FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 21, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed ATL by 13 at halftime and won 122–112.

Final
UTA114
CHA107
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +7
Final
ATL112
BKN122
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN -13; Q3 BKN -13; Q4 BKN +10
Final
CHI119
DET107
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +12
Final
WAS108
PHI125
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +17
Final
MIL123
NYK102
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +21
Final
SAC115
MEM119
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +4
Final
LAC134
SAS109
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +27; Q4 LAC +25
Final
HOU139
PHX125
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +14
Final
MIN106
POR113
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +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 · 2018–19Dec 21, 2018: 10 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (TOR vs CLE), 37 points.
The lead · ATL @ BKN

Spencer Dinwiddie scores 39, Brooklyn rallies past Atlanta

Brooklyn trailed by 13 at the half and won 122–112. Trae Young scored 47 for Atlanta in the loss.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-13-13+10BKN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL34392514112
BKN34262537122
Who led
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 13, 24, 24, 24, 24, 31, 41, 39BKN39 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 7, 27, 8, 15, 11, 16, 13, 7, 10, 25BKN25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 30, 21, 15, 23, 30, 42, 30, 47ATL47 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Alex LenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 13, 9, 17, 11, 9, 9, 4, 23ATL23 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Clippers post the night's biggest win

Clippers beat San Antonio by 25, the widest margin of 9 games.

MEM over SAC4UTA over CHA7POR over MIN7BKN over ATL10CHI over DET12HOU over PHX14PHI over WAS17MIL over NYK21LAC over SAS25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 47

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 30, 21, 15, 23, 30, 42, 30, 47ATL @ BKN · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Dec 26, 1995: 47 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
47 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 50, 23, 34, 27, 55, 54, 39, 28, 28, 47HOU @ PHX · W
38.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Dec 15, 1995: 47 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
47 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 13, 24, 24, 24, 24, 31, 41, 39BKN vs ATL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 42, 26, 23, 20, 16, 29, 35, 22, 37, 36WAS @ PHI · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 18, 20, 35, 12, 31, 39, 24, 33CHI @ DET · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 26, 19, 23, 26, 34, 27, 19, 33MIN @ POR · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.6 27.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Ben McLemoreHOU+4.4 14.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.2 22.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Davis BertansWAS+3.9 19.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−5.7 13.7 last 10 · 19.4 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−4.2 4.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Coby WhiteCHI−3.6 7.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Aron BaynesPHX−3.1 10.1 last 10 · 13.2 season