FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 22, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed UTA by 6 after the first quarter and won 107–106.

Final · Box score
Nuggets111
Clippers132
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +21
Final · 3OT · Box score
Suns146
Wizards149
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 Wizards 0; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 Wizards 0; OT1 Wizards 0; OT2 Wizards 0; OT3 WAS +3
Final · Box score
Raptors101
Sixers126
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +25
Final · Box score
Spurs101
Rockets108
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +7
Final · Box score
Bucks87
Heat94
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +7
Final · Box score
Mavs116
Warriors120
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
Thunder107
Jazz106
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +1
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The lead · Thunder-Jazz

Paul George scores 43 as OKC beats Utah

Bradley Beal posts a triple-double

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-3+12+1OKC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder26323514107
Jazz32292025106
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 47, 19, 31, 25, 32, 33, 24, 43, 43OKC43 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 21, 22, 20, 26, 16, 19, 20, 15OKC15 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 27, 19, 21, 24, 23, 17, 3, 20UTA20 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 18, 2, 12, 13, 10, 6, 18, 17, 11, 20UTA20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Toronto by 25.

OKC over UTA1WAS over PHX3GSW over DAL4HOU over SAS7MIA over MIL7LAC over DEN21PHI over TOR25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Lead changes
Raptors-Sixers13
Spurs-Rockets12
Mavs-Warriors10
Thunder-Jazz10
Nuggets-Clippers2
The night in charts
Suns-Wizards combined for 295, 52 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-WizardsSuns 146, Wizards 149
295
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 111, Clippers 132
243
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 116, Warriors 120
236
Raptors-SixersRaptors 101, Sixers 126
227
Thunder-JazzThunder 107, Jazz 106
213
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 101, Rockets 108
209
Bucks-HeatBucks 87, Heat 94
181
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Thunder-JazzThunder 107, Jazz 106
+1 OKC
Suns-WizardsSuns 146, Wizards 149
+3 WAS
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 116, Warriors 120
+4 GSW
Bucks-HeatBucks 87, Heat 94
+7 MIA
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 101, Rockets 108
+7 HOU
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 111, Clippers 132
+21 LAC
Raptors-SixersRaptors 101, Sixers 126
+25 PHI
OKC rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-JazzOKC won · Thunder 107, Jazz 106
6 pts
Mavs-WarriorsGSW won · Mavs 116, Warriors 120
3 pts
Spurs-RocketsHOU won · Spurs 101, Rockets 108
2 pts
Raptors-SixersPHI won · Raptors 101, Sixers 126
1 pt
Bucks-HeatMIA won · Bucks 87, Heat 94
1 pt
Bryant shot 14-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BryantWAS · 31 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST
100% (14-14)
SimmonsPHI · 26 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 1 BLK
85% (11-13)
JerebkoGSW · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
83% (10-12)
HarrellLAC · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 1 BLK
82% (9-11)
CapelaHOU · 23 REB, 21 PTS, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
Final · Thunder-Jazz
Thunder 107Jazz 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder26323514107
Jazz32292025106
The story
Russell Westbrook's 12 rebounds and 8 points carried Oklahoma City past Utah, 107-106

For Utah, Donovan Mitchell had 20 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST 12 REB, 9 AST, 8 PTS, 3 STL · 3-17 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

The Thunder trailed by 3 going into the third, then won it 35-20.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −6−3+12+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Wizards
Suns 146Wizards 149
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
Suns29262430131014146
Wizards33222826131017149
The story
Thomas Bryant had 31 points on 14-of-14 shooting as Washington beat Phoenix 149-146 in OT

T.J. Warren led Phoenix with 28 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 31 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 14-14 FG

The swing

The Wizards won the first 33-29, their biggest quarter edge.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +40+4000+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3
Final · Mavs-Warriors
Mavs 116Warriors 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs31302629116
Warriors28303626120
The story
Golden State beat Dallas 120-116 behind 29 points and 12 rebounds from Kevin Durant

Wesley Matthews paced Dallas: 25 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 29 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST · 9-18 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 36-26 third quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −3−3+7+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

DeAndre Jordan topped the game at 55.1 FPTS: 23 REB, 12 PTS, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.5Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg17.5Last 3

17.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg48.1Today

48 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 43

Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 47, 19, 31, 25, 32, 33, 24, 43, 43Thunder-Jazz · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, Apr 14, 1998: 44 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
43 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 36, 27, 30, 22, 31, 25, 29, 28, 40Wizards-Suns · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: James Harden BKN, Mar 17, 2021: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Season high40 PTS · 11 REB · 15 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 35, 29, 50, 32, 47, 35, 35, 39Rockets-Spurs · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 37, 20, 23, 6, 28, 38, 25, 33Suns-Wizards · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Thomas BryantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 2, 10, 8, 7, 8, 4, 12, 31Wizards-Suns · W
7.3 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 25, 11, 22, 30, 33, 23, 30, 29Warriors-Mavs · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bradley BealWAS+5.5 29.5 last 10 · 24.0 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+5.3 31.4 last 10 · 26.1 season
Kevin KnoxNYK+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+5.1 19.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL+4.5 22.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
E'Twaun MooreNOP−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−5.2 19.8 last 10 · 25.0 season
Marc GasolMEM−4.3 11.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Victor OladipoIND−4.2 16.4 last 10 · 20.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.0 16.1 last 10 · 20.1 season