FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 28, 2020Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 115–107.

Final · Box score
Pistons120
Hawks128
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +8
Final · OT · Box score
Grizzlies116
Nets111
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 Grizzlies 0; OT1 MEM +5
Final · Box score
Jazz110
Thunder109
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +1
Final · Box score
Rockets111
Nuggets124
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +13
Final · Box score
Blazers115
Lakers107
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +8
On this day · 2019–20Dec 28, 2019: 14 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Nets), 44 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Lakers

Damian Lillard scores 31, Portland rallies past Lakers

Nikola Jokic posts a triple-double

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+4-1+8POR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers22362631115
Lakers30243122107
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 3 games: 9, 32, 31POR31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Gary Trent Jr.Points, last 3 games: 11, 0, 28POR28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 22, 22, 18, 29LAL29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 4 games: 14, 18, 11, 24LAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Jazz-Thunder

Utah takes over late to edge OKC

Down 3 after three, Utah won the fourth 26–22. Final: 110–109. Bojan Bogdanovic led Utah with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over OKC1MEM over BKN5ATL over DET8POR over LAL8DEN over HOU13Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over OKC.
Lead changes
Grizzlies-Nets22
Jazz-Thunder13
Blazers-Lakers5
Pistons-Hawks3
Rockets-Nuggets2
Shot of the night

Mitchell's jumper with 7 seconds left puts the Jazz ahead, 110-109 final

The night in charts
Pistons-Hawks combined for 248, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Pistons-HawksPistons 120, Hawks 128
248
Rockets-NuggetsRockets 111, Nuggets 124
235
Grizzlies-NetsGrizzlies 116, Nets 111 · OT
227
Blazers-LakersBlazers 115, Lakers 107
222
Jazz-ThunderJazz 110, Thunder 109
219
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Jazz-ThunderJazz 110, Thunder 109
+1 UTA
Grizzlies-NetsGrizzlies 116, Nets 111 · OT
+5 MEM
Pistons-HawksPistons 120, Hawks 128
+8 ATL
Blazers-LakersBlazers 115, Lakers 107
+8 POR
Rockets-NuggetsRockets 111, Nuggets 124
+13 DEN
POR rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-LakersPOR won · Blazers 115, Lakers 107
8 pts
Jazz-ThunderUTA won · Jazz 110, Thunder 109
3 pts
Grizzlies-NetsMEM won · Grizzlies 116, Nets 111 · OT
1 pt
Dort shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DortOKC · 26 PTS, 3 STL, 2 REB, 1 AST
82% (9-11)
JokicDEN · 19 PTS, 18 AST, 12 REB, 3 STL
73% (8-11)
TrentPOR · 28 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
71% (10-14)
DamePOR · 31 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 BLK
63% (10-16)
HardenHOU · 34 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Jazz-Thunder
Jazz 110Thunder 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz22273526110
Thunder24283522109
The story
Mike Conley's 20 points and 10 rebounds carried Utah past Oklahoma City, 110-109

For Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 23 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 20 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST · 8-15 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Jazz trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 26-22.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −2−3−3+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Nets
Grizzlies 116Nets 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Grizzlies3222331910116
Nets233230215111
The story
Dillon Brooks had 24 points as Memphis beat Brooklyn 116-111 in OT

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot led Brooklyn with 21 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 9-19 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Grizzlies won the first 32-23, their biggest quarter edge.

MEM lead by quarter
200 +9−1+20+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Caris LeVert led the game in fantasy with 62.3 FPTS (28 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB)

Final · Rockets-Nuggets
Rockets 111Nuggets 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets26342328111
Nuggets36343618124
The story
Denver beat Houston 124-111 behind 21 points from Jamal Murray

David Nwaba paced Houston: 14 PTS, 5 REB 21 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 7-14 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 36-23 third quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
300 +10+10+23+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.9points, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
13.12019–20 avg27.0Last 2

27.0 points a game over his last two games, against 13.1 in 2019–20 (62 games). Today: 23 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
29.52019–20 avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 2019–20 (21 games). Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 34

James HardenPoints, last 2 games: 44, 34Rockets-Nuggets · L
39.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 3 games: 9, 32, 31Blazers-Lakers · W
24.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 22, 22, 18, 29Lakers-Blazers · L
22.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 3 games: 37, 36, 29Hawks-Pistons · W
34.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 4 games: 20, 10, 10, 28Nets-Grizzlies · L
17.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kyle AndersonPoints, last 3 games: 7, 20, 28Grizzlies-Nets · W
18.3 PPG season to date
Career high28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST