FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 29, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NYK by 13 at halftime and won 116–111.

Final
MIL82
CHA87
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +5
Final
MIN99
LAC107
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +8
Final
DET83
BKN87
Q1 BKN -4; Q2 BKN -6; Q3 BKN -8; Q4 BKN +4
Final
PHI84
MEM92
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +8
Final
BOS91
ORL110
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +19
Final
PHX107
TOR102
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +5
Final · OT
HOU116
NYK111
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU -13; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
IND107
LAL103
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +4
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 29, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ MIL), 34 points.
The lead · HOU @ NYK

Houston needs overtime to survive New York

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Houston won the final period 15–10 for a 116–111 win. James Harden led Houston with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4-13-80+5HOU AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2120283215116
NYK2529232410111
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 25, 16, 45, 22, 24, 40, 50, 26HOU26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 7, 5, 4, 1, 16, 6, 13, 18HOU18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 4, 16, 14, 16, 11, 10, 4, 31NYK31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 10, 29, 7, 24, 20, 10, 11, 20NYK20 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ BKN

Brooklyn climbs out of an 8-point hole against Detroit

Down 8 after three, the Nets won the fourth quarter 28–16 and the game 87–83. Thaddeus Young led Brooklyn with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BKN vs DET
Thaddeus Young · BKNKentavious Caldwell-Pope · DETPTS1921REB107AST31Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
26.4Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.4 in 15 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 15 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg31.7Today

32 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Paul George 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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 26, 29, 26, 34, 20, 40, 33, 39IND @ LAL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 4, 16, 14, 16, 11, 10, 4, 31NYK vs HOU · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 24, 28, 14, 18, 21, 20, 20, 29TOR vs PHX · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 34, 27, 21, 9, 18, 40, 20, 26LAC vs MIN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 25, 16, 45, 22, 24, 40, 50, 26HOU @ NYK · W
29.8 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 21, 17, 20, 13, 19, 4, 19, 22LAL vs IND · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST