FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 28, 2024Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed UTA by 12 after the first quarter and won 114–111.

Final
MIA110
ATL120
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +10
Final
OKC106
CHA94
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +12
Final · OT
NYK136
WAS132
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
MIL111
CHI116
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
PHX105
GSW109
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +4
Final
DET121
DEN134
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +13
Final
PHI114
UTA111
Q1 PHI -12; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +3
Final
DAL122
POR126
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +4
Final
SAC122
LAL132
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +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 28, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Anthony Edwards (MIN vs DAL), 44 points.
The lead · PHI @ UTA

Joel Embiid scores 32 as Philadelphia wins in Utah

Final: 114–111. Joel Embiid made 10 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-12+50+3PHI AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI22352433114
UTA34182930111
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 11, 35, 31, 12, 34, 9, 27, 32PHI32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 25, 22, 40, 23, 27, 32, 33, 32PHI32 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 8, 19, 17, 27, 21, 26, 25, 23UTA23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 15, 6, 15, 30, 18, 24, 19, 20UTA20 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Denver by 13.

PHI over UTA3NYK over WAS4GSW over PHX4POR over DAL4CHI over MIL5ATL over MIA10LAL over SAC10OKC over CHA12DEN over DET13Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 55

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 14, 31, 14, 39, 12, 20, 26, 55NYK @ WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +30.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Dec 11, 2019: 55 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Season high55 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 29, 17, 21, 15, 20, 39, 20, 46DAL @ POR · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter NJN, Feb 21, 2007: 46 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Season high46 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 56, 48, 16, 20, 34, 27, 32, 25, 27, 37DEN vs DET · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 38, 30, 23, 40, 21, 10, 19, 0, 36LAL vs SAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Jonathan KumingaPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 20, 20, 11, 11, 26, 14, 34, 34GSW vs PHX · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 19, 20, 28, 24, 27, 13, 27, 34DEN vs DET · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 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
Mikal BridgesNYK+3.7 21.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Max ChristieLAL+3.6 10.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Jonathan KumingaGSW+3.6 20.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Jalen SuggsORL+3.3 20.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cameron JohnsonBKN+3.0 22.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderGSW−4.3 12.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−4.0 12.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Anthony DavisLAL−3.5 22.5 last 10 · 26.0 season
Christian BraunDEN−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
OG AnunobyNYK−3.1 13.2 last 10 · 16.3 season