FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 30, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 5 at halftime and won 119–108.

Final
ATL141
BKN145
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +4
Final
MEM107
BOS126
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +26; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +19
Final
MIL108
MIA119
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +11
Final
CHA118
DAL99
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +29; Q4 CHA +19
Final
LAL121
SAS107
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +14
Final
POR105
LAC128
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +19; Q3 LAC +22; Q4 LAC +23
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 30, 2019: 6 games. Top scorer: Spencer Dinwiddie (BKN @ MIN), 36 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIA

Miami handles Milwaukee by 11

The Heat won the third quarter 37–35. Final: 119–108. Goran Dragic led Miami with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-5-3+11MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL19373517108
MIA25263731119
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 4 games: 20, 18, 2, 26MIA26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 4 games: 25, 17, 12, 22MIA22 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 5 games: 35, 15, 27, 9, 26MIL26 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Donte DiVincenzoPoints, last 5 games: 15, 13, 10, 17, 15MIL15 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ATL @ BKN

Brooklyn takes care of Atlanta

A 4-point win, 145–141. Kevin Durant led Brooklyn with 33 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over ATL4MIA over MIL11LAL over SAS14BOS over MEM19CHA over DAL19LAC over POR23Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
8.62019–20 avg14.0Last 3

14.0 points a game over his last three games, against 8.6 in 2019–20 (49 games). Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
29.62019–20 avg13.5Last 2

13.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.6 in 2019–20 (62 games). Today: 5 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 42

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 5 games: 33, 27, 18, 20, 42BOS vs MEM · W
28.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 28, 2002: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Career high42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 4 games: 22, 29, 29, 33BKN vs ATL · W
28.2 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 4 games: 37, 36, 29, 30ATL @ BKN · L
33.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 4 games: 14, 13, 15, 30ATL @ BKN · L
18.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 4 games: 21, 11, 13, 29SAS vs LAL · L
18.5 PPG season to date
Career high29 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 3 games: 26, 21, 28LAC vs POR · W
25.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST