FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 25, 2015Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed PHX by 14 after the first quarter and won 120–114.

Final
WAS87
CHA101
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA -7; Q4 CHA +14
Final
NYK91
ORL100
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +9
Final
PHI80
BOS84
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +4
Final
MIA81
DET104
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +23
Final
CLE99
TOR103
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +4
Final
MEM102
HOU93
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +9
Final
SAC129
MIL118
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +11
Final
ATL95
MIN99
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +4
Final
BKN99
OKC110
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +11
Final
DAL83
SAS88
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +5
Final
NOP120
PHX114
Q1 NOP -14; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +6
Final
UTA102
LAC91
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +11
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 · 2014–15Nov 25, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ MIA), 40 points.
The lead · NOP @ PHX

New Orleans rallies from 14 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 14 after one, New Orleans outscored the Suns 95–75 the rest of the way. Final: 120–114. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 26 points, 17 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-2+3+6NOP AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP25333032120
PHX39212529114
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 43, 25, 17, 36, 0, 20, 32, 26NOP26 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 26, 30, 11, 19, 18, 11, 20, 23NOP23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 37, 10, 30, 23, 38, 19, 18, 29PHX29 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Jon LeuerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 10, 7, 3, 1, 3, 3, 6, 20PHX20 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg11.8Last 3

11.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Miami by 23.

BOS over PHI4TOR over CLE4MIN over ATL4SAS over DAL5NOP over PHX6ORL over NYK9MEM over HOU9SAC over MIL11OKC over BKN11UTA over LAC11CHA over WAS14DET over MIA23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 40

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: 35, 24, 21, 11, 34, 27, 21, 9, 18, 40LAC vs UTA · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Acie Earl TOR, Apr 12, 1996: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Season high40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 46, 23, 28, 25, 16, 45, 22, 24, 40HOU vs MEM · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 22, 10, 25, 27, 14, 13, 28, 36SAC @ MIL · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 17, 24, 16, 7, 17, 22, 19, 33UTA @ LAC · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 43, 25, 29, 27, 33, 32, 14, 27, 30OKC vs BKN · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 23, 20, 23, 19, 18, 27, 14, 30BOS vs PHI · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST