FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 18, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed DET by 17 at halftime and won 124–121.

Final
ORL95
BOS92
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +3
Final
NYK109
IND106
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +3
Final
BKN124
DET121
Q1 BKN -14; Q2 BKN -17; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN +3
Final
GSW126
TOR110
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +16
Final
CHI126
MIN150
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +24
Final
CHA115
DEN119
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +4
Final
WAS117
LAL119
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +2
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 18, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS @ UTA), 37 points.
The lead · BKN @ DET

Kevin Durant scores 43 as Brooklyn wins in Detroit

Final: 124–121. Kevin Durant made 14 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-14-17+2+3BKN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN21334426124
DET35362525121
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 39, 17, 31, 29, 34, 30, 28, 43BKN43 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 27, 27, 18, 33, 33, 24, 32, 38BKN38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 18, 31, 5, 19, 38, 24, 22, 26DET26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jaden IveyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 10, 10, 12, 10, 16, 13, 5, 19DET19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Five of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Chicago by 24.

LAL over WAS2ORL over BOS3NYK over IND3BKN over DET3DEN over CHA4GSW over TOR16MIN over CHI24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 2 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
29.62021–22 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.6 in 2021–22 (61 games). Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 39, 17, 31, 29, 34, 30, 28, 43BKN @ DET · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Dec 18, 1996: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
43 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 21, 23, 36, 20, 18, 20, 29, 43GSW @ TOR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gilbert Arenas WAS, Nov 12, 2005: 43 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Career high43 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 24, 32, 19, 33, 31, 43, 25, 40DEN vs CHA · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: DeMarcus Cousins NOP, Jan 22, 2018: 44 PTS · 23 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 27 REB · 10 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 27, 27, 18, 33, 33, 24, 32, 38BKN @ DET · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 26, 26, 14, 26, 17, 19, 19, 37MIN vs CHI · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 28, 29, 21, 23, 35, 33, 30, 33LAL vs WAS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 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
Jordan PooleGSW+5.9 24.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+5.7 22.7 last 10 · 17.0 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.4 29.6 last 10 · 25.2 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
Darius GarlandCLE−3.2 17.6 last 10 · 20.8 season