FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 28, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed MIA by 14 at halftime and won 111–105.

Final · Box score
LAL98
CHA108
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +10
Final · Box score
ATL87
IND93
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +6
Final · Box score
NOP89
ORL104
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +15
Final · Box score
LAC108
WAS91
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +17
Final · Box score
BKN111
MIA105
Q1 BKN -2; Q2 BKN -14; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +6
Final · Box score
TOR97
CHI104
Q1 CHI -9; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +7
Final · Box score
MIL93
DAL103
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +10
Final · Box score
MIN95
SAS101
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +6
Final · Box score
CLE101
PHX97
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +4
Final · Box score
PHI91
UTA95
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +4
Final · Box score
SAC103
GSW122
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +19
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 · 2014–15Dec 28, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: Lou Williams (TOR @ DEN), 31 points.
The lead · BKN @ MIA

Brooklyn rallies from 14 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 14 at the half, Brooklyn outscored the Heat 67–47 the rest of the way. Final: 111–105. Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-2-14+1+6BKN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN24203433111
MIA26321928105
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 11, 25, 18, 20, 21, 13, 19, 26BKN26 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 11, 12, 5, 10, 13, 7, 6, 26BKN26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 7, 11, 29, 20, 30, 24, 24MIA24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 7, 28, 21, 18, 19, 19, 24, 24MIA24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Golden State by 19.

CLE over PHX4UTA over PHI4IND over ATL6BKN over MIA6SAS over MIN6CHI over TOR7CHA over LAL10DAL over MIL10ORL over NOP15LAC over WAS17GSW over SAC19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.2Season avg25.9Today

26 minutes today, against 6.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 38

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.
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 16, 12, 27, 18, 14, 10, 22, 38CHA vs LAL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Omri CasspiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 11, 19, 11, 15, 9, 15, 14, 36SAC @ GSW · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 21, 39, 12, 43, 27, 20, 18, 29GSW vs SAC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 16, 20, 20, 21, 13, 17, 16, 28TOR @ CHI · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 14, 25, 20, 26, 21, 22, 28ORL vs NOP · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 11, 25, 18, 20, 21, 13, 19, 26BKN @ MIA · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 0 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+6.0 25.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Draymond GreenGSW+4.4 19.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Will BartonDEN+4.0 19.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Garrett TempleWAS+3.9 10.8 last 10 · 6.9 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.6 20.9 last 10 · 17.2 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeIND−7.3 16.9 last 10 · 24.2 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Victor OladipoORL−4.1 8.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Brandon KnightPHX−3.8 16.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Kevin LoveCLE−3.6 13.4 last 10 · 17.0 season