FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 16, 2021Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET113
IND122
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +9
Final
PHI105
BKN114
Q1 BKN +14; Q2 BKN +18; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +9
Final
NYK116
HOU103
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +13
Final
WAS98
PHX118
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +20
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DET @ IND

Caris LeVert scores 31 in Indiana win over Detroit

Final: 122–113. Caris LeVert added 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+6+12+9IND AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET29352722113
IND32383319122
Who led
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 6, 27, 19, 15, 26, 19, 16, 31IND31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 17, 14, 16, 2, 10, 15, 5, 17IND17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 6, 2, 8, 15, 8, 11, 4, 28DET28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 15, 26, 19, 28, 21, 16, 26, 19DET19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · PHI @ BKN

Brooklyn leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Brooklyn was ahead at every break and won 114–105. Best quarter: the first, 39–25. Kevin Durant led Brooklyn with 34 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over DET9BKN over PHI9NYK over HOU13PHX over WAS20Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 5.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 27, 30, 28, 24, 31, 51, 34, 34BKN vs PHI · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 42, 16, 13, 28, 43, 32, 19, 26, 17, 32PHI @ BKN · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 6, 27, 19, 15, 26, 19, 16, 31IND vs DET · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 17, 18, 6, 23, 18, 10, 7, 29PHI @ BKN · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 6, 2, 8, 15, 8, 11, 4, 28DET @ IND · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 14, 14, 34, 25, 21, 19, 30, 26WAS @ PHX · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+5.7 22.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+5.0 19.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Trae YoungATL+3.7 30.7 last 10 · 27.0 season
Gary HarrisORL+3.6 11.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Gordon HaywardCHA+3.3 21.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.9 12.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Ricky RubioCLE−3.8 8.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.3 9.4 last 10 · 12.7 season