FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 29, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 95–94.

Final
NYK94
DET85
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +9
Final
CHA116
IND108
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +8
Final
LAC91
BOS82
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +9
Final
ATL117
CHI131
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +21; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +14
Final
LAL99
MEM104
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +5
Final
OKC97
PHX115
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +18
Final
UTA120
POR105
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +15
Final
DAL94
SAC95
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +1
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 29, 2020: 10 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ DET), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAC

Sacramento fights back from 10 down against Dallas

Final: 95–94, after trailing by 10 after one. De'Aaron Fox led Sacramento with 16 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+12+3+1SAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3013262594
SAC2035172395
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 33, 31, 13, 29, 28, 12, 12, 16SAC16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 19, 20, 14, 19, 18, 12, 17, 14SAC14 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 13, 25, 18, 28, 19, 27, 14, 25DAL25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 22, 13, 24, 23, 13, 27, 34, 24DAL24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ MEM

Memphis makes it three straight

Memphis beat Lakers 104–99 and moved to 22–14. Ja Morant led Memphis with 41 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
Wvs HOU113–106Wvs PHI126–91W@ POR113–103W@ SAC124–105Lvs POR100–105Lvs OKC99–102L@ GSW104–113W@ SAC127–102W@ PHX114–113Wvs LAL104–99MEM: last 10 games through Dec 29, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Ja Morant leads the day with 41

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.
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 32, 23, 2, 16, 21, 18, 33, 41MEM vs LAL · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Evan Mobley CLE, Dec 7, 2024: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Season high41 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 30, 10, 16, 24, 30, 13, 30, 38PHX vs OKC · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 24, 18, 31, 34, 36, 39, 32, 37LAL @ MEM · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 20, 13, 2, 4, 20, 17, 27, 35CHA @ IND · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 15, 1, 14, 9, 19, 8, 20, 5, 7, 34NYK @ DET · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 4, 28, 23, 26, 15, 23, 23, 32DET vs NYK · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Hamidou DialloDET+5.5 15.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Franz WagnerORL+5.0 20.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Saddiq BeyDET+4.8 19.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Caris LeVertIND+4.7 22.1 last 10 · 17.4 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
T.J. McConnellIND−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−2.7 16.3 last 10 · 19.0 season