FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 28, 2019Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed IND by 13 after the first quarter and won 120–98.

Final
MEM110
DEN119
Q1 DEN +15; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +9
Final
TOR113
BOS97
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +16
Final
IND98
NOP120
Q1 NOP -13; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +18; Q4 NOP +22
Final
ATL81
CHI116
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +21; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +35
Final
BKN98
HOU108
Q1 HOU +22; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +10
Final · OT
PHI116
MIA117
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +1
Final
CLE94
MIN88
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +6
Final
NYK107
WAS100
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +7
Final
DAL141
GSW121
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +20
Final
ORL100
MIL111
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +11
Final
DET109
SAS136
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +27
Final
PHX112
SAC110
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +2
Final
LAL128
POR120
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +8
Final
UTA120
LAC107
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +13
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 28, 2018: 10 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs DAL), 48 points.
The lead · IND @ NOP

New Orleans rallies from 13 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 13 after one, New Orleans outscored the Pacers 101–66 the rest of the way. Final: 120–98. Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+3+18+22NOP AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3213233098
NOP19293834120
Who led
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 32, 21, 22, 34, 25, 19, 31, 24NOP24 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 12, 29, 21, 18, 25, 21, 20, 20NOP20 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Aaron HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 13, 23, 11, 11, 11, 19, 17, 25IND25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 18, 6, 12, 23, 9, 24, 16, 20IND20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Atlanta by 35, the widest margin of 14 games.

MIA over PHI1PHX over SAC2CLE over MIN6NYK over WAS7LAL over POR8DEN over MEM9HOU over BKN10MIL over ORL11UTA over LAC13TOR over BOS16DAL over GSW20NOP over IND22SAS over DET27CHI over ATL35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 44

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 55, 54, 39, 28, 28, 47, 34, 24, 44HOU vs BKN · W
38.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC, Dec 23, 2022: 44 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
44 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 22, 38, 24, 22, 33, 21, 20, 31, 24, 35PHI @ MIA · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 18, 8, 26, 25, 30, 20, 31, 35GSW vs DAL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 8 games: 18, 9, 16, 30, 12, 27, 9, 34ATL @ CHI · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 44, 35, 26, 15, 18, 19, 11, 34, 32PHX @ SAC · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 42, 27, 33, 22, 26, 27, 41, 2, 24, 31DAL @ GSW · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Nov 20, 2016: 31 PTS · 11 REB · 15 AST
31 PTS · 12 REB · 15 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+6.7 16.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.8 23.2 last 10 · 18.4 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Troy Brown Jr.WAS+4.6 14.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.6 23.3 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−4.0 4.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jeremy LambIND−3.5 10.2 last 10 · 13.7 season