FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 28, 2020Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 115–107.

Final
DET120
ATL128
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +8
Final · OT
MEM116
BKN111
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +5
Final
UTA110
OKC109
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +1
Final
HOU111
DEN124
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +13
Final
POR115
LAL107
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +8
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 28, 2019: 14 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs BKN), 44 points.
The lead · POR @ LAL

Damian Lillard scores 31, Portland rallies past Lakers

Portland trailed by 8 after one and won 115–107.

Game flow · POR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+4-1+8POR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR22362631115
LAL30243122107
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 3 games: 9, 32, 31POR31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Gary Trent Jr.Points, last 3 games: 11, 0, 28POR28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 22, 22, 18, 29LAL29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 4 games: 14, 18, 11, 24LAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · UTA @ OKC

Utah takes over late to edge OKC

Down 3 after three, Utah won the fourth 26–22. Final: 110–109. Bojan Bogdanovic led Utah with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over OKC1MEM over BKN5ATL over DET8POR over LAL8DEN over HOU13Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.9points, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
13.12019–20 avg27.0Last 2

27.0 points a game over his last two games, against 13.1 in 2019–20 (62 games). Today: 23 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
29.52019–20 avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 2019–20 (21 games). Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 2 games: 44, 34HOU @ DEN · L
39.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 3 games: 9, 32, 31POR @ LAL · W
24.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 22, 22, 18, 29LAL vs POR · L
22.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 3 games: 37, 36, 29ATL vs DET · W
34.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 4 games: 20, 10, 10, 28BKN vs MEM · L
17.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kyle AndersonPoints, last 3 games: 7, 20, 28MEM @ BKN · W
18.3 PPG season to date
Career high28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST