FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 29, 2023Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed ATL by 18 at halftime and won 117–110.

Final
NYK108
ORL117
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +9
Final
BKN104
WAS110
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +6
Final
SAC117
ATL110
Q1 SAC -13; Q2 SAC -18; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +7
Final
TOR118
BOS120
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +2
Final
MIL119
CLE111
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +8
Final
PHI131
HOU127
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI +4
Final
OKC119
DEN93
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +26
Final
CHA119
PHX133
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +14
Final
SAS128
POR134
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +6
Final
MEM106
LAC117
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +11
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 29, 2022: 6 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NYK @ SAS), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ ATL

De'Aaron Fox hits eight threes, Sacramento tops Atlanta

31 points for De'Aaron Fox. Final: 117–110.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-13-18-5+7SAC AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC23303331117
ATL36352019110
Who led
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 14, 41, 30, 29, 23, 27, 43, 31SAC31 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 20, 28, 13, 28, 17, 34, 25SAC25 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 38, 35, 31, 30, 30, 30, 21, 24ATL24 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 17, 21, 20, 21, 24, 26, 17, 18ATL18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHI @ HOU

Houston's skid reaches three

Philadelphia won 131–127; the Rockets fall to 15–15. Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 42 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
Wvs MEM117–104W@ MEM103–96L@ MIL119–128L@ CLE130–135Lvs ATL127–134Wvs DAL122–96W@ NOP106–104Lvs IND117–123Lvs PHX113–129Lvs PHI127–131HOU: last 10 games through Dec 29, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.9Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Terry Rozier leads the day with 42

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.
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 28, 30, 6, 22, 25, 18, 18, 42CHA @ PHX · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ricky Davis CLE, Dec 13, 2002: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Season high42 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 19, 21, 29, 35, 33, 12, 23, 42PHI @ HOU · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 16, 2001: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 43, 25, 30, 31, 34, 34, 36, 40OKC @ DEN · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Apr 5, 1998: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 23, 22, 27, 26, 26, 24, 25, 38NYK @ ORL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 34, 28, 27, 26, 24, 20, 20, 35PHX vs CHA · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 64, 22, 26, 11, 37, 28, 32, 32, 34MIL @ CLE · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 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
Collin SextonUTA+7.3 22.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Coby WhiteCHI+4.7 22.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.3 28.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.3 27.7 last 10 · 23.4 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.2 39.2 last 10 · 35.0 season
Cold
Nikola JokicDEN−4.8 21.3 last 10 · 26.1 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mikal BridgesBKN−4.6 16.5 last 10 · 21.1 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−4.3 10.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Herbert JonesNOP−3.8 6.6 last 10 · 10.4 season