FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 15, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NOP104
IND119
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +15
Final
NYK100
ORL91
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +9
Final
BOS112
WAS98
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +14
Final
MIN106
SAS92
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +14
Final
POR109
PHX116
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +7
Final
DAL143
GSW133
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +10
Final
MEM110
LAL116
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +6
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 15, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK @ PHX), 50 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAL

Anthony Davis scores 40 as Lakers beat Memphis

Lakers won 116–110. Anthony Davis: 40 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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+10+18+9+6LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM20263133110
LAL30342230116
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 15, 33, 12, 8, 38, 30, 23, 40LAL40 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 17, 9, 19, 15, 13, 11, 18, 19LAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 21, 12, 23, 25, 16, 15, 27, 21, 20, 25MEM25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 22, 27, 19, 31, 8, 32, 28, 20MEM20 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · POR @ PHX

Phoenix never trails at a break against Portland

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 116–109. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over MEM6PHX over POR7NYK over ORL9DAL over GSW10BOS over WAS14MIN over SAS14IND over NOP15Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 24 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 45

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: 31, 37, 16, 26, 36, 37, 21, 30, 16, 45DAL @ GSW · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Feb 23, 2003: 46 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Season high45 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 15, 33, 12, 8, 38, 30, 23, 40LAL vs MEM · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Patrick Ewing NYK, Jan 19, 1996: 41 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Moritz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 3, 12, 20, 10, 12, 10, 13, 32ORL vs NYK · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 31, 16, 21, 24, 31, 20, 14, 31NYK @ ORL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 19, 0, 15, 4, 11, 20, 19, 29DAL @ GSW · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 20, 18, 16, 18, 13, 23, 11, 29GSW vs DAL · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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
Naji MarshallDAL+4.8 16.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+4.7 12.5 last 10 · 7.8 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.4 13.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Victor WembanyamaSAS+4.3 27.9 last 10 · 23.6 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND+4.0 22.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
De'Aaron FoxSAC−4.4 21.7 last 10 · 26.1 season
Scotty Pippen Jr.MEM−4.1 6.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 24.3 last 10 · 27.8 season
Naz ReidMIN−3.2 9.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Buddy HieldGSW−2.9 11.4 last 10 · 14.3 season