FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 20, 2022Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MIA by 5 at halftime and won 113–103.

Final
UTA126
DET111
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +15
Final
CHI113
MIA103
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +10
Final
GSW94
NYK132
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +38
Final
WAS113
PHX110
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MEM91
DEN105
Q1 DEN +21; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +14
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 20, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ BOS), 41 points.
The lead · CHI @ MIA

Chicago beats Miami, 113–103

Chicago led 88–77 after three and won by 10. Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-5+11+10CHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI31213625113
MIA21362026103
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 12, 25, 20, 13, 19, 9, 23, 29CHI29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 18, 27, 28, 34, 32, 14, 29, 24CHI24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 15, 21, 31, 12, 22, 15, 22, 27MIA27 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 34, 19, 23, 8, 35, 41, 21, 19MIA19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · WAS @ PHX

Washington wins a tight one over Phoenix

113–110. Neither team led by more than 5 at any break. Kyle Kuzma led Washington with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over PHX3CHI over MIA10DEN over MEM14UTA over DET15NYK over GSW38Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over PHX.
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
19.0Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 31 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Lauri Markkanen leads the day with 38

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.
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 23, 24, 21, 19, 31, 18, 24, 38UTA @ DET · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 24, 28, 33, 26, 15, 25, 6, 35MEM @ DEN · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Landry ShametPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 6, 0, 5, 13, 6, 4, 13, 31PHX vs WAS · L
8.2 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 8, 25, 20, 8, 25, 28, 5, 21, 30PHX vs WAS · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Jaden IveyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 10, 12, 10, 16, 13, 5, 19, 30DET vs UTA · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 12, 25, 20, 13, 19, 9, 23, 29CHI @ MIA · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 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+7.4 26.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.8 21.6 last 10 · 16.8 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
Kristaps PorzingisWAS+3.9 26.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Max StrusMIA−5.2 7.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 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