FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 31, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 12 after the first quarter and won 106–101.

Final
BOS109
CHA92
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +17
Final
PHI97
IND115
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +30; Q4 IND +18
Final
LAC105
SAC87
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +18
Final
DEN104
HOU130
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +26
Final · OT
GSW113
SAS117
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final
CLE97
TOR117
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +20
Final
DAL101
OKC106
Q1 OKC -12; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +5
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 31, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs MEM), 43 points.
The lead · DAL @ OKC

OKC climbs out of a 12-point hole against Dallas

Down 12 after one, the Thunder won the second quarter 30–19 and the game 106–101. Dennis Schroder led OKC with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Luka Doncic scored 35 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-12-1-1+5OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32192723101
OKC20302729106
Who led
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 22, 18, 31, 24, 28, 20, 24, 20OKC20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 21, 12, 14, 7, 22, 20, 22, 20OKC20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 26, 27, 41, 2, 24, 31, 19, 35DAL35 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Maxi KleberPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 10, 7, 10, 7, 6, 8, 3, 14DAL14 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ SAS

San Antonio flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Golden State led 55–53 at the break. Tied 100–100 after regulation, San Antonio won the extra time 17–13. Final: 117–113. DeMar DeRozan led San Antonio with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs GSW
DeMar DeRozan · SASAlec Burks · GSWPTS2428REB54AST44Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 35

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 26, 27, 41, 2, 24, 31, 19, 35DAL @ OKC · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 55, 54, 39, 28, 28, 47, 34, 24, 44, 35HOU vs DEN · W
38.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 23, 31, 40, 30, 28, 30, 23, 28HOU vs DEN · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 11, 16, 18, 25, 8, 13, 16, 28GSW @ SAS · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Glenn Robinson IIIPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 10, 7, 17, 9, 18, 12, 8, 25GSW @ SAS · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 18, 12, 12, 24, 26, 21, 29, 24SAS vs GSW · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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
Joe InglesUTA+6.5 16.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+5.5 28.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+4.8 29.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.7 23.1 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−5.5 8.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−3.8 11.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.7 4.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Langston GallowayDET−3.4 7.6 last 10 · 11.0 season