FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 23, 2020Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed WAS by 10 after three quarters and won 113–107.

Final
CHA114
CLE121
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +21; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +7
Final
NYK107
IND121
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +14
Final
MIA107
ORL113
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +6
Final
WAS107
PHI113
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI -10; Q4 PHI +6
Final
MIL121
BOS122
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +1
Final
NOP113
TOR99
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP -7; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +14
Final
ATL124
CHI104
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +24; Q3 ATL +32; Q4 ATL +20
Final
SAS131
MEM119
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +12
Final
DET101
MIN111
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +10
Final · OT
SAC124
DEN122
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +2
Final
UTA120
POR100
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +21; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +20
Final
DAL102
PHX106
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +4
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 · 2019–20Dec 23, 2019: 11 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS @ MEM), 40 points.
The lead · WAS @ PHI

Philadelphia rallies from 10 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 10 after three, Philadelphia outscored the Wizards 40–24 the rest of the way. Final: 113–107. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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+4-1-10+6PHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS26332424107
PHI30281540113
Who led
Joel EmbiidPHI29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Shake MiltonPHI19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealWAS31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookWAS21 PTS · 11 REB · 15 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+26.2points, today vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
17.82019–20 avg44Today

44 points today in 35 minutes, against 17.8 a game in 2019–20 (67 games).

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
16.22019–20 avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 2019–20 (61 games). Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−21.0points, today vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
30.02019–20 avg9Today

9 points today in 34 minutes, against 30.0 a game in 2019–20 (66 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hawks rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Chicago by 20.

BOS over MIL1SAC over DEN2PHX over DAL4ORL over MIA6PHI over WAS6CLE over CHA7MIN over DET10SAS over MEM12IND over NYK14NOP over TOR14ATL over CHI20UTA over POR20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Ja Morant 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.
Ja MorantMEM vs SAS · L
44.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 11, 1997: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Career high44 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Terry RozierCHA @ CLE · L
42.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Zach LaVine SAC, Feb 24, 2025: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Career high42 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Trae YoungATL @ CHI · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL @ BOS · L
35.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Jaylen BrownBOS vs MIL · W
33.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Domantas SabonisIND vs NYK · W
32.0 PPG season to date
Career high32 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST