FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 26, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed WAS by 6 after the first quarter and won 117–96.

Final
ORL83
MIA93
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +10
Final
TOR99
CLE144
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +40; Q4 CLE +45
Final
MEM127
SAC102
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +25
Final
PHI117
WAS96
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +21
Final
NOP112
OKC117
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +5
Final
DET109
SAS144
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +39; Q4 SAS +35
Final
IND105
CHI113
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DEN103
LAC100
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +3
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 26, 2020: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ POR), 44 points.
The lead · PHI @ WAS

Joel Embiid scores 36 as Philadelphia wins in Washington

Final: 117–96. Joel Embiid made 12 of 17 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+8+20+21PHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI25382925117
WAS3124172496
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 28, 43, 32, 19, 26, 17, 32, 41, 23, 36PHI36 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 17, 16, 12, 24, 11, 25, 16, 23PHI23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 9, 12, 12, 9, 4, 0, 21, 17WAS17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 4, 9, 8, 14, 12, 11, 15, 15WAS15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Toronto by 45, the widest margin of 8 games.

DEN over LAC3OKC over NOP5CHI over IND8MIA over ORL10PHI over WAS21MEM over SAC25SAS over DET35CLE over TOR45Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
9.22020–21 avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 2020–21 (26 games). Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 36

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 28, 43, 32, 19, 26, 17, 32, 41, 23, 36PHI @ WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 16, 25, 27, 31, 32, 23, 33, 32CHI vs IND · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 11, 18, 33, 18, 23, 27, 29, 31OKC vs NOP · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Josh HartPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 12, 14, 13, 11, 11, 20, 22, 29NOP @ OKC · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 19, 5, 23, 24, 9, 25, 12, 28MEM @ SAC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hamidou DialloPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 11, 11, 12, 8, 15, 10, 12, 28DET @ SAS · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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+5.8 16.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Caris LeVertIND+5.0 22.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+4.5 22.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+4.4 16.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Patty MillsBKN+4.4 18.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Ja MorantMEM−3.8 19.5 last 10 · 23.3 season
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.3 9.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.2 14.1 last 10 · 17.3 season