FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 26, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed CHA by 6 at halftime and won 124–113.

Final
BKN125
CLE117
Q1 BKN +12; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN +8
Final · OT
LAC142
DET131
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +11
Final
MIN110
MIA113
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +3
Final
HOU133
CHI118
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +15
Final
IND93
NOP113
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +19; Q3 NOP +28; Q4 NOP +20
Final
UTA122
SAS126
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +4
Final
CHA113
POR124
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +11
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 26, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ WAS), 36 points.
The lead · CHA @ POR

Jerami Grant posts 32 and 10 as Portland beats Charlotte

32 points and 10 rebounds in a 124–113 win.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-6+6+11POR AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA34332818113
POR30314023124
Who led
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 17, 24, 18, 7, 26, 17, 20, 32POR32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 8, 14, 15, 16, 14, 12, 11, 28POR28 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 26, 23, 27, 31, 23, 25, 23, 27CHA27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 10, 4, 13, 10, 3, 11, 24, 22CHA22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAC @ DET

Clippers outlast Detroit in overtime

128–128 at the end of regulation. Clippers took the last extra period 14–3. Final: 142–131. Paul George led Clippers with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs DET
Paul George · LACBojan Bogdanovic · DETPTS3223REB43AST113Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Darius Garland leads the day with 46

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.
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 18, 12, 20, 18, 17, 23, 17, 46CLE vs BKN · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 11, 2006: 46 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
46 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kevin Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 24, 12, 18, 18, 21, 13, 15, 31, 14, 36HOU @ CHI · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 17, 24, 18, 7, 26, 17, 20, 32POR vs CHA · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 11, 29, 36, 26, 17, 22, 22, 32LAC @ DET · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 29, 34, 30, 28, 43, 23, 24, 32BKN @ CLE · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 21, 19, 31, 18, 24, 38, 21, 32UTA @ SAS · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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+6.6 26.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN+5.2 30.6 last 10 · 25.4 season
Norman PowellLAC+4.9 20.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.7 27.8 last 10 · 23.1 season
RJ BarrettNYK+4.7 25.0 last 10 · 20.3 season
Cold
Anfernee SimonsPOR−5.0 17.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Max StrusMIA−3.6 9.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Troy Brown Jr.LAL−3.2 2.8 last 10 · 6.0 season
Nah'Shon HylandDEN−2.9 10.1 last 10 · 13.0 season