FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 30, 2023Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAL by 2 after the first quarter and won 108–106.

Final
MIA109
UTA117
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +8
Final
TOR127
DET129
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +2
Final
NYK126
IND140
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +14
Final
PHI92
CHI105
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +13
Final
LAL106
MIN108
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +2
Final
DAL132
GSW122
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +10
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 30, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL @ ATL), 47 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIN

Anthony Edwards scores 31, Minnesota holds off Lakers

Final: 108–106. Anthony Edwards added 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-2+4+5+2MIN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL31262029106
MIN29322126108
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 37, 32, 27, 27, 34, 25, 44, 31MIN31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Naz ReidPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 17, 13, 10, 9, 6, 6, 9, 21MIN21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 41, 37, 37, 32, 19, 31, 26, 40, 26, 33LAL33 PTS · 17 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 33, 23, 25, 25, 40, 16, 17, 26LAL26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · MIA @ UTA

Utah gets past Miami

117–109, with Utah ahead 54–53 at halftime. Collin Sexton led Utah with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over TOR2MIN over LAL2UTA over MIA8DAL over GSW10CHI over PHI13IND over NYK14Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 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: 35, 33, 39, 40, 38, 28, 39, 50, 39, 39DAL @ GSW · W
33.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Donte DiVincenzoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 18, 8, 23, 11, 3, 17, 2, 38NYK @ IND · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +28.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 15, 27, 18, 31, 19, 22, 27, 35TOR @ DET · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 41, 37, 37, 32, 19, 31, 26, 40, 26, 33LAL @ MIN · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 17 REB · 8 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 37, 32, 27, 27, 34, 25, 44, 31MIN vs LAL · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 4, 25, 43, 28, 22, 41, 31, 30DET vs TOR · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 12 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 23.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Anthony DavisLAL+4.5 29.7 last 10 · 25.2 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.3 28.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.2 39.2 last 10 · 35.0 season
Luka DoncicDAL+4.1 38.0 last 10 · 33.9 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 10.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−4.2 20.4 last 10 · 24.6 season