FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 15, 2022Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NOP by 4 at halftime and won 132–129.

Final
MIA111
HOU108
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +3
Final
MIL101
MEM142
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +29; Q3 MEM +46; Q4 MEM +41
Final · OT
NOP129
UTA132
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
PHX111
LAC95
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +27; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +16
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 · 2021–22Dec 15, 2021: 11 games. Top scorer: Gordon Hayward (CHA @ SAS), 41 points.
The lead · NOP @ UTA

Jordan Clarkson hits seven threes, Utah tops New Orleans

39 points for Jordan Clarkson. Final: 132–129.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-4-40+3UTA AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOP253733286129
UTA273133329132
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 8, 33, 19, 24, 22, 21, 11, 39UTA39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 24, 15, 32, 23, 24, 21, 19, 31UTA31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 33, 30, 25, 29, 35, 35, 26, 31NOP31 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 15, 5, 7, 8, 18, 29, 14, 28NOP28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIA @ HOU

Miami holds off Houston, 111–108

Miami led 86–85 after three and held on to win by three. Tyler Herro led Miami with 41 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over HOU3UTA over NOP3PHX over LAC16MEM over MIL41Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 19 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tyler Herro 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.
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 26, 23, 34, 19, 23, 8, 35, 41MIA @ HOU · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Deni Avdija POR, Jan 7, 2026: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 8, 33, 19, 24, 22, 21, 11, 39UTA vs NOP · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 33, 30, 25, 29, 35, 35, 26, 31NOP @ UTA · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 24, 15, 32, 23, 24, 21, 19, 31UTA vs NOP · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 15, 5, 7, 8, 18, 29, 14, 28NOP @ UTA · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 22, 20, 13, 4, 11, 27, 18, 27PHX @ LAC · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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
Shake MiltonPHI+5.3 16.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Killian HayesDET+5.0 13.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.8 21.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jerami GrantPOR+4.6 27.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.3 28.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
Cold
Brook LopezMIL−4.3 9.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.0 18.5 last 10 · 22.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Darius GarlandCLE−3.5 17.5 last 10 · 21.0 season
Max StrusMIA−3.3 10.2 last 10 · 13.5 season