FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 31, 2023Regular season · 6 games
← Dec 30CalendarJan 1 →

6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed BKN by 3 after the first quarter and won 124–108.

Final
ATL130
WAS126
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +4
Final
LAL109
NOP129
Q1 NOP +9; Q2 NOP +17; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +20
Final
BKN108
OKC124
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +16
Final
BOS134
SAS101
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +29; Q4 BOS +33
Final
SAC123
MEM92
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +22; Q4 SAC +31
Final
ORL107
PHX112
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +5
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 31, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL @ SAS), 51 points.
The lead · BKN @ OKC

OKC keeps rolling, beats Brooklyn

That is four in a row. Final: 124–108. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+3+10+16OKC AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN36202329108
OKC33263035124
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 30, 43, 25, 30, 31, 34, 34, 36, 40, 24OKC24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Josh GiddeyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 18, 4, 16, 11, 10, 7, 12, 20OKC20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 13, 15, 14, 29, 21, 6, 19, 22BKN22 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 41, 32, 20, 23, 20, 17, 8, 15, 20BKN20 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ATL @ WAS

Atlanta beats Washington, 130–126

Atlanta led 100–87 after three and won by 4. Trae Young led Atlanta with 40 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over WAS4PHX over ORL5OKC over BKN16NOP over LAL20SAC over MEM31BOS over SAS33Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 31 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 40

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 35, 31, 30, 30, 30, 21, 24, 40ATL @ WAS · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: John Wall WAS, May 2, 2017: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 17, 27, 32, 7, 17, 14, 26, 38WAS vs ATL · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 23, 25, 25, 40, 16, 17, 26, 34LAL @ NOP · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 21, 20, 21, 24, 26, 17, 18, 32ATL @ WAS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 29, 28, 40, 28, 16, 27, 21, 31PHX vs ORL · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 36, 10, 23, 34, 24, 19, 29, 28ORL @ PHX · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 7 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+5.1 30.1 last 10 · 25.0 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
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN−4.8 21.3 last 10 · 26.1 season
Mikal BridgesBKN−4.5 16.6 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