FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 16, 2024Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 7 after three quarters and won 130–129.

Final
PHI121
CHA108
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +13
Final · OT
MIA124
DET125
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
CLE130
BKN101
Q1 CLE +20; Q2 CLE +32; Q3 CLE +27; Q4 CLE +29
Final
CHI122
TOR121
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +1
Final
DEN130
SAC129
Q1 DEN +20; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +1
Final
UTA107
LAC144
Q1 LAC +24; Q2 LAC +34; Q3 LAC +35; Q4 LAC +37
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 16, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Keegan Murray (SAC vs UTA), 47 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAC

Denver wins a tight one over Sacramento

130–129. Neither team led by more than 20 at any break. Jamal Murray led Denver with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+20+7-7+1DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN41342134130
SAC21473526129
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 14, 20, 22, 18, 12, 19, 20, 28DEN28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 12, 3, 10, 15, 18, 6, 14, 24DEN24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 22, 23, 22, 18, 22, 21, 18, 29SAC29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 21, 25, 27, 17, 22, 19, 32, 28SAC28 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Utah by 37.

DET over MIA1CHI over TOR1DEN over SAC1PHI over CHA13CLE over BKN29LAC over UTA37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.9Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 41

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 19, 43, 20, 39, 23, 5, 15, 41LAC vs UTA · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Darius Garland CLE, Nov 18, 2022: 41 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 39, 28, 21, 16, 16, 25, 22, 40PHI @ CHA · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 6, 26, 17, 17, 24, 18, 11, 35MIA @ DET · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Jan 24, 2024: 35 PTS · 18 REB · 10 AST
Season high35 PTS · 19 REB · 10 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 18, 2, 11, 29, 21, 12, 15, 33PHI @ CHA · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 25, 37, 29, 17, 18, 30, 13, 32TOR vs CHI · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 22, 23, 22, 18, 22, 21, 18, 29SAC vs DEN · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 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
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−4.7 21.5 last 10 · 26.2 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