FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 29, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CLE by 5 after the first quarter and won 135–126.

Final
OKC113
CHA121
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +8
Final
CLE126
IND135
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +9
Final
LAC110
BOS116
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +6
Final
MEM119
TOR106
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +13
Final
NYK115
SAS122
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +7
Final
HOU114
DAL129
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +15
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 29, 2021: 8 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM vs LAL), 41 points.
The lead · CLE @ IND

Cleveland's skid reaches three

Indiana won 135–126; the Cavaliers fall to 22–14. Tyrese Haliburton led Indiana with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-4+3+9IND AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE34342830126
IND29353536135
Who led
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 1, 29, 17, 15, 33, 43, 12, 23, 29IND29 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 17, 14, 23, 8, 21, 12, 28, 25IND25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 43, 28, 34, 41, 25, 23, 36, 12, 15, 28CLE28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 14, 7, 8, 20, 19, 11, 10, 19CLE19 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Second story · OKC @ CHA

Charlotte beats OKC, 121–113

Charlotte led 85–84 after three and won by 8. LaMelo Ball led Charlotte with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over LAC6SAS over NYK7CHA over OKC8IND over CLE9MEM over TOR13DAL over HOU15Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 24.6 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 36 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 41

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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 19, 25, 15, 30, 29, 35, 29, 41NYK @ SAS · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, May 20, 2000: 41 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Season high41 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Immanuel QuickleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 3, 5, 22, 20, 15, 11, 13, 36NYK @ SAS · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 38, 30, 33, 19, 25, 50, 32, 60, 35DAL vs HOU · W
33.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Jan 28, 2011: 35 PTS · 13 REB · 13 AST
35 PTS · 12 REB · 13 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 21, 21, 25, 22, 17, 21, 19, 30SAS vs NYK · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 20, 44, 31, 41, 30, 41, 38, 29BOS vs LAC · W
31.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 1, 29, 17, 15, 33, 43, 12, 23, 29IND vs CLE · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 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
Nikola JokicDEN+5.8 31.5 last 10 · 25.7 season
Jordan PooleGSW+5.4 25.1 last 10 · 19.8 season
CJ McCollumNOP+4.9 24.3 last 10 · 19.4 season
Norman PowellLAC+4.6 20.1 last 10 · 15.5 season
Zion WilliamsonNOP+4.4 30.2 last 10 · 25.8 season
Cold
Anfernee SimonsPOR−5.0 17.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Max StrusMIA−3.8 9.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Myles TurnerIND−3.0 13.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−2.9 11.8 last 10 · 14.7 season