FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 15, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MEM by 15 after the first quarter and won 103–96.

Final
NOP112
CHA107
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP +11; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +5
Final
DET92
PHI124
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +32; Q4 PHI +32
Final
IND123
WAS137
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +14
Final
ORL111
BOS128
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +17
Final
LAL115
SAS129
Q1 SAS +20; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +14
Final
ATL125
TOR104
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +21
Final
HOU103
MEM96
Q1 HOU -15; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +7
Final
NYK139
PHX122
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +17
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 15, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Tyler Herro (MIA @ HOU), 41 points.
The lead · HOU @ MEM

Houston storms back from 15 down to beat Memphis

The Rockets trailed by 15 after one and won 103–96. Dillon Brooks led Houston with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-10+1+7HOU AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU14313028103
MEM2926192296
Who led
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 16, 11, 10, 23, 16, 2, 11, 26HOU26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 17, 10, 22, 11, 26, 16, 11, 16HOU16 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 13, 17, 30, 27, 49, 16, 28, 28MEM28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 18, 20, 4, 37, 24, 21, 41, 44, 22MEM22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.8Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · IND @ WAS

Washington upsets Indiana

Washington (3–20) beat Indiana (13–9) 137–123. Kyle Kuzma led Washington with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over CHA5HOU over MEM7WAS over IND14SAS over LAL14BOS over ORL17NYK over PHX17ATL over TOR21PHI over DET32Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over IND.
Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 50

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 12, 42, 22, 24, 23, 21, 23, 50NYK @ PHX · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant GSW, Nov 26, 2018: 49 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Career high50 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 43, 26, 33, 13, 45, 32, 30, 19, 35, 38ATL @ TOR · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 19, 25, 14, 22, 11, 14, 13, 36SAS vs LAL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 32, 35, 30, 50, 38, 34, 41, 35PHI vs DET · W
33.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 32, 23, 27, 16, 17, 21, 27, 31WAS vs IND · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 10, 19, 14, 23, 8, 11, 11, 30WAS vs IND · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 4 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
Coby WhiteCHI+6.8 23.9 last 10 · 17.1 season
Patrick WilliamsCHI+4.3 13.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Reggie JacksonDEN+4.2 17.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.1 26.5 last 10 · 22.4 season
Brook LopezMIL+3.8 17.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Tobias HarrisPHI−4.1 12.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.0 19.6 last 10 · 23.6 season
Dyson DanielsNOP−3.1 3.3 last 10 · 6.4 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−2.9 8.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−2.8 10.5 last 10 · 13.3 season