FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 20, 2024Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHA98
PHI108
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MIL101
CLE124
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +27; Q4 CLE +23
Final
OKC104
MIA97
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +7
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 20, 2023: 10 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs MIN), 51 points.
The lead · OKC @ MIA

Jalen Williams scores 33 as OKC wins in Miami

Final: 104–97. Jalen Williams made 12 of 25 shots from the field.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+3+11+7OKC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC30203123104
MIA2522232797
Who led
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 28, 20, 27, 18, 20, 18, 11, 33OKC33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 26, 30, 31, 39, 32, 21, 35, 25OKC25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 31, 19, 31, 17, 34, 23, 23, 28MIA28 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 13, 15, 14, 25, 16, 21, 15, 17MIA17 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHA @ PHI

Philadelphia leads Charlotte wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 108–98. Best quarter: the first, 41–23. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over MIA7PHI over CHA10CLE over MIL23Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.3Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 6 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 34

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 7 games: 13, 20, 11, 35, 31, 12, 34PHI vs CHA · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 32, 42, 28, 31, 30, 34, 37, 32, 26, 33MIL @ CLE · L
32.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 28, 20, 27, 18, 20, 18, 11, 33OKC @ MIA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 31, 19, 31, 17, 34, 23, 23, 28MIA vs OKC · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 35, 19, 28, 18, 12, 20, 18, 27CLE vs MIL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 26, 30, 31, 39, 32, 21, 35, 25OKC @ MIA · W
30.3 PPG season to date · −5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 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
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.4 13.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.0 12.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.9 15.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Malik MonkSAC+3.8 20.0 last 10 · 16.2 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.8 16.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
OG AnunobyNYK−4.1 12.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.6 23.9 last 10 · 27.5 season
Scotty Pippen Jr.MEM−3.5 6.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−3.5 22.7 last 10 · 26.2 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−3.3 22.6 last 10 · 25.9 season