FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 31, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 12 after the first quarter and won 106–101.

Final · Box score
Celtics109
Hornets92
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +17
Final · Box score
Sixers97
Pacers115
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +30; Q4 IND +18
Final · Box score
Clippers105
Kings87
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +18
Final · Box score
Nuggets104
Rockets130
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +26
Final · OT · Box score
Warriors113
Spurs117
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 Spurs 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final · Box score
Cavs97
Raptors117
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +20
Final · Box score
Mavs101
Thunder106
Q1 OKC -12; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +5
On this day · 2018–19Dec 31, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Grizzlies), 43 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Thunder

OKC climbs out of a 12-point hole against Dallas

Luka Doncic goes for 35 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-1-1+5OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs32192723101
Thunder20302729106
Who led
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 22, 18, 31, 24, 28, 20, 24, 20OKC20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 21, 12, 14, 7, 22, 20, 22, 20OKC20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 26, 27, 41, 2, 24, 31, 19, 35DAL35 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Maxi KleberPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 10, 7, 10, 7, 6, 8, 3, 14DAL14 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Warriors-Spurs

San Antonio flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Golden State led 55–53 at the break. Tied 100–100 after regulation, San Antonio won the extra time 17–13. Final: 117–113. DeMar DeRozan led San Antonio with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Warriors
DeMar DeRozan · SASAlec Burks · GSWPTS2428REB54AST44Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Cavs-Raptors10
Warriors-Spurs10
Nuggets-Rockets9
Sixers-Pacers7
Mavs-Thunder4
Celtics-Hornets3
Clippers-Kings3
The night in charts
Nuggets-Rockets combined for 234, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-RocketsNuggets 104, Rockets 130
234
Warriors-SpursWarriors 113, Spurs 117 · OT
230
Cavs-RaptorsCavs 97, Raptors 117
214
Sixers-PacersSixers 97, Pacers 115
212
Mavs-ThunderMavs 101, Thunder 106
207
Celtics-HornetsCeltics 109, Hornets 92
201
Clippers-KingsClippers 105, Kings 87
192
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Warriors-SpursWarriors 113, Spurs 117 · OT
+4 SAS
Mavs-ThunderMavs 101, Thunder 106
+5 OKC
Celtics-HornetsCeltics 109, Hornets 92
+17 BOS
Sixers-PacersSixers 97, Pacers 115
+18 IND
Clippers-KingsClippers 105, Kings 87
+18 LAC
Cavs-RaptorsCavs 97, Raptors 117
+20 TOR
Nuggets-RocketsNuggets 104, Rockets 130
+26 HOU
OKC erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-ThunderOKC won · Mavs 101, Thunder 106
12 pts
Warriors-SpursSAS won · Warriors 113, Spurs 117 · OT
7 pts
Warren shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WarrenIND · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
82% (9-11)
IbakaTOR · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
Monte MorrisDEN · 18 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
67% (8-12)
HaywardBOS · 21 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST
64% (9-14)
SabonisIND · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Warriors-Spurs
Warriors 113Spurs 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Warriors3223202513113
Spurs2528242317117
The story
DeMar DeRozan's 24 points carried San Antonio past Golden State, 117-113 in OT

For Golden State, Draymond Green had 10 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 11-18 FG

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 7 going into the second, then won it 28-23.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −7−2+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Alec Burks was the fantasy play: 46.8 FPTS on 28 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST

Final · Mavs-Thunder
Mavs 101Thunder 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs32192723101
Thunder20302729106
The story
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 19 points and 10 rebounds as Oklahoma City beat Dallas 106-101

Maxi Kleber led Dallas with 14 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 6-15 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

Down 12 after the first, the Thunder took the second 30-19.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −12−1−1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Kings
Clippers 105Kings 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers28293117105
Kings2317331487
The story
LA beat Sacramento 105-87 behind 21 points and 11 rebounds from Paul George

Richaun Holmes paced Sacramento: 22 PTS, 10 REB 21 PTS, 11 REB, 9 AST, 3 STL · 6-25 FG, 3-14 3PT

The swing

A 29-17 second quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +5+17+15+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 35

Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 26, 27, 41, 2, 24, 31, 19, 35Mavs-Thunder · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 55, 54, 39, 28, 28, 47, 34, 24, 44, 35Rockets-Nuggets · W
38.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 23, 31, 40, 30, 28, 30, 23, 28Rockets-Nuggets · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 11, 16, 18, 25, 8, 13, 16, 28Warriors-Spurs · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Glenn Robinson IIIPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 10, 7, 17, 9, 18, 12, 8, 25Warriors-Spurs · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 18, 12, 12, 24, 26, 21, 29, 24Spurs-Warriors · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Joe InglesUTA+6.5 16.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+5.5 28.5 last 10 · 23.0 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Russell WestbrookHOU+4.8 29.0 last 10 · 24.2 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.7 23.1 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
Eric PaschallGSW−5.5 8.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−3.8 11.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−3.7 4.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Langston GallowayDET−3.4 7.6 last 10 · 11.0 season