FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 8, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed UTA by 8 after the first quarter and won 101–92.

Final
ATL108
IND92
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +16
Final · 2OT
BOS132
WAS133
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS 0; OT2 WAS +1
Final
CLE110
BKN88
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +22
Final · OT
DEN107
TOR112
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +5
Final
GSW102
MIN86
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +16
Final
UTA92
SAC101
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +9
Final · OT
PHX120
LAC121
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +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 8, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs IND), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Sacramento climbs out of an 8-point hole against Utah

Down 8 after one, the Kings won the fourth quarter 33–24 and the game 101–92. Rudy Gay led Sacramento with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+60+9SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA3118192492
SAC23321333101
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 20, 14, 23, 20, 20, 27, 16, 29SAC29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 17, 19, 15, 16, 4, 20, 22, 16SAC16 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 31, 6, 24, 30, 25, 16, 9, 19UTA19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 20, 9, 2, 10, 16, 12, 22, 16UTA16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg1.5Last 3

1.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 0 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg49.2Today

49 minutes today, against 25.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games need overtime

Three of 7 games went past regulation.

WAS over BOS1LAC over PHX1TOR over DEN5SAC over UTA9ATL over IND16GSW over MIN16CLE over BKN22Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 45

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 22, 15, 30, 28, 23, 21, 30, 45LAC vs PHX · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Feb 25, 2001: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Season high45 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 20, 14, 23, 20, 20, 27, 16, 29SAC vs UTA · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 14, 15, 10, 4, 14, 11, 16, 28WAS vs BOS · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 19, 10, 16, 25, 32, 19, 25, 28BOS @ WAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 25, 21, 16, 13, 27, 19, 23, 27PHX @ LAC · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Terrell Brandon MIN, Feb 23, 2001: 27 PTS · 10 REB · 16 AST
Ties season high27 PTS · 11 REB · 16 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 21, 6, 11, 18, 17, 9, 17, 26WAS vs BOS · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 17 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+4.1 18.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+3.9 13.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN+3.5 18.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Eric BledsoePHX+3.0 19.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Andre DrummondDET+2.9 14.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.6 6.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Evan FournierORL−3.3 11.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Shawne WilliamsMIA−3.1 5.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Channing FryeORL−2.5 5.7 last 10 · 8.2 season