FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 21, 2022Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by OKC (vs POR) and ORL (vs HOU).

Final
MIL106
CLE114
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +8
Final
DET93
PHI113
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +20
Final
CHI110
ATL108
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +2
Final
GSW113
BKN143
Q1 BKN +29; Q2 BKN +40; Q3 BKN +30; Q4 BKN +30
Final
IND117
BOS112
Q1 IND +20; Q2 IND +28; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +5
Final
TOR113
NYK106
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +7
Final
ORL116
HOU110
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +6
Final
DAL104
MIN99
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +5
Final
POR98
OKC101
Q1 OKC -10; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +3
Final
LAL120
SAC134
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +14
Final
CHA105
LAC126
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +31; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +21
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 21, 2021: 5 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ NOP), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ OKC

OKC climbs back to beat Portland

Portland led by 10 after one. OKC won it 101–98. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-50+3OKC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR3222242098
OKC22272923101
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 35, 26, 23, 42, 27, 35, 35, 27OKC27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 7, 11, 17, 14, 13, 1, 13, 15OKC15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 28, 18, 17, 24, 18, 7, 26, 17POR17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 40, 36, 38, 37, 24, 25, 28, 16POR16 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Brooklyn posts the night's biggest win

Brooklyn beat Golden State by 30, the widest margin of 11 games.

CHI over ATL2OKC over POR3IND over BOS5DAL over MIN5ORL over HOU6TOR over NYK7CLE over MIL8SAC over LAL14PHI over DET20LAC over CHA21BKN over GSW30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Pascal Siakam leads the day with 52

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.
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 25, 36, 19, 19, 17, 27, 38, 52TOR @ NYK · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +27.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 18, 2003: 52 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Career high52 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 34, 35, 28, 16, 30, 19, 42, 45MIL @ CLE · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Jan 23, 2009: 46 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Season high45 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 49, 14, 29, 31, 25, 18, 20, 44, 31, 41BOS vs IND · L
30.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 28, 2010: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 23, 43, 28, 34, 41, 25, 23, 36CLE vs MIL · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 23, 19, 33, 19, 19, 31, 37, 34ATL vs CHI · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 26, 23, 35, 1, 29, 17, 15, 33IND @ BOS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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+5.8 24.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN+4.4 20.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
Nicolas BatumLAC+4.1 10.4 last 10 · 6.3 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
Kevin LoveCLE−3.5 5.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−3.3 11.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−3.3 19.8 last 10 · 23.1 season