FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 20, 2019Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MEM by 6 after three quarters and won 114–107.

Final
MEM107
CLE114
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +7
Final
SAC105
IND119
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +14
Final
DET93
BOS114
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +21
Final
WAS118
TOR122
Q1 TOR +17; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +4
Final
NYK114
MIA129
Q1 MIA +19; Q2 MIA +23; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +15
Final
PHX108
OKC126
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +18
Final
DAL117
PHI98
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +19
Final
MIN100
DEN109
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +9
Final
ORL103
POR118
Q1 POR +18; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +15
Final
NOP102
GSW106
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +4
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 20, 2018: 2 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ MIA), 35 points.
The lead · MEM @ CLE

Jordan Clarkson hits six threes, Cleveland tops Memphis

33 points for Jordan Clarkson. Final: 114–107.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-2+4-6+7CLE AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM27243620107
CLE25302633114
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 10, 19, 17, 25, 13, 9, 10, 33CLE33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 6, 7, 17, 30, 12, 9, 16, 21CLE21 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 31, 15, 26, 16, 24, 43, 16, 15, 9, 24MEM24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 10, 17, 27, 19, 27, 9, 15, 16MEM16 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Boston by 21.

TOR over WAS4GSW over NOP4CLE over MEM7DEN over MIN9IND over SAC14MIA over NYK15POR over ORL15OKC over PHX18DAL over PHI19BOS over DET21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 37

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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 42, 26, 23, 20, 16, 29, 35, 22, 37WAS @ TOR · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 24, 29, 26, 31, 13, 27, 31, 36POR vs ORL · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 16, 26, 10, 22, 38, 24, 22, 33PHI vs DAL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 10, 19, 17, 25, 13, 9, 10, 33CLE vs MEM · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 29, 21, 20, 14, 16, 7, 20, 32OKC vs PHX · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 33, 15, 20, 13, 15, 30, 30, 31POR vs ORL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Davis BertansWAS+4.8 20.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.5 26.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM+4.5 21.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−5.3 14.1 last 10 · 19.4 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−4.2 4.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Coby WhiteCHI−4.1 6.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−2.9 4.4 last 10 · 7.3 season