FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 21, 2023Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed ORL by 3 after the first quarter and won 118–114.

Final
UTA119
DET111
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +8
Final
NOP123
CLE104
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +14; Q3 NOP +18; Q4 NOP +19
Final
SAS95
CHI114
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +19
Final
IND103
MEM116
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +13
Final
ORL114
MIL118
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +4
Final
LAC115
OKC134
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +19
Final
LAL111
MIN118
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +7
Final
WAS118
POR117
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +1
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 21, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Pascal Siakam (TOR @ NYK), 52 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo posts 37 and 10 as Milwaukee beats Orlando

37 points and 10 rebounds in a 118–114 win.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-3+3+9+4MIL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL31252632114
MIL28313227118
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 35, 37, 32, 64, 22, 26, 11, 37MIL37 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 28, 24, 14, 21, 33, 39, 40, 24MIL24 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 20, 14, 27, 19, 17, 8, 15, 29ORL29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 6, 28, 19, 42, 24, 20, 14, 36, 10, 23ORL23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New Orleans by 19.

WAS over POR1MIL over ORL4MIN over LAL7UTA over DET8MEM over IND13NOP over CLE19CHI over SAS19OKC over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Anfernee Simons 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.
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 9 games: 18, 28, 30, 38, 9, 33, 24, 23, 41POR vs WAS · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan WAS, Jan 26, 2002: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Season high41 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 35, 37, 32, 64, 22, 26, 11, 37MIL vs ORL · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 16, 17, 21, 27, 31, 17, 27, 32WAS @ POR · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 27, 49, 16, 28, 28, 17, 21, 31MEM vs IND · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 27, 16, 41, 37, 37, 32, 19, 31LAL @ MIN · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 17, 33, 38, 30, 43, 25, 30, 31OKC vs LAC · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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 24.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Collin SextonUTA+6.1 21.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.7 27.4 last 10 · 22.7 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.5 39.6 last 10 · 35.1 season
Patrick WilliamsCHI+4.4 14.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Jordan HawkinsNOP−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Nikola JokicDEN−4.5 22.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−4.4 11.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dennis SchroderTOR−3.6 11.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−3.2 7.8 last 10 · 11.0 season