FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 19, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed DAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 116–106.

Final
UTA99
CLE122
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +23
Final · OT
TOR101
PHI104
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final
ORL125
ATL126
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +1
Final
SAS124
HOU105
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +19
Final
DAL106
MIN116
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +20; Q4 MIN +10
Final
MIL128
NOP119
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +9
Final
POR121
OKC123
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +2
Final
LAL104
PHX130
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +24; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +26
Final
CHA125
SAC119
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +6
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 19, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (CHI vs LAL), 38 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIN

Minnesota climbs out of a 9-point hole against Dallas

Down 9 after one, the Timberwolves won the third quarter 37–30 and the game 116–106. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+13+20+10MIN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL30143032106
MIN21363722116
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 26, 14, 26, 17, 19, 19, 37, 27MIN27 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 6, 12, 15, 10, 9, 28, 10, 27MIN27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 21, 13, 15, 27, 20, 10, 13, 20DAL20 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 41, 35, 30, 33, 22, 33, 38, 30, 33, 19DAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 26.

ATL over ORL1OKC over POR2PHI over TOR3CHA over SAC6MIL over NOP9MIN over DAL10SAS over HOU19CLE over UTA23PHX over LAL26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
22.82021–22 avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 2021–22 (48 games). Today: 10 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 42

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 37, 40, 34, 35, 28, 16, 30, 19, 42MIL @ NOP · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Finley DAL, Nov 27, 2002: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
42 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 29, 25, 36, 19, 19, 17, 27, 38TOR @ PHI · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 13, 14, 12, 8, 15, 6, 12, 37NOP vs MIL · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 30, 23, 19, 33, 19, 19, 31, 37ATL vs ORL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 19, 14, 16, 15, 13, 27, 24, 37SAC vs CHA · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 33, 35, 26, 23, 42, 27, 35, 35OKC vs POR · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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+4.8 21.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Nikola JokicDEN+4.4 29.6 last 10 · 25.2 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL+4.2 17.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Zion WilliamsonNOP+4.0 29.2 last 10 · 25.2 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Max StrusMIA−3.6 9.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−3.6 19.6 last 10 · 23.2 season
Darius GarlandCLE−3.5 17.2 last 10 · 20.7 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−2.9 11.5 last 10 · 14.4 season