FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 5, 2015Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIN by 13 at halftime and won 109–103.

Final
DEN108
PHI105
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +3
Final
GSW112
TOR109
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +3
Final
CHA102
CHI96
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +6
Final
SAC113
HOU120
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +7
Final
CLE84
MIA99
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +15
Final
POR109
MIN103
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -13; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +6
Final
NYK91
MIL106
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +15
Final
BOS105
SAS108
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +3
Final · OT
IND119
UTA122
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
ORL101
LAC103
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +2
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 5, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ MIN), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ MIN

Portland rallies from 13 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 13 at the half, Portland outscored the Timberwolves 63–44 the rest of the way. Final: 109–103. Damian Lillard led Portland with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-10-13-2+6POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR22243429109
MIN32272321103
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 27, 30, 19, 29, 7, 25, 26, 19POR19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 18, 19, 18, 28, 12, 11, 21, 17POR17 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 21, 18, 6, 6, 7, 17, 6, 27MIN27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 28, 21, 32, 15, 22, 21, 27, 17MIN17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Miami by 15.

LAC over ORL2DEN over PHI3GSW over TOR3SAS over BOS3UTA over IND3CHA over CHI6POR over MIN6HOU over SAC7MIA over CLE15MIL over NYK15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 48 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg7.5Last 3

7.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 48

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: 29, 26, 34, 20, 40, 33, 39, 31, 11, 48IND @ UTA · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Dec 9, 2017: 48 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Career high48 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 37, 40, 27, 19, 24, 41, 19, 26, 40, 44GSW @ TOR · W
32.6 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mo Williams CLE, Feb 11, 2009: 44 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
44 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 25, 13, 27, 27, 17, 31, 16, 41TOR vs GSW · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Deron Williams UTA, Dec 8, 2007: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 5, 23, 18, 18, 11, 22, 23, 12, 35UTA vs IND · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 8, 15, 3, 9, 0, 11, 16, 32LAC vs ORL · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 45, 22, 24, 40, 50, 26, 29, 24, 25, 31HOU vs SAC · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 9 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
Darrell ArthurDEN+4.1 11.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Mike ConleyMEM+3.1 18.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jeff GreenMEM+3.0 13.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK+2.9 16.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kyle LowryTOR+2.5 24.5 last 10 · 22.0 season
Cold
Langston GallowayNYK−3.1 5.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Evan FournierORL−2.7 13.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Eric GordonNOP−2.1 14.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Dennis SchroderATL−2.1 8.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Ty LawsonHOU−1.8 5.4 last 10 · 7.2 season