FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 19, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MEM by 4 after the first quarter and won 105–100.

Final · Box score
Heat90
Pistons100
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +10
Final · Box score
Blazers105
Grizzlies100
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +5
Final · Box score
Spurs114
Kings121
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +7
Final · Box score
Lakers110
Bulls115
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +5
Final · Box score
Mavs105
Wolves111
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +6
Final · Box score
Hornets106
Suns137
Q1 PHX +22; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +28; Q4 PHX +31
The lead · Blazers-Grizzlies

Portland tops Memphis in Memphis

LeBron James goes for 31 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1-3+5POR AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers28232628105
Grizzlies32202820100
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 39, 25, 32, 16, 11, 24, 31, 21, 43, 32POR32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 8, 29, 26, 15, 23, 25, 14, 28POR28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 11, 21, 15, 25, 23, 22, 23, 37MEM37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 17, 6, 4, 6, 6, 10, 5, 13MEM13 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Heat-Pistons

Detroit upsets Miami

Detroit (4–24) beat Miami (18–12) 100–90. Saddiq Bey led Detroit with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over MEM5CHI over LAL5MIN over DAL6SAC over SAS7DET over MIA10PHX over CHA31Final margin, points. Pink = DET over MIA.
Lead changes
Lakers-Bulls15
Mavs-Wolves7
Heat-Pistons4
Hornets-Suns0
The night in charts
Hornets-Suns combined for 243, 8 more than any other game
Points by game
Hornets-SunsHornets 106, Suns 137
243
Spurs-KingsSpurs 114, Kings 121
235
Lakers-BullsLakers 110, Bulls 115
225
Mavs-WolvesMavs 105, Wolves 111
216
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 105, Grizzlies 100
205
Heat-PistonsHeat 90, Pistons 100
190
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-BullsLakers 110, Bulls 115
+5 CHI
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 105, Grizzlies 100
+5 POR
Mavs-WolvesMavs 105, Wolves 111
+6 MIN
Spurs-KingsSpurs 114, Kings 121
+7 SAC
Heat-PistonsHeat 90, Pistons 100
+10 DET
Hornets-SunsHornets 106, Suns 137
+31 PHX
POR rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-GrizzliesPOR won · Blazers 105, Grizzlies 100
4 pts
Heat-PistonsDET won · Heat 90, Pistons 100
3 pts
Mavs-WolvesMIN won · Mavs 105, Wolves 111
2 pts
Lakers-BullsCHI won · Lakers 110, Bulls 115
1 pt
McGee shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
McGeePHX · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
90% (9-10)
DialloDET · 15 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
Finney-SmithDAL · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Dejounte MurraySAS · 25 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
HaliburtonSAC · 27 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
63% (12-19)
Final · Lakers-Bulls
Lakers 110Bulls 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers22372526110
Bulls28332232115
The story
Nikola Vucevic had 19 points and 13 rebounds as Chicago beat Los Angeles 115-110

Carmelo Anthony led Los Angeles with 21 PTS, 5 REB 19 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 8-17 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The Bulls won the first 28-22, their biggest quarter edge.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +6+2−1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Grizzlies
Blazers 105Grizzlies 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers28232628105
Grizzlies32202820100
The story
Portland beat Memphis 105-100 behind 32 points from Damian Lillard

Steven Adams paced Memphis: 13 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST 32 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 9-19 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

A 28-20 fourth quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −4−1−3+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dillon Brooks topped the game at 50.1 FPTS: 37 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST

Final · Mavs-Wolves
Mavs 105Wolves 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs25253817105
Wolves27293025111
The story
Karl-Anthony Towns' 24 points carried Minnesota past Dallas, 111-105

For Dallas, Dorian Finney-Smith had 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 6-15 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves trailed by 2 going into the fourth, then won it 25-17.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +2+6−2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tim Hardaway Jr. was the fantasy play: 54.2 FPTS on 28 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg23.3Last 3

23.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 38

DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 18, 17, 23, 28, 28, 34, 29, 38Bulls-Lakers · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 11, 21, 15, 25, 23, 22, 23, 37Grizzlies-Blazers · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 39, 25, 32, 16, 11, 24, 31, 21, 43, 32Blazers-Grizzlies · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 23, 30, 20, 33, 30, 24, 18, 31Lakers-Bulls · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 10, 5, 15, 21, 14, 15, 15, 29Kings-Spurs · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 12, 29, 11, 9, 15, 6, 19, 20, 28Mavs-Wolves · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Gary HarrisORL+4.9 13.9 last 10 · 9.0 season
Luke KennardLAC+4.6 16.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+4.2 20.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.2 27.4 last 10 · 23.2 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.0 29.2 last 10 · 25.2 season
Cold
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−4.3 8.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.1 13.3 last 10 · 17.4 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−3.6 10.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
Carmelo AnthonyLAL−3.4 10.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.2 5.2 last 10 · 8.4 season