FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 26, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed NOP by 13 after three quarters and won 116–115.

Final
BKN118
DET112
Q1 BKN -6; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +3; Q4 BKN +6
Final
ORL127
WAS119
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +8
Final
ATL113
CHI118
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +5
Final
IND123
HOU117
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +6
Final · OT
MEM116
NOP115
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM -13; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +1
Final
MIN106
OKC129
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +23
Final
UTA130
SAS118
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +12
Final
SAC113
POR130
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +17
Final
CHA104
LAC113
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +9
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 26, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Darius Garland (CLE vs BKN), 46 points.
The lead · MEM @ NOP

Ja Morant scores 31, Memphis rallies past New Orleans

Memphis trailed by 13 after three and won 116–115.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5-5-130+1MEM AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM2419243613116
NOP1929322312115
Who led
Ja MorantPoints, last 4 games: 34, 20, 30, 31MEM31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 27, 49, 16, 28, 28, 17, 21, 31, 37, 27MEM27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 9, 20, 40, 8, 26, 34, 17, 19, 24NOP24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 10, 13, 36, 21, 15, 13, 28, 23NOP23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ATL @ CHI

Chicago takes care of Atlanta

A 5-point win, 118–113. DeMar DeRozan led Chicago with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over NOP1CHI over ATL5BKN over DET6IND over HOU6ORL over WAS8LAC over CHA9UTA over SAS12POR over SAC17OKC over MIN23Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.4Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 25 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

De'Aaron Fox 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.
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 29, 14, 41, 30, 29, 23, 27, 43SAC @ POR · L
30.2 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Jan 21, 1997: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high43 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 23, 21, 4, 25, 43, 28, 22, 41DET vs BKN · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Nov 2, 1999: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 15, 18, 20, 28, 13, 28, 17, 34SAC @ POR · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 38, 30, 43, 25, 30, 31, 34, 34OKC vs MIN · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 14, 22, 19, 8, 19, 17, 29, 33IND @ HOU · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 38, 10, 24, 23, 18, 20, 26, 30, 31UTA @ SAS · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 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
Collin SextonUTA+6.3 21.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Coby WhiteCHI+5.4 23.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.6 27.5 last 10 · 22.9 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.3 28.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Anthony DavisLAL+4.3 29.2 last 10 · 24.9 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−4.3 6.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jalen GreenHOU−3.8 12.9 last 10 · 16.7 season