FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 29, 2020Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by PHI (vs TOR) and BOS (vs IND).

Final · Box score
NYK95
CLE86
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +9
Final · Box score
GSW116
DET106
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +10
Final · Box score
BOS116
IND111
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -11; Q4 BOS +5
Final · Box score
TOR93
PHI100
Q1 PHI -11; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +7
Final · Box score
CHI115
WAS107
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +8
Final · Box score
MIL144
MIA97
Q1 MIL +20; Q2 MIL +32; Q3 MIL +40; Q4 MIL +47
Final · Box score
ORL118
OKC107
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +11
Final · Box score
MIN101
LAC124
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +20; Q3 LAC +29; Q4 LAC +23
Final · Box score
NOP86
PHX111
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +39; Q4 PHX +25
Final · Box score
DEN115
SAC125
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +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 · 2019–20Dec 29, 2019: 5 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC @ TOR), 32 points.
The lead · BOS @ IND

Boston climbs out of an 11-point hole against Indiana

Down 11 after three, the Celtics won the fourth quarter 33–17 and the game 116–111. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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+5+1-11+5BOS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS31272533116
IND26313717111
Who led
Jayson TatumPoints, last 4 games: 30, 20, 25, 27BOS27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 4 games: 33, 27, 18, 20BOS20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 3 games: 22, 22, 24IND24 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 4 games: 21, 18, 25, 19IND19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Milwaukee by 47.

BOS over IND5PHI over TOR7CHI over WAS8NYK over CLE9GSW over DET10SAC over DEN10ORL over OKC11LAC over MIN23PHX over NOP25MIL over MIA47Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
6.82019–20 avg18.7Last 3

18.7 points a game over his last three games, against 6.8 in 2019–20 (36 games). Today: 15 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
23.02019–20 avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 2019–20 (62 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 31

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 4 games: 20, 19, 36, 31GSW @ DET · W
26.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 4 games: 24, 10, 14, 30DEN @ SAC · L
19.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 3 games: 29, 27, 29PHI vs TOR · W
28.3 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 4 games: 31, 39, 29, 29WAS vs CHI · L
32.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 4 games: 17, 25, 29, 28NYK @ CLE · W
24.8 PPG season to date
Most like it, modern era: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Apr 9, 2001: 28 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
28 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 4 games: 15, 22, 15, 28ORL @ OKC · W
20.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST