FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 23, 2019Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by WAS (vs NYK) and MIA (vs UTA).

Final
ATL118
CLE121
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +3
Final
PHI125
DET109
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +16
Final · OT
TOR115
IND120
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +5
Final
WAS121
NYK115
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +6
Final
CHI95
ORL103
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +8
Final
UTA104
MIA107
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +3
Final
SAS145
MEM115
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +30
Final
DEN113
PHX111
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +2
Final
NOP102
POR94
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +8
Final
HOU113
SAC104
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +9
Final
MIN104
GSW113
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +9
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 23, 2018: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs LAC), 42 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIA

Miami takes over late to edge Utah

Down 5 after three, Miami won the fourth 31–23. Final: 107–104. Jimmy Butler led Miami with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+4+1-5+3MIA AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA28242923104
MIA32212331107
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 23, 20, 23, 27, 25, 14, 9, 20MIA20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 21, 30, 12, 18, 14, 23, 20, 18MIA18 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Joe InglesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 12, 9, 23, 13, 16, 14, 14, 27UTA27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 19, 13, 14, 32, 30, 19, 26, 19UTA19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Spurs rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Memphis by 30.

DEN over PHX2CLE over ATL3MIA over UTA3IND over TOR5WAS over NYK6ORL over CHI8NOP over POR8HOU over SAC9GSW over MIN9PHI over DET16SAS over MEM30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 40

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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 17, 19, 18, 18, 19, 20, 12, 40SAS @ MEM · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Feb 10, 2017: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 20, 23, 31, 17, 20, 7, 16, 35PHI @ DET · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 15, 24, 26, 20, 17, 13, 20, 35NYK vs WAS · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 27, 55, 54, 39, 28, 28, 47, 34HOU @ SAC · W
38.6 PPG season to date · −4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 25, 24, 17, 17, 19, 8, 22, 31SAC vs HOU · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 21, 15, 23, 30, 42, 30, 47, 30ATL @ CLE · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 11 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
Dennis SchroderOKC+5.0 23.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.0 14.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.8 22.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.6 27.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.3 15.2 last 10 · 19.5 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
Eric PaschallGSW−3.3 11.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Jordan PooleGSW−3.3 3.8 last 10 · 7.1 season