FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 2, 2015Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ATL by 14 at halftime and won 96–86.

Final
GSW116
CHA99
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +17
Final
LAL108
WAS104
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +4
Final · OT
PHX122
DET127
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final
PHI87
NYK99
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +23; Q4 NYK +12
Final
TOR96
ATL86
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -14; Q3 TOR -9; Q4 TOR +10
Final
DEN90
CHI99
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +9
Final
NOP101
HOU108
Q1 HOU -12; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIL70
SAS95
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +25
Final
IND103
LAC91
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +12
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 · 2014–15Dec 2, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR @ DEN), 39 points.
The lead · TOR @ ATL

Kyle Lowry scores 31 in Toronto win over Atlanta

Final: 96–86. Kyle Lowry added 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-2-14-9+10TOR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1616253996
ATL1828202086
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 28, 20, 25, 13, 27, 27, 17, 31TOR31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 28, 14, 18, 21, 20, 20, 29, 17TOR17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 23, 14, 25, 22, 23, 8, 26, 14ATL14 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Thabo SefoloshaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 8, 3, 13, 15, 10, 8, 0, 13ATL13 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Milwaukee by 25, the widest margin of 9 games.

LAL over WAS4DET over PHX5HOU over NOP7CHI over DEN9TOR over ATL10NYK over PHI12IND over LAC12GSW over CHA17SAS over MIL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg38.6Today

39 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 34, 37, 40, 27, 19, 24, 41, 19, 26, 40GSW @ CHA · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Sam Cassell MIN, May 4, 2004: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 18, 20, 7, 18, 15, 8, 31, 34DET vs PHX · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 16 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 19, 8, 18, 14, 10, 18, 35, 34WAS vs LAL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 29, 26, 34, 20, 40, 33, 39, 31IND @ LAC · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 28, 20, 25, 13, 27, 27, 17, 31TOR @ ATL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 17, 10, 18, 4, 21, 13, 20, 31LAL @ WAS · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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
Paul MillsapATL+1.6 20.0 last 10 · 18.4 season
T.J. McConnellPHI+1.0 7.9 last 10 · 6.9 season
Isaiah CanaanPHI+0.8 12.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Draymond GreenGSW+0.8 13.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Hollis ThompsonPHI+0.4 10.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderATL−1.8 8.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Al HorfordATL−1.5 14.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Stephen CurryGSW−1.3 30.7 last 10 · 32.0 season
Andre IguodalaGSW+0.0 8.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Jerami GrantPHI+0.3 10.6 last 10 · 10.2 season