FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 25, 2023Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by DEN (vs GSW) and DAL (vs PHX).

Final
MIL122
NYK129
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +7
Final
GSW114
DEN120
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +6
Final
BOS126
LAL115
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +11
Final
PHI113
MIA119
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +6
Final
DAL128
PHX114
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +14
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 25, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs PHX), 41 points.
The lead · GSW @ DEN

Denver makes it five straight

Denver beat Golden State 120–114 and moved to 22–10. Jamal Murray led Denver with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+3-1+3+6DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW26283525114
DEN29243928120
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 29, 16, 15, 22, 20, 32, 20, 28DEN28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 4, 26, 24, 8, 31, 31, 18, 26DEN26 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 9, 12, 3, 9, 14, 25, 6, 22GSW22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 24, 17, 37, 7, 33, 30, 27, 18GSW18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DAL @ PHX

Dallas handles Phoenix by 14

The Mavericks won the fourth quarter 37–22. Final: 128–114. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 50 points, 6 rebounds and 15 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over GSW6MIA over PHI6NYK over MIL7BOS over LAL11DAL over PHX14Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.9Season avg39.0Last 5

39.0 points a game over his last five games, against 32.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic 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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 35, 33, 39, 40, 38, 28, 39, 50DAL @ PHX · W
33.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Jan 26, 2020: 50 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Season high50 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 41, 37, 37, 32, 19, 31, 26, 40LAL vs BOS · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Hakeem Olajuwon HOU, Feb 19, 1996: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 21, 23, 50, 22, 29, 16, 36, 38NYK vs MIL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 32, 64, 22, 26, 11, 37, 28, 32MIL @ NYK · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 14, 21, 33, 39, 40, 24, 19, 32MIL @ NYK · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Grayson AllenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 13, 9, 21, 13, 11, 11, 11, 32PHX vs DAL · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 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+5.5 23.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Collin SextonUTA+5.2 20.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM+5.1 26.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Keegan MurraySAC+4.7 20.9 last 10 · 16.2 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.6 27.5 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
D'Angelo RussellLAL−5.0 10.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
Nikola JokicDEN−4.8 21.6 last 10 · 26.4 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−3.8 7.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Dennis SchroderTOR−3.6 10.6 last 10 · 14.2 season