FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 9, 2015Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DET by 7 after three quarters and won 93–92.

Final
CHI100
BOS105
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +5
Final
MIA81
CHA99
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +20; Q3 CHA +26; Q4 CHA +18
Final
HOU109
WAS103
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +6
Final
MEM93
DET92
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM -7; Q4 MEM +1
Final
SAS94
TOR97
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +3
Final
LAC109
MIL95
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +14
Final · OT
LAL122
MIN123
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final
ORL104
PHX107
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +3
Final
NYK85
UTA106
Q1 UTA +18; Q2 UTA +25; Q3 UTA +23; Q4 UTA +21
Final
ATL98
DAL95
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +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 9, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · MEM @ DET

Memphis wins a tight one over Detroit

93–92. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 21 points, 16 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7-4-7+1MEM AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2419242693
DET1730271892
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 14, 12, 17, 14, 9, 10, 9, 21MEM21 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 11, 13, 9, 38, 15, 22, 11, 19MEM19 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 15, 20, 24, 22, 17, 18, 9, 18DET18 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 15, 8, 31, 34, 23, 20, 4, 18DET18 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.6minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
28.72014–15 avg7.1Last 3

7.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 2014–15 (71 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg29.1Today

29 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 21.

MEM over DET1MIN over LAL1TOR over SAS3PHX over ORL3ATL over DAL3BOS over CHI5HOU over WAS6LAC over MIL14CHA over MIA18UTA over NYK21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 42

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 40, 50, 26, 29, 24, 25, 31, 10, 42HOU @ WAS · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen MIL, Feb 26, 2001: 42 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
42 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 11, 11, 3, 2, 16, 11, 0, 37MIN vs LAL · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +25.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 28, 22, 16, 14, 19, 25, 19, 36CHI @ BOS · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 16, 3, 20, 18, 14, 2, 13, 31LAC @ MIL · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 20, 20, 29, 17, 34, 16, 16, 28TOR vs SAS · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 10, 18, 35, 34, 17, 28, 26, 26WAS vs HOU · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 12 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
Gordon HaywardUTA+3.1 22.0 last 10 · 18.9 season
John WallWAS+3.0 22.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Ed DavisPOR+2.6 10.0 last 10 · 7.4 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK+2.3 16.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−4.6 10.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Langston GallowayNYK−3.3 4.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Eric GordonNOP−3.2 12.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Al-Farouq AminuPOR−2.9 7.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Hassan WhitesideMIA−2.6 10.1 last 10 · 12.7 season