FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 12, 2024Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 4 after the first quarter and won 114–104.

Final
DET99
BOS123
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +24
Final
TOR104
MIA114
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +10
Final
SAC111
NOP109
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +2
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 · 2023–24Dec 12, 2023: 5 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL @ DAL), 37 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

Miami makes it four straight

Miami beat Toronto 114–104 and moved to 13–10. Tyler Herro led Miami with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+7+13+10MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR27242528104
MIA23353125114
Who led
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 27, 23, 31, 19, 31, 17, 34, 23MIA23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 8, 14, 13, 15, 14, 25, 16, 21MIA21 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Gradey DickPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 9, 15, 9, 18, 15, 27, 7, 22TOR22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jakob PoeltlPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 2, 24, 17, 17, 20, 10, 16TOR16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAC @ NOP

Sacramento holds off New Orleans, 111–109

Sacramento led 91–83 after three and held on to win by two. Domantas Sabonis led Sacramento with 32 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over NOP2MIA over TOR10BOS over DET24Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over NOP.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
22.62023–24 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 2023–24 (78 games). Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.4Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 37 minutes.

Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 36

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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 19, 30, 13, 29, 25, 11, 19, 36NOP vs SAC · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 27, 21, 25, 27, 17, 22, 19, 32SAC @ NOP · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 18, 30, 28, 16, 26, 23, 18, 29SAC @ NOP · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 20, 29, 24, 25, 19, 0, 22, 27BOS vs DET · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Ronald Holland IIPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 4, 14, 6, 2, 2, 7, 4, 26DET @ BOS · L
6.3 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 27, 23, 31, 19, 31, 17, 34, 23MIA vs TOR · W
24.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Brandon MillerCHA+5.3 27.4 last 10 · 22.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Naji MarshallDAL+4.8 16.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.4 12.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Yves MissiNOP+3.9 13.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.4 21.7 last 10 · 26.1 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.2 23.3 last 10 · 27.5 season
Jerami GrantPOR−3.6 11.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Naz ReidMIN−3.5 9.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Luguentz DortOKC−3.3 6.6 last 10 · 9.9 season