FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 4, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 109–106.

Final
BKN91
NYK108
Q1 NYK +21; Q2 NYK +23; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +17
Final
PHX106
WAS109
Q1 WAS -9; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS -7; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MIL95
DET102
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +7
Final
LAL87
ATL100
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +13
Final
HOU100
DAL96
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +4
Final · OT
CLE108
NOP114
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +6
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 4, 2014: 3 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE @ NYK), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ WAS

Bradley Beal scores 34, Washington holds off Phoenix

Final: 109–106. Bradley Beal added 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-9-9-7+3WAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX31292521106
WAS22292731109
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 7, 20, 17, 16, 20, 18, 11, 34WAS34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 14, 10, 0, 9, 3, 4, 4, 18WAS18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 22, 29, 18, 21, 20, 17, 21, 22PHX22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 19, 18, 29, 21, 16, 26, 22, 19PHX19 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CLE @ NOP

New Orleans flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Cleveland led 53–52 at the break. Tied 105–105 after regulation, New Orleans won the extra time 9–3. Final: 114–108. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 31 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · NOP vs CLE
Anthony Davis · NOPLeBron James · CLEPTS3137REB127AST18Top 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
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
20.92014–15 avg7.9Last 3

7.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 2014–15 (53 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 27, 19, 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37CLE @ NOP · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 7, 20, 17, 16, 20, 18, 11, 34WAS vs PHX · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 36, 0, 20, 32, 26, 17, 36, 17, 29, 31NOP vs CLE · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 18, 25, 14, 21, 28, 11, 12, 28NYK vs BKN · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 45, 22, 24, 40, 50, 26, 29, 24, 25HOU @ DAL · W
29.2 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 18, 4, 14, 17, 7, 12, 24, 23DET vs MIL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 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
Mike ConleyMEM+3.1 18.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jeff GreenMEM+3.0 13.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK+2.6 16.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ryan AndersonNOP+2.3 20.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
Matt BarnesMEM+1.8 9.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Langston GallowayNYK−2.2 6.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Greg MonroeMIL−2.2 13.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Eric GordonNOP−2.1 14.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Dennis SchroderATL−2.1 8.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Al-Farouq AminuPOR−2.0 9.0 last 10 · 11.0 season