FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 13, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NYK by 9 after the first quarter and won 117–113.

Final
PHI129
DET111
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +24; Q4 PHI +18
Final
NOP142
WAS122
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +11; Q3 NOP +17; Q4 NOP +20
Final
CHA104
MIA115
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +11
Final
ATL128
TOR135
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +7
Final
MEM104
HOU117
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +13
Final
IND126
MIL140
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +14
Final
LAL122
SAS119
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +3
Final
BKN116
PHX112
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +4
Final
NYK113
UTA117
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +4
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 · 2022–23Dec 13, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Jayson Tatum (BOS @ LAL), 44 points.
The lead · NYK @ UTA

Utah fights back from 9 down against New York

Final: 117–113, after trailing by 9 after one. Collin Sexton led Utah with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+2+5+4UTA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK31193429113
UTA22303728117
Who led
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 1, 16, 11, 9, 14, 25, 7, 13, 20, 26UTA26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 24, 26, 21, 21, 38, 10, 24, 23UTA23 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 28, 25, 29, 20, 41, 20, 34, 32NYK32 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 35, 12, 42, 22, 24, 23, 21, 23NYK23 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 22 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pelicans rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Orleans beat Washington by 20.

LAL over SAS3BKN over PHX4UTA over NYK4TOR over ATL7MIA over CHA11HOU over MEM13MIL over IND14PHI over DET18NOP over WAS20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 64

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: 21, 31, 33, 33, 26, 32, 35, 37, 32, 64MIL vs IND · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +33.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 23, 2019: 61 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Career high64 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 23, 13, 18, 20, 4, 37, 24, 21, 41, 44MEM @ HOU · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gordon Hayward CHA, Jan 6, 2021: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Career high44 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 32, 32, 35, 30, 50, 38, 34, 41PHI @ DET · W
33.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter NJN, Feb 5, 2005: 41 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 25, 15, 14, 23, 30, 9, 20, 40NOP @ WAS · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jalen Rose IND, May 6, 2000: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 28, 31, 27, 27, 16, 41, 37, 37LAL @ SAS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 38, 43, 26, 33, 13, 45, 32, 30, 19, 35ATL @ TOR · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 17 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
Coby WhiteCHI+6.9 23.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Patrick WilliamsCHI+4.4 13.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Trae YoungATL+4.2 31.4 last 10 · 27.2 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+4.2 16.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Julius RandleNYK+3.9 26.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Tobias HarrisPHI−3.2 13.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Luguentz DortOKC−3.1 7.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Domantas SabonisSAC−2.9 15.6 last 10 · 18.5 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−2.8 10.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−2.8 19.8 last 10 · 22.6 season