FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 5, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MEM by 2 after the first quarter and won 101–81.

Final
NYK113
BKN83
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +30
Final
LAC101
MEM81
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +20
Final
MIA87
CHI107
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +20
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Dec 5, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Kyle Lowry (TOR @ SAC), 34 points.
The lead · LAC @ MEM

Clippers roll past Memphis, 101–81

The Grizzlies were held to 11 points in the third quarter. Chris Paul led Clippers with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-2+11+20LAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC18222437101
MEM2022112881
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 20, 17, 22, 16, 15, 17, 19, 15LAC15 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 18, 8, 8, 13, 31, 20, 13, 15LAC15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kosta KoufosPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 10, 7, 6, 8, 7, 10, 14, 17MEM17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 15, 19, 28, 10, 14, 16, 18, 16MEM16 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIA @ CHI

Chicago leads Miami wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 107–87. Best quarter: the first, 29–20. Carlos Boozer led Chicago with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over MEM20CHI over MIA20NYK over BKN30Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 42 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Rebounding up
+5.2rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
6.4Season avg11.6Last 5

11.6 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 27

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 15, 16, 14, 26, 6, 12, 4, 27CHI vs MIA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 23, 16, 16, 27, 16, 20, 12, 24BKN vs NYK · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 21, 22, 35, 28, 27, 26, 23, 21MIA @ CHI · L
25.7 PPG season to date · −5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 6, 15, 22, 24, 27, 27, 37, 20CHI vs MIA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 45, 23, 25, 30, 23, 34, 27, 27, 23, 19NYK @ BKN · W
25.9 PPG season to date · −7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 9, 8, 6, 8, 23, 18, 26, 19CHI vs MIA · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+1.6 22.5 last 10 · 20.9 season
Jordan CrawfordBOS+1.3 14.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Jared DudleyLAC+1.1 9.2 last 10 · 8.1 season
Avery BradleyBOS+1.0 13.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
DeMarre CarrollATL+0.2 9.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardUTA−3.1 13.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Jeff TeagueATL−2.6 14.2 last 10 · 16.8 season
Blake GriffinLAC−1.9 19.1 last 10 · 21.0 season
DeAndre JordanLAC−1.7 8.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Al HorfordATL−1.4 15.8 last 10 · 17.2 season