FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 25, 2019Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed LAL by 12 at halftime and won 111–106.

Final · Box score
Celtics118
Raptors102
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +16
Final · Box score
Bucks109
Sixers121
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +21; Q3 PHI +27; Q4 PHI +12
Final · Box score
Rockets104
Warriors116
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +12
Final · Box score
Clippers111
Lakers106
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -12; Q3 Clippers 0; Q4 LAC +5
Final · Box score
Pelicans112
Nuggets100
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +4; Q4 NOP +12
On this day · 2018–19Dec 25, 2018: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Thunder), 41 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Lakers

Kawhi Leonard scores 35 as Clippers win in Los Angeles

James Harden goes for 24 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-120+5LAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers31203525111
Lakers33302320106
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 17, 34, 23, 42, 20, 25, 26, 35LAC35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 10, 18, 30, 15, 19, 21, 18, 18LAC18 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 4, 4, 6, 13, 15, 7, 16, 25LAL25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 39, 50, 16, 33, 27, 36, 32, 24LAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Lead changes
Clippers-Lakers16
Pelicans-Nuggets6
Bucks-Sixers3
Celtics-Raptors1
The night in charts
Bucks-Sixers combined for 230, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-SixersBucks 109, Sixers 121
230
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 118, Raptors 102
220
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 104, Warriors 116
220
Clippers-LakersClippers 111, Lakers 106
217
Pelicans-NuggetsPelicans 112, Nuggets 100
212
LAC won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Clippers-LakersClippers 111, Lakers 106
+5 LAC
Bucks-SixersBucks 109, Sixers 121
+12 PHI
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 104, Warriors 116
+12 GSW
Pelicans-NuggetsPelicans 112, Nuggets 100
+12 NOP
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 118, Raptors 102
+16 BOS
LAC erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-LakersLAC won · Clippers 111, Lakers 106
12 pts
Rockets-WarriorsGSW won · Rockets 104, Warriors 116
4 pts
Jaylen Brown shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jaylen BrownBOS · 30 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST
77% (10-13)
BoucherTOR · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
SimmonsPHI · 15 PTS, 14 AST, 7 REB, 3 STL
70% (7-10)
HarrellLAC · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
IngramNOP · 31 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
61% (11-18)
Final · Clippers-Lakers
Clippers 111Lakers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers31203525111
Lakers33302320106
The story
Paul George had 17 points as LA beat Los Angeles 111-106

Kyle Kuzma led Los Angeles with 25 PTS, 4 REB 17 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 5-18 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

Down 12 after the second, the Clippers took the third 35-23.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −2−120+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Warriors
Rockets 104Warriors 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets29391917104
Warriors28362824116
The story
Damion Lee's 22 points and 15 rebounds carried Golden State past Houston, 116-104

For Houston, Russell Westbrook had 30 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST 22 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 5-9 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

The Warriors trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 28-19.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −1−4+5+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Sixers
Bucks 109Sixers 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks30182536109
Sixers38313121121
The story
Philadelphia beat Milwaukee 121-109 behind 31 points and 11 rebounds from Joel Embiid

Khris Middleton paced Milwaukee: 31 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 31 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST · 11-21 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 31-18 second quarter did the most damage for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
300 +8+21+27+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Ben Simmons topped the game at 57.4 FPTS: 15 PTS, 14 AST, 7 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.9Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Rockets-Warriors

Golden State upsets Houston

Golden State (7–24) beat Houston (21–9) 116–104. Damion Lee led Golden State with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over LAL5PHI over MIL12GSW over HOU12NOP over DEN12BOS over TOR16Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over HOU.
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 35

Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 17, 34, 23, 42, 20, 25, 26, 35Clippers-Lakers · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 22, 38, 24, 22, 33, 21, 20, 31Sixers-Bucks · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 24, 26, 24, 9, 15, 23, 12, 31Bucks-Sixers · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 25, 32, 21, 22, 34, 25, 19, 31Pelicans-Nuggets · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 34, 23, 23, 31, 40, 30, 28, 30Rockets-Warriors · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 21, 20, 18, 8, 26, 26, 16, 30Celtics-Raptors · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Dennis SchroderOKC+5.0 23.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.0 14.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.6 27.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+4.1 28.2 last 10 · 24.1 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−5.5 13.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−4.2 4.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−3.3 3.8 last 10 · 7.1 season