FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 27, 2023Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DAL by 15 at halftime and won 113–110.

Final
PHI112
ORL92
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +20
Final
TOR132
WAS102
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +30
Final
MIL144
BKN122
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +22
Final
PHX129
HOU113
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +16
Final
NYK120
OKC129
Q1 OKC +13; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +9
Final
CLE113
DAL110
Q1 CLE -12; Q2 CLE -15; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +3
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 27, 2022: 10 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs NYK), 60 points.
The lead · CLE @ DAL

Cleveland erases 15-point lead, steals one from Dallas

Dallas led 69–54 at halftime. Cleveland won the second half 59–41 to take it 113–110. Caris LeVert led Cleveland with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists. Luka Doncic scored 39 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-12-15-8+3CLE AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE27272831113
DAL39302120110
Who led
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 5, 11, 26, 14, 12, 23, 9, 29CLE29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jarrett AllenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 14, 8, 25, 10, 17, 14, 19, 24CLE24 PTS · 23 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 33, 39, 40, 38, 28, 39, 50, 39DAL39 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 7, 6, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 19DAL19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Toronto posts the night's biggest win

Toronto beat Washington by 30, the widest margin of 6 games.

CLE over DAL3OKC over NYK9PHX over HOU16PHI over ORL20MIL over BKN22TOR over WAS30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, today vs 2022–23 avg
Points per game
4.92022–23 avg12Today

12 points today in 21 minutes, against 4.9 a game in 2022–23 (38 games).

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic 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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 33, 39, 40, 38, 28, 39, 50, 39DAL vs CLE · L
33.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 38, 30, 43, 25, 30, 31, 34, 34, 36OKC vs NYK · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 15, 5, 24, 10, 13, 28, 21, 36OKC vs NYK · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 64, 22, 26, 11, 37, 28, 32, 32MIL @ BKN · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 5, 11, 26, 14, 12, 23, 9, 29CLE @ DAL · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 31, 27, 29, 28, 40, 28, 16, 27PHX @ HOU · W
30.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Terrell Brandon MIN, Feb 23, 2001: 27 PTS · 10 REB · 16 AST
27 PTS · 10 REB · 16 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
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.3 28.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Anthony DavisLAL+4.3 29.2 last 10 · 24.9 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.2 39.2 last 10 · 35.0 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
Mikal BridgesBKN−4.3 16.8 last 10 · 21.1 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−4.3 6.3 last 10 · 10.6 season