FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 8, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed POR by 9 at halftime and won 105–100.

Final
POR100
CLE105
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE -9; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +5
Final
GSW131
IND123
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +28; Q4 GSW +8
Final
HOU105
BKN110
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +5
Final
OKC125
MEM88
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +35; Q4 OKC +37
Final
ORL85
DEN74
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +11
Final
UTA106
SAC114
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +8
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 8, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (LAC vs PHX), 45 points.
The lead · POR @ CLE

LeBron James scores 33, Cleveland rallies past Portland

Cleveland trailed by 9 at the half and won 105–100.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-8-9+2+5CLE AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR25311925100
CLE17303028105
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 19, 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37, 33CLE33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 34, 21, 18, 26, 8, 15, 5, 18CLE18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 19, 29, 7, 25, 26, 19, 23, 33POR33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 18, 28, 12, 11, 21, 17, 17, 24POR24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.2minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
28.72014–15 avg6.5Last 2

6.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.7 in 2014–15 (71 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · ORL @ DEN

Orlando takes care of Denver

An 11-point win, 85–74. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over POR5BKN over HOU5GSW over IND8SAC over UTA8ORL over DEN11OKC over MEM37Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over DEN.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 39

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 11, 15, 15, 20, 21, 26, 21, 39GSW @ IND · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 20, 40, 33, 39, 31, 11, 48, 33IND vs GSW · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 19, 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37, 33CLE vs POR · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 19, 29, 7, 25, 26, 19, 23, 33POR @ CLE · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 14, 27, 30, 34, 25, 25, 20, 32OKC @ MEM · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 2, 6, 18, 18, 6, 2, 3, 32HOU @ BKN · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 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 GeorgeIND+3.6 31.5 last 10 · 27.9 season
Ed DavisPOR+2.6 10.0 last 10 · 7.4 season
Matt BarnesMEM+2.6 10.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+2.5 19.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Deron WilliamsDAL+2.4 17.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−3.5 12.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Langston GallowayNYK−3.4 4.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Eric GordonNOP−3.2 12.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Al-Farouq AminuPOR−2.9 7.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−2.6 13.4 last 10 · 16.0 season