FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 18, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed ORL by 15 at halftime and won 113–104.

Final
CHA98
CLE100
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +2
Final
TOR112
DET99
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +13
Final
MIA108
PHI104
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +4
Final · OT
CHI110
WAS109
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -12; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +1
Final
NOP107
MIN99
Q1 NOP +7; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +8
Final
MEM122
OKC126
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC -9; Q3 OKC -7; Q4 OKC +4
Final
ORL104
DEN113
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -15; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +9
Final
BOS109
DAL103
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +6
Final
GSW112
POR122
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +10
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 18, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL @ BKN), 36 points.
The lead · ORL @ DEN

Jamal Murray scores 33 in Denver win over Orlando

Final: 113–104. Jamal Murray added 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-15+8+9DEN AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL32281628104
DEN27183929113
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 14, 10, 21, 0, 12, 14, 14, 33DEN33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 6, 30, 24, 15, 20, 28, 25, 18DEN18 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 18, 25, 10, 30, 3, 20, 12, 20ORL20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 24, 11, 10, 13, 2, 3, 17, 22, 18ORL18 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · CHI @ WAS

Chicago needs overtime to survive Washington

Tied 98–98 after regulation. Chicago won the final period 12–11 for a 110–109 win. Lauri Markkanen led Chicago with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs WAS
Lauri Markkanen · CHIDavis Bertans · WASPTS3126REB97AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
9.8Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Terry Rozier leads the day with 35

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.
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 24, 8, 17, 13, 11, 3, 11, 35CHA @ CLE · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 21, 14, 31, 25, 32, 21, 22, 34NOP @ MIN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 14, 10, 21, 0, 12, 14, 14, 33DEN vs ORL · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 39, 17, 16, 28, 19, 22, 44, 29, 32BOS @ DAL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 16, 24, 29, 26, 31, 13, 27, 31POR vs GSW · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 18, 25, 21, 27, 17, 22, 18, 31OKC vs MEM · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.6 22.1 last 10 · 17.5 season
Davis BertansWAS+4.2 20.0 last 10 · 15.8 season
Anthony DavisLAL+3.6 31.0 last 10 · 27.4 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.3 15.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.1 6.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jabari ParkerATL−3.7 12.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Bryn ForbesSAS−3.1 9.1 last 10 · 12.2 season