FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 30, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHI110
BKN102
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +8
Final
MIL136
ORL118
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +18
Final
CLE93
WAS110
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +19; Q4 WAS +17
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 30, 2020: 6 games. Top scorer: Jaylen Brown (BOS vs MEM), 42 points.
The lead · PHI @ BKN

Joel Embiid scores 34 in Philadelphia win over Brooklyn

Final: 110–102. Joel Embiid added 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+1+2+8PHI AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI39162926110
BKN31232820102
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 26, 17, 32, 41, 23, 36, 36, 34PHI34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 11, 14, 23, 27, 17, 13, 5, 25PHI25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 20, 14, 23, 25, 20, 36, 39, 33BKN33 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 30, 28, 24, 31, 51, 34, 34, 33BKN33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CLE @ WAS

Washington leads Cleveland wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 110–93. Best quarter: the third, 33–21. Bradley Beal led Washington with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over BKN8WAS over CLE17MIL over ORL18Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
27.52020–21 avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 2020–21 (66 games). Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg24Today

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

Top performances

Joel Embiid 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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 26, 17, 32, 41, 23, 36, 36, 34PHI @ BKN · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 20, 14, 23, 25, 20, 36, 39, 33BKN vs PHI · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Finley DAL, Dec 11, 1999: 33 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
33 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 40, 27, 15, 41, 20, 20, 36, 28, 33MIL @ ORL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 30, 28, 24, 31, 51, 34, 34, 33BKN vs PHI · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 34, 25, 21, 19, 30, 26, 37, 29WAS vs CLE · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 20, 26, 40, 24, 24, 17, 18, 25MIL @ ORL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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+5.7 16.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Hamidou DialloDET+5.5 15.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Franz WagnerORL+4.9 20.7 last 10 · 15.8 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−3.6 8.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
T.J. McConnellIND−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−2.7 16.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jimmy ButlerMIA−2.6 20.0 last 10 · 22.6 season