FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 6, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DET by 5 after three quarters and won 108–101.

Final · OT
PHI108
DET101
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +7
Final
GSW112
CHI102
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +10
Final
PHX95
HOU100
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +5
Final
MIN101
SAS123
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +22
Final
ORL105
SAC96
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +9
Final
NOP100
LAC120
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +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 · 2013–14Dec 6, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs GSW), 34 points.
The lead · PHI @ DET

Philadelphia outlasts Detroit in overtime

100–100 at the end of regulation. Philadelphia took the last extra period 8–1. Final: 108–101. Robert Covington led Philadelphia with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2+3-50+7PHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHI302423238108
DET282331181101
Who led
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 14, 0, 0, 4, 9, 17, 21, 25PHI25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 9, 24, 4, 18, 24, 20, 16, 20PHI20 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 16, 11, 17, 13, 14, 18, 12, 23DET23 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kyle SinglerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 9, 8, 7, 11, 9, 5, 3, 21DET21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: San Antonio by 22.

HOU over PHX5PHI over DET7ORL over SAC9GSW over CHI10LAC over NOP20SAS over MIN22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 17 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg42.5Today

42 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Draymond Green leads the day with 31

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.
Draymond GreenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 9, 20, 11, 14, 31GSW @ CHI · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 12, 22, 15, 30, 28, 23, 21, 30LAC vs NOP · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 17, 16, 14, 21, 17, 16, 22, 27ORL @ SAC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 18, 43, 14, 14, 30, 25, 30, 26NOP @ LAC · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 14, 0, 0, 4, 9, 17, 21, 25PHI @ DET · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 20, 24, 12, 17, 15, 20, 23, 24GSW @ CHI · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+3.9 13.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Lou WilliamsTOR+3.4 17.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Monta EllisDAL+3.2 24.5 last 10 · 21.3 season
Andre DrummondDET+2.8 13.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Eric BledsoePHX+2.6 18.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−3.3 11.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Chris CopelandIND−2.9 8.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Channing FryeORL−2.5 5.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Ed DavisLAL−2.5 4.2 last 10 · 6.7 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−2.5 7.4 last 10 · 9.9 season