FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 31, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CLE by 15 at halftime and won 121–118.

Final
PHX108
BOS123
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +26; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +15
Final
CHI108
IND106
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +2
Final
DAL112
SAC96
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +16
Final
MIA120
HOU110
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +10
Final
ATL121
CLE118
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -15; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +3
Final
LAC108
TOR116
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +8
Final
SAS105
MEM118
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +13
Final
NYK80
OKC95
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +15
Final
MIN108
UTA120
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +12
Final
POR106
LAL139
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +33
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 31, 2020: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs SAC), 33 points.
The lead · ATL @ CLE

Trae Young scores 35, Atlanta holds off Cleveland

Final: 121–118. Trae Young added 4 rebounds and 11 assists. Kevin Love scored 35 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-7-15+3+3ATL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL25264030121
CLE32342230118
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 29, 31, 41, 28, 34, 29, 26, 35ATL35 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Skylar MaysPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 14, 11, 6, 7, 19ATL19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 23, 15, 15, 18, 22, 24, 24, 35CLE35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 25, 13, 21, 19, 17, 6, 14, 21CLE21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAC @ TOR

Toronto handles Clippers by 8

The Raptors won the fourth quarter 34–21. Final: 116–108. Fred VanVleet led Toronto with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over IND2ATL over CLE3TOR over LAC8MIA over HOU10UTA over MIN12MEM over SAS13BOS over PHX15OKC over NYK15DAL over SAC16LAL over POR33Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.1points, today vs 2020–21 avg
Points per game
2.92020–21 avg17Today

17 points today in 24 minutes, against 2.9 a game in 2020–21 (30 games).

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
28.02020–21 avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 2020–21 (30 games). Today: 3 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.5minutes, today vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
13.52020–21 avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 2020–21 (40 games). Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 43

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 18, 31, 34, 36, 39, 32, 37, 43LAL vs POR · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Dec 9, 1999: 42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Season high43 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 28, 27, 27, 32, 21, 28, 33, 39UTA vs MIN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 29, 15, 16, 18, 10, 17, 25, 37MIA @ HOU · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 23, 15, 15, 18, 22, 24, 24, 35CLE vs ATL · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 29, 31, 41, 28, 34, 29, 26, 35ATL @ CLE · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 29, 10, 19, 17, 12, 31, 27, 31TOR vs LAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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
Kevin LoveCLE+6.1 20.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Gary HarrisORL+5.7 16.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Hamidou DialloDET+5.5 15.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Caris LeVertIND+5.1 22.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Franz WagnerORL+4.9 20.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Montrezl HarrellWAS−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Grayson AllenMIL−3.6 8.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Luguentz DortOKC−2.9 13.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−2.8 9.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
T.J. McConnellIND−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season