FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 5, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIA by 5 after the first quarter and won 109–85.

Final
NYK102
CHA103
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +1
Final
OKC103
PHI91
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +12
Final
DEN89
WAS119
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +30
Final
ATL98
BKN75
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +23; Q4 ATL +23
Final
LAL96
BOS113
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +17
Final
CLE105
TOR91
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +14
Final
SAS107
MEM101
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +6
Final · OT
HOU114
MIN112
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +2
Final
PHX118
DAL106
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +12
Final
MIA85
MIL109
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +24
Final
ORL98
UTA93
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +5
Final · OT
IND101
SAC102
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +1
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 5, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (CHI vs MIA), 27 points.
The lead · MIA @ MIL

Milwaukee pulls away from Miami in the second half

Up 4 at the half, Milwaukee won the second half 55–35 and the game by 24. Kendall Marshall led Milwaukee with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-5+4+9+24MIL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA3020211485
MIL25292629109
Who led
Kendall MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 3, 0, 5, 0, 9, 0, 6, 20MIL20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 3, 5, 11, 12, 11, 3, 21, 14MIL14 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 25, 25, 20, 20, 27, 20, 28, 28MIA28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 28, 32, 20, 26, 20, 21, 27, 21MIA21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.6Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg2.6Last 3

2.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 15 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Wizards rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Washington beat Denver by 30.

CHA over NYK1SAC over IND1HOU over MIN2ORL over UTA5SAS over MEM6OKC over PHI12PHX over DAL12CLE over TOR14BOS over LAL17ATL over BKN23MIL over MIA24WAS over DEN30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 38

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: 19, 6, 24, 32, 36, 26, 16, 34, 21, 38HOU @ MIN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 17, 24, 8, 30, 18, 38, 23, 33DAL vs PHX · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 46, 28, 26, 20, 25, 14, 31, 20, 9, 32NYK @ CHA · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 10, 11, 6, 20, 7, 22, 34, 28PHX @ DAL · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 22, 32, 30, 19, 26, 18, 8, 28MEM vs SAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 25, 25, 20, 20, 27, 20, 28, 28MIA @ MIL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Lou WilliamsTOR+3.4 17.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Monta EllisDAL+3.2 24.5 last 10 · 21.3 season
Kyle LowryTOR+2.4 23.1 last 10 · 20.7 season
Eric BledsoePHX+2.2 17.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+2.1 14.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−3.4 11.1 last 10 · 14.5 season
Chris CopelandIND−2.9 8.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ed DavisLAL−2.5 4.2 last 10 · 6.7 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−2.5 7.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Channing FryeORL−2.2 6.1 last 10 · 8.3 season