FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 27, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed PHX by 12 after three quarters and won 105–96.

Final
CLE117
BOS129
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +12
Final · OT
OKC104
CHA102
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +2
Final
PHI97
ORL98
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +1
Final
MIL112
ATL86
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +23; Q3 MIL +21; Q4 MIL +26
Final
IND112
MIA113
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +1
Final
PHX96
GSW105
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW -12; 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 27, 2018: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs BOS), 45 points.
The lead · PHX @ GSW

D'Angelo Russell scores 31 in Golden State win over Phoenix

Final: 105–96. D'Angelo Russell added 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-4-8-12+9GSW AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2922271896
GSW25182339105
Who led
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 32, 18, 8, 26, 25, 30, 20, 31GSW31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Damion LeePoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 6, 21, 13, 4, 20, 14, 22, 16GSW16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 44, 35, 26, 15, 18, 19, 11, 34PHX34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dario SaricPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 7, 19, 17, 8, 16, 10, 13, 11PHX11 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 26.

ORL over PHI1MIA over IND1OKC over CHA2GSW over PHX9BOS over CLE12MIL over ATL26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg21Today

21 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 34

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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 20, 18, 8, 26, 26, 16, 30, 34BOS vs CLE · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 44, 35, 26, 15, 18, 19, 11, 34PHX @ GSW · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 32, 18, 8, 26, 25, 30, 20, 31GSW vs PHX · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 17, 30, 12, 9, 16, 21, 20, 30CLE @ BOS · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 19, 16, 15, 24, 26, 39, 11, 30BOS vs CLE · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 14, 16, 7, 20, 32, 32, 21, 27OKC @ CHA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 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
Joe InglesUTA+5.7 15.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.8 23.2 last 10 · 18.4 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Troy Brown Jr.WAS+4.1 13.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−5.5 13.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−4.5 3.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−3.3 3.8 last 10 · 7.1 season