs DAL · L
31.7 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: DeMar DeRozan CHI, Mar 17, 2023: 49 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
48 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 25, 22, 18, 20, 35, 12, 31, 39CHI @ OKC · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 23, 42, 26, 23, 20, 16, 29, 35WAS @ DET · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 35, 15, 24, 16, 22, 24, 30, 33TOR vs CLE · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 15, 19, 19, 24, 34, 23, 23, 31HOU vs SAS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 16, 4, 30, 20, 16, 8, 15, 30OKC vs CHI · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 10 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
Ben McLemoreHOU+5.7 16.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.4 19.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Evan FournierORL+3.8 23.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Anthony DavisLAL+3.6 31.0 last 10 · 27.4 season
Davis BertansWAS+3.6 19.0 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.4 15.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.7 12.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Coby WhiteCHI−3.4 7.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Jamal MurrayDEN−3.1 13.8 last 10 · 16.9 season