FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 17, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed WAS by 12 at halftime and won 112–108.

Final
ORL97
BOS114
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +17
Final
NOP146
SAS110
Q1 NOP +13; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +27; Q4 NOP +36
Final
HOU119
MIL128
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +9
Final
WAS108
PHX112
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -8; Q4 PHX +4
Final
GSW118
POR114
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +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 17, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX vs NOP), 58 points.
The lead · WAS @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 12 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 12 at the half, Phoenix outscored the Wizards 66–50 the rest of the way. Final: 112–108. Kevin Durant led Phoenix with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-12-8+4PHX AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS29293119108
PHX21253531112
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 32, 30, 30, 27, 31, 27, 29, 28PHX28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 40, 28, 8, 34, 21, 28, 32, 34, 28, 27PHX27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Daniel GaffordPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 10, 4, 18, 18, 3, 13, 9, 26WAS26 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Tyus JonesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 7, 13, 20, 14, 9, 6, 13, 22WAS22 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Second story · ORL @ BOS

Boston makes it five straight

Boston beat Orlando 114–97 and moved to 20–5. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · BOS
L@ ORL96–113Wvs ATL113–103Wvs CHI124–97Wvs PHI125–119L@ IND112–122Wvs NYK133–123Wvs CLE120–113Wvs CLE116–107Wvs ORL128–111Wvs ORL114–97BOS: last 10 games through Dec 17, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.4Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 18, 25, 28, 24, 14, 21, 33, 39MIL vs HOU · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 6, 28, 19, 42, 24, 20, 14, 36ORL @ BOS · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 30, 20, 30, 17, 25, 22, 18, 31BOS vs ORL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 26, 30, 22, 34, 13, 9, 27, 30POR vs GSW · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 20, 19, 17, 9, 23, 22, 19, 29NOP @ SAS · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 32, 30, 30, 27, 31, 27, 29, 28PHX vs WAS · W
30.6 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+7.4 24.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.4 29.4 last 10 · 24.0 season
Patrick WilliamsCHI+5.0 14.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Julius RandleNYK+5.0 27.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+3.9 17.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Tobias HarrisPHI−4.0 12.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−3.8 18.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Zach CollinsSAS−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Dyson DanielsNOP−3.2 3.2 last 10 · 6.4 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−2.9 8.0 last 10 · 10.9 season