FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 7, 2015Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CHI by 16 after three quarters and won 103–101.

Final
DET84
CHA104
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +20
Final
SAS119
PHI68
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +36; Q3 SAS +44; Q4 SAS +51
Final
WAS114
MIA103
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +11
Final
DAL104
NYK97
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +7
Final
LAL93
TOR102
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +9
Final
PHX103
CHI101
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX -16; Q4 PHX +2
Final
POR88
MIL90
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +2
Final
LAC110
MIN106
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +4
Final
BOS111
NOP93
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +18
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 7, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Wilson Chandler (DEN @ ATL), 29 points.
The lead · PHX @ CHI

Phoenix storms back from 16 down to beat Chicago

The Suns trailed by 16 after three and won 103–101. Brandon Knight led Phoenix with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30-16+2PHX AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX27241042103
CHI30212624101
Who led
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 29, 21, 16, 26, 22, 19, 17, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 7, 10, 20, 12, 18, 2, 14, 20PHX20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 17, 14, 12, 9, 18, 26, 13, 22CHI22 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 32, 28, 22, 16, 14, 19, 25, 19CHI19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.9Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
29.82014–15 avg13.4Last 2

13.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.8 in 2014–15 (30 games). Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Spurs rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Philadelphia by 51.

PHX over CHI2MIL over POR2LAC over MIN4DAL over NYK7TOR over LAL9WAS over MIA11BOS over NOP18CHA over DET20SAS over PHI51Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kristaps Porzingis leads the day with 28

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.
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 20, 10, 11, 20, 17, 19, 12, 28NYK vs DAL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 13, 27, 27, 17, 31, 16, 41, 27TOR vs LAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 27, 16, 2, 17, 30, 28, 19, 26MIA vs WAS · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 18, 8, 13, 21, 6, 18, 17, 26SAS @ PHI · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 14, 10, 18, 35, 34, 17, 28, 26WAS @ MIA · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 14, 13, 13, 13, 28, 16, 19, 25DAL @ NYK · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Kemba WalkerCHA+2.5 19.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Matt BarnesMEM+2.4 10.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mike ConleyMEM+2.4 17.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Deron WilliamsDAL+2.4 17.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicBKN−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Langston GallowayNYK−3.4 4.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Eric GordonNOP−3.2 12.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Evan FournierORL−2.7 13.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−2.6 13.4 last 10 · 16.0 season