FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 19, 2019Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAC by 15 at halftime and won 122–117.

Final
UTA111
ATL106
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +5
Final
LAL104
MIL111
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +7
Final
BKN105
SAS118
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +13
Final
HOU122
LAC117
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -15; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +5
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 19, 2018: 12 games. Top scorer: Paul George (OKC @ SAC), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ LAC

Russell Westbrook scores 40 as Houston beats Clippers

Houston won 122–117. Russell Westbrook: 40 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-1-15+3+5HOU AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU27273632122
LAC28411830117
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 19, 19, 24, 34, 23, 23, 31, 40HOU40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 60, 50, 23, 34, 27, 55, 54, 39, 28, 28HOU28 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 13, 27, 36, 13, 46, 27, 24, 34LAC34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 34, 11, 17, 34, 23, 42, 20, 25LAC25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BKN @ SAS

San Antonio beats Brooklyn, 118–105

San Antonio led 83–81 after three and won by 13. Patty Mills led San Antonio with 27 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over ATL5HOU over LAC5MIL over LAL7SAS over BKN13Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over BKN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Spencer Dinwiddie leads the day with 41

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: 32, 29, 24, 13, 24, 24, 24, 24, 31, 41BKN @ SAS · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Reggie Miller IND, Nov 8, 2000: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Career high41 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 19, 19, 24, 34, 23, 23, 31, 40HOU @ LAC · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Dec 2, 2000: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 25, 26, 39, 50, 16, 33, 27, 36LAL @ MIL · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 29, 35, 27, 32, 37, 29, 48, 34MIL vs LAL · W
31.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 13, 27, 36, 13, 46, 27, 24, 34LAC vs HOU · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 39, 30, 21, 15, 23, 30, 42, 30ATL vs UTA · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 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+5.9 16.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.6 22.1 last 10 · 17.5 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.5 26.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
Davis BertansWAS+4.2 20.0 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−5.3 14.1 last 10 · 19.4 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.1 6.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.0 5.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin LoveCLE−2.9 13.0 last 10 · 15.9 season