FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 3, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIL by 7 at halftime and won 107–105.

Final
CHI102
CHA95
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +7
Final
LAL95
WAS111
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +16
Final · OT
SAS93
BKN95
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN -2; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +2
Final · OT
DET102
BOS109
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +7
Final
ATL112
MIA102
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +10
Final
MEM96
HOU105
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +9
Final
DAL107
MIL105
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +2
Final
PHI85
MIN77
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +8
Final
TOR123
UTA104
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +19
Final
ORL86
LAC114
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +22; Q4 LAC +28
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 · 2013–14Dec 3, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: Arron Afflalo (ORL @ PHI), 43 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIL

Dallas wins a tight one over Milwaukee

107–105. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Monta Ellis led Dallas with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-2-7+2+2DAL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL29282327107
MIL31331427105
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 20, 17, 24, 8, 30, 18, 38, 23DAL23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 5, 13, 6, 17, 11, 20, 5, 18DAL18 PTS · 20 REB · 0 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 11, 27, 20, 15, 6, 12, 27, 25MIL25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 3, 3, 5, 11, 12, 11, 3, 21MIL21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Clippers post the night's biggest win

Clippers beat Orlando by 28, the widest margin of 10 games.

BKN over SAS2DAL over MIL2CHI over CHA7BOS over DET7PHI over MIN8HOU over MEM9ATL over MIA10WAS over LAL16TOR over UTA19LAC over ORL28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
20.72013–14 avg11.9Last 3

11.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 2013–14 (41 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kyle Lowry leads the day with 39

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.
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 20, 23, 14, 14, 25, 29, 27, 39TOR @ UTA · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 28, 11, 12, 19, 10, 16, 25, 32BOS vs DET · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 18, 10, 15, 6, 5, 13, 8, 29DET @ BOS · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 44, 28, 29, 17, 27, 22, 26, 31, 12, 29LAL @ WAS · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 19, 25, 25, 20, 20, 27, 20, 28MIA vs ATL · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 4, 13, 23, 17, 26, 2, 8, 27DET @ BOS · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 14 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
Monta EllisDAL+2.3 23.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+1.6 13.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+1.0 7.7 last 10 · 6.7 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+0.8 15.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tyson ChandlerDAL+0.1 11.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−3.0 11.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Channing FryeORL−2.0 6.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Brandon KnightMIL−0.4 17.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−0.2 11.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
O.J. MayoMIL−0.1 10.9 last 10 · 11.0 season