FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 28, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed CLE by 19 after the first quarter and won 108–104.

Final
MIL127
ORL110
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +27; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +17
Final
WAS112
MIA119
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +7
Final
PHI114
TOR109
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +5
Final
LAL132
HOU123
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +9
Final
NYK96
MIN88
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +8
Final
CLE104
NOP108
Q1 NOP -19; Q2 NOP -10; Q3 NOP -7; Q4 NOP +4
Final
DEN89
GSW86
Q1 DEN +15; Q2 DEN +24; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +3
Final
OKC111
SAC117
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +6
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 28, 2020: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ DEN), 34 points.
The lead · CLE @ NOP

New Orleans overcomes 19-point deficit, beats Cleveland 108–104

The Pelicans trailed by 19 after one and finished 88–65. Herbert Jones led New Orleans with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0-19-10-7+4NOP AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE39192521104
NOP20282832108
Who led
Herbert JonesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 10, 2, 8, 17, 3, 8, 15, 26NOP26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Devonte' GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 9, 8, 15, 26, 10, 20, 15, 18NOP18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 6, 15, 7, 7, 15, 8, 16, 27CLE27 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 18, 11, 23, 15, 15, 18, 22, 24CLE24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · OKC @ SAC

Sacramento beats OKC, 117–111

Sacramento led 87–81 after three and won by 6. Tyrese Haliburton led Sacramento with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over GSW3NOP over CLE4PHI over TOR5SAC over OKC6MIA over WAS7NYK over MIN8LAL over HOU9MIL over ORL17Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 2 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
27.52020–21 avg16.0Last 2

16.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.5 in 2020–21 (66 games). Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Franz Wagner leads the day with 38

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.
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 20, 10, 27, 14, 25, 20, 13, 38ORL vs MIL · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 43, 32, 19, 26, 17, 32, 41, 23, 36, 36PHI @ TOR · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 18, 33, 18, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33OKC @ SAC · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 30, 24, 18, 31, 34, 36, 39, 32LAL @ HOU · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, May 7, 2003: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
32 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 24, 9, 17, 12, 26, 29, 2, 32MIA vs WAS · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoucherPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 14, 11, 14, 17, 9, 11, 21, 28TOR vs PHI · L
8.6 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 19 REB · 0 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+5.9 16.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Caris LeVertIND+5.0 22.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
Franz WagnerORL+5.0 20.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Gabe VincentMIA+4.6 13.2 last 10 · 8.6 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.5 30.5 last 10 · 26.0 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.7 8.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−3.2 13.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Ja MorantMEM−3.1 20.6 last 10 · 23.7 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.1 14.2 last 10 · 17.3 season