FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 27, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed BKN by 11 after the first quarter and won 96–87.

Final
NYK108
ORL85
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +23
Final
SAS96
BKN87
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +9
Final
IND105
BOS142
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +37
Final
MIN113
HOU112
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN +1
Final
MEM132
NOP124
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +8
Final
CLE149
DEN135
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +14
Final
DAL98
PHX89
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +9
Final
GSW92
LAC102
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +10
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 27, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL vs CLE), 39 points.
The lead · SAS @ BKN

San Antonio climbs out of an 11-point hole against Brooklyn

Down 11 after one, the Spurs won the third quarter 33–21 and the game 96–87. Victor Wembanyama led San Antonio with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-110+12+9SAS AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1130332296
BKN2219212587
Who led
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 34, 15, 25, 28, 20, 42, 30, 26, 42, 19SAS19 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Julian ChampagniePoints, last 10 games: 12, 30, 12, 19, 11, 8, 7, 15, 9, 18SAS18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Keon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 6, 12, 5, 0, 8, 15, 12, 25BKN25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shake MiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 6, 12, 5, 12, 11, 4, 20, 16BKN16 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Indiana by 37, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIN over HOU1MEM over NOP8SAS over BKN9DAL over PHX9LAC over GSW10CLE over DEN14NYK over ORL23BOS over IND37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 44

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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 22, 14, 11, 19, 19, 35, 23, 44BOS vs IND · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Oct 31, 2000: 44 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Season high44 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 11, 26, 13, 23, 17, 16, 10, 38HOU vs MIN · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 25, 21, 16, 28, 26, 21, 21, 35NOP vs MEM · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 13, 30, 20, 37, 43, 23, 27, 35PHX vs DAL · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Jonathan KumingaPoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 20, 20, 20, 11, 11, 26, 14, 34GSW @ LAC · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 18, 12, 20, 18, 27, 19, 22, 33CLE @ DEN · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Jonathan KumingaGSW+4.1 20.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Mikal BridgesNYK+3.6 21.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Jalen SuggsORL+3.3 20.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.3 16.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cameron JohnsonBKN+3.0 22.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cold
Anthony DavisLAL−5.6 20.1 last 10 · 25.7 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−4.0 12.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Dalton KnechtLAL−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Dennis SchroderGSW−3.6 13.0 last 10 · 16.6 season
DeMar DeRozanSAC−3.5 17.2 last 10 · 20.7 season