FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 17, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NOP by 17 at halftime and won 118–114.

Final
WAS93
LAC102
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +9
Final
MIA111
SAS101
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +10
Final · OT
DAL99
CLE100
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +1
Final
POR107
HOU95
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +12
Final
UTA97
MIL123
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +26
Final
MEM109
OKC115
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +6
Final
NOP114
PHX118
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -17; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +4
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 17, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs CHA), 43 points.
The lead · NOP @ PHX

Devin Booker drops 58 in 17-point comeback win over New Orleans

New Orleans led by 17 at the half. Final: 118–114.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-7-17-5+4PHX AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP34292625114
PHX27193834118
Who led
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 44, 51, 41, 20, 11, 17, 14, 14, 58PHX58 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 15, 2, 4, 24, 6, 16, 15, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 30, 25, 29, 35, 35, 26, 31, 30NOP30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 5, 7, 8, 18, 29, 14, 28, 27NOP27 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.3minutes, last 2 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
22.82021–22 avg3.5Last 2

3.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.8 in 2021–22 (48 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 27.1 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · DAL @ CLE

Cleveland needs overtime to survive Dallas

Tied 96–96 after regulation. Cleveland won the final period 4–3 for a 100–99 win. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs DAL
Donovan Mitchell · CLEKemba Walker · DALPTS2532REB45AST37Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 58

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 44, 51, 41, 20, 11, 17, 14, 14, 58PHX vs NOP · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +31.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Apr 8, 2017: 59 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Season high58 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 3 games: 8, 6, 32DAL @ CLE · L
15.3 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 17, 22, 17, 24, 16, 18, 18, 32MEM @ OKC · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 22, 45, 22, 6, 31, 12, 23, 7, 32POR @ HOU · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 11, 8, 16, 14, 13, 25, 19, 31LAC vs WAS · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 30, 25, 29, 35, 35, 26, 31, 30NOP @ PHX · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.8 21.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jordan PooleGSW+4.8 23.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Killian HayesDET+4.4 13.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Shake MiltonPHI+4.3 15.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Zion WilliamsonNOP+4.2 29.7 last 10 · 25.5 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.9 17.7 last 10 · 22.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Max StrusMIA−3.6 9.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Brook LopezMIL−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jaden IveyDET−3.3 11.5 last 10 · 14.8 season