FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 23, 2021Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed DEN by 17 after three quarters and won 115–107.

Final
HOU106
IND118
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +12
Final
NOP110
ORL104
Q1 NOP +15; Q2 NOP +12; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +6
Final
ATL98
PHI96
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +2
Final
DET112
MIA115
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +3
Final
WAS124
NYK117
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +7
Final
MIL102
DAL95
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +7
Final
CHA115
DEN107
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA -13; Q3 CHA -17; Q4 CHA +8
Final
OKC101
PHX113
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +12
Final
MIN116
UTA128
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +12
Final
MEM104
GSW113
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +9
Final
SAS138
LAL110
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +28
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 · 2020–21Dec 23, 2020: 12 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM vs SAS), 44 points.
The lead · CHA @ DEN

Charlotte storms back from 17 down to beat Denver

The Hornets trailed by 17 after three and won 115–107. Kelly Oubre Jr. led Charlotte with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-13-17+8CHA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA27252538115
DEN26392913107
Who led
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 28, 35, 22, 22, 20, 3, 18, 18, 5, 23CHA23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 31, 10, 20, 13, 2, 4, 20, 17CHA17 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 39, 22, 35, 28, 27, 20, 13, 29DEN29 PTS · 21 REB · 5 AST
Facundo CampazzoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 9, 12, 8, 8, 6, 7, 9, 12DEN12 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · MIL @ DAL

Milwaukee climbs back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 8 after one. Milwaukee won it 102–95. Khris Middleton led Milwaukee with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIL vs DAL
Khris Middleton · MILJalen Brunson · DALPTS2619REB54AST78Top 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
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 5.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 46

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 31, 22, 18, 26, 22, 30, 30, 46GSW vs MEM · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Mar 15, 2001: 46 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
46 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 5, 9, 7, 6, 17, 29, 21, 44NYK vs WAS · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +31.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Feb 8, 2015: 45 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Season high44 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 20, 33, 30, 24, 18, 31, 34, 36LAL vs SAS · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 14, 15, 6, 5, 17, 13, 22, 33MIN @ UTA · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 5, 22, 17, 6, 13, 16, 9, 32IND vs HOU · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 40, 16, 26, 27, 34, 22, 28, 31NOP @ ORL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 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
Gary HarrisORL+5.3 15.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Max StrusMIA+5.0 15.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+4.4 16.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Luke KennardLAC+4.4 16.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+4.4 22.2 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.8 9.7 last 10 · 14.5 season
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−3.5 9.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.4 4.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.3 14.2 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ja MorantMEM−3.3 20.3 last 10 · 23.6 season