FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 23, 2024Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed BOS by 15 at halftime and won 108–104.

Final
HOU114
CHA101
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +31; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +13
Final
UTA113
CLE124
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +11
Final
BOS104
ORL108
Q1 ORL -11; Q2 ORL -15; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +4
Final
SAS106
PHI111
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MIN104
ATL117
Q1 ATL +16; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +13
Final
BKN95
MIA110
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +15
Final
TOR125
NYK139
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +29; Q4 NYK +14
Final
MIL112
CHI91
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +21
Final
LAC114
MEM110
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +4
Final
WAS105
OKC123
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +18
Final
POR108
DAL132
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +26; Q4 DAL +24
Final
PHX90
DEN117
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +27
Final
IND111
GSW105
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +6
Final
DET117
LAL114
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +3
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 23, 2023: 13 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL @ OKC), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ ORL

Orlando erases 15-point lead, steals one from Boston

Boston led 58–43 at halftime. Orlando won the second half 65–46 to take it 108–104. Tristan Da Silva led Orlando with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists. Jaylen Brown scored 35 for Boston in the loss.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-150+4ORL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS32262125104
ORL21223629108
Who led
Tristan Da SilvaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 5, 0, 8, 6, 20, 15, 8, 18ORL18 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Trevelin QueenPoints, last 5 games: 0, 3, 0, 7, 17ORL17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 28, 25, 22, 14, 11, 19, 19, 35BOS35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 14, 6, 10, 23, 15, 16, 8, 17BOS17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Phoenix by 27.

DET over LAL3ORL over BOS4LAC over MEM4PHI over SAS5IND over GSW6CLE over UTA11HOU over CHA13ATL over MIN13NYK over TOR14MIA over BKN15OKC over WAS18MIL over CHI21DAL over POR24DEN over PHX27Final 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
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 6.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 30, 31, 39, 32, 21, 35, 25, 41OKC vs WAS · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Amar'e Stoudemire NYK, Mar 4, 2011: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 28, 25, 22, 14, 11, 19, 19, 35BOS @ ORL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 16, 16, 25, 22, 40, 23, 27, 32PHI vs SAS · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 38, 27, 56, 48, 16, 20, 34, 27, 32DEN vs PHX · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 23, 27, 24, 19, 22, 32, 11, 31NYK vs TOR · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 25, 17, 14, 13, 7, 9, 16, 31NYK vs TOR · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 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
Naji MarshallDAL+3.9 15.4 last 10 · 11.5 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+3.7 12.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Mikal BridgesNYK+3.6 20.9 last 10 · 17.3 season
Obi ToppinIND+3.3 14.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 15.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Anthony EdwardsMIN−5.0 20.3 last 10 · 25.3 season
Dalton KnechtLAL−4.4 5.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.2 23.4 last 10 · 26.6 season
Julius RandleMIN−3.0 17.0 last 10 · 20.0 season