FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 6, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed WAS by 3 at halftime and won 116–104.

Final
PHX93
MEM95
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +2
Final
GSW114
BKN98
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +16
Final
LAL91
DET111
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +20
Final
DAL116
WAS104
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +12
Final
SAC95
OKC98
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +3
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 6, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: Draymond Green (GSW @ CHI), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ WAS

Wesley Matthews hits ten threes, Dallas tops Washington

36 points for Wesley Matthews. Final: 116–104.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-3+3+12DAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL29263229116
WAS28302620104
Who led
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 18, 11, 15, 7, 10, 18, 5, 36DAL36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 11, 14, 13, 13, 13, 28, 16, 19DAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 18, 14, 10, 18, 35, 34, 17, 28WAS28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 20, 17, 16, 20, 18, 11, 34, 21WAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHX @ MEM

Memphis takes over late to edge Phoenix

Down 1 after three, Memphis won the fourth 28–25. Final: 95–93. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over PHX2OKC over SAC3DAL over WAS12GSW over BKN16DET over LAL20Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg13.2Last 3

13.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Wesley Matthews leads the day with 36

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.
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 18, 11, 15, 7, 10, 18, 5, 36DAL @ WAS · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 18, 14, 10, 18, 35, 34, 17, 28WAS vs DAL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 19, 24, 41, 19, 26, 40, 44, 28GSW @ BKN · W
32.4 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 14, 11, 18, 16, 19, 8, 18, 25BKN vs GSW · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 29, 18, 21, 20, 17, 21, 22, 23PHX @ MEM · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Draymond GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 13, 18, 14, 13, 20, 4, 16, 22GSW @ BKN · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 7 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
Kristaps PorzingisNYK+2.9 16.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kyle LowryTOR+2.5 24.5 last 10 · 22.0 season
Matt BarnesMEM+2.4 10.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mike ConleyMEM+2.4 17.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicBKN−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
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