FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 6, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 6 after three quarters and won 106–100.

Final
PHI88
CHA105
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +17
Final · OT
MIL109
WAS105
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +4
Final
CLE89
ATL108
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +20; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +19
Final
DEN98
BOS106
Q1 BOS +24; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +8
Final
ORL83
NYK121
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +38
Final
GSW83
HOU105
Q1 HOU +19; Q2 HOU +24; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +22
Final
OKC109
NOP95
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +14
Final
TOR97
PHX106
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +9
Final
UTA98
POR130
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +38; Q4 POR +32
Final
LAL106
SAC100
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +6
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 6, 2012: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs NYK), 31 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Sacramento's skid reaches six

Lakers won 106–100; the Kings fall to 4–13. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3-6+6LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL28242925106
SAC30253213100
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 12, 24, 20, 17, 21, 13, 6, 19LAL19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 3, 25, 19, 8, 14, 10, 11, 10, 20, 19LAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 9, 27, 19, 23, 17, 25, 24, 20SAC20 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Ben McLemorePoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 19, 8, 5, 15, 14, 4, 14, 20SAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New York posts the night's biggest win

New York beat Orlando by 38, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIL over WAS4LAL over SAC6BOS over DEN8PHX over TOR9OKC over NOP14CHA over PHI17ATL over CLE19HOU over GSW22POR over UTA32NYK over ORL38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 10 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg47.3Today

47 minutes today, against 25.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 34

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 17, 15, 23, 9, 31, 37, 14, 34HOU vs GSW · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 37, 31, 31, 19, 8, 26, 16, 30WAS vs MIL · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 11, 14, 11, 24, 21, 20, 5, 30CLE @ ATL · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 38, 28, 19, 24, 25, 32, 27, 33, 29OKC @ NOP · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 20, 14, 13, 9, 6, 14, 14, 29MIL @ WAS · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 12, 12, 19, 23, 5, 10, 8, 25PHX vs TOR · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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
Channing FryePHX+2.5 12.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jordan CrawfordBOS+2.1 15.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+1.6 22.5 last 10 · 20.9 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+1.6 18.4 last 10 · 16.8 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+1.6 16.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Enes KanterUTA−3.3 9.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
Gordon HaywardUTA−3.2 13.2 last 10 · 16.4 season
Evan TurnerPHI−2.2 19.0 last 10 · 21.2 season
Jeff TeagueATL−2.0 14.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC−1.9 19.1 last 10 · 21.0 season