FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 14, 2023Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed DAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 119–101.

Final
CLE107
BOS116
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +9
Final
CHI124
MIA116
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MIN119
DAL101
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +18
Final
BKN101
DEN124
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +23
Final
UTA122
POR114
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +8
Final
OKC123
SAC128
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +5
Final
GSW113
LAC121
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +8
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 14, 2022: 10 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs WAS), 43 points.
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Minnesota beats Dallas, 119–101

Minnesota led 87–82 after three and won by 18. Naz Reid led Minnesota with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Luka Doncic scored 39 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1+5+18MIN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN26332832119
DAL30302219101
Who led
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 12, 15, 6, 23, 15, 10, 17, 27MIN27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 18, 13, 32, 28, 14, 24, 17, 21MIN21 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 30, 41, 36, 40, 32, 35, 33, 39DAL39 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Dereck Lively IIPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 8, 4, 20, 10, 10, 16, 8, 15DAL15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Denver by 23.

SAC over OKC5CHI over MIA8UTA over POR8LAC over GSW8BOS over CLE9MIN over DAL18DEN over BKN23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
7.3Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 20 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 43

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 28, 40, 31, 32, 33, 17, 33, 38, 30, 43OKC @ SAC · L
31.0 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Dec 9, 2013: 43 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Ties season high43 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 29, 40, 26, 30, 34, 29, 14, 41SAC vs OKC · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Deron Williams UTA, Dec 8, 2007: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
41 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 30, 41, 36, 40, 32, 35, 33, 39DAL vs MIN · L
32.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 40, 23, 20, 35, 27, 22, 29, 31CLE @ BOS · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 15, 20, 22, 17, 11, 22, 7, 30GSW @ LAC · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 26, 18, 21, 20, 12, 20, 15, 28LAC vs GSW · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 15 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+6.8 23.9 last 10 · 17.1 season
Patrick WilliamsCHI+4.3 13.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Trae YoungATL+4.2 31.4 last 10 · 27.2 season
Reggie JacksonDEN+4.2 17.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Julius RandleNYK+3.9 26.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.0 19.6 last 10 · 23.6 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−3.2 13.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−2.8 10.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−2.8 19.8 last 10 · 22.6 season
Zach CollinsSAS−2.8 10.2 last 10 · 13.0 season