FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 10, 2015Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed PHI by 4 after three quarters and won 100–91.

Final
PHI91
BKN100
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN -4; Q4 BKN +9
Final
LAC80
CHI83
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +3
Final
ATL94
OKC107
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +13
Final
NYK97
SAC99
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +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 10, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ GSW), 34 points.
The lead · PHI @ BKN

Philadelphia's skid reaches four

Brooklyn won 100–91; the 76ers fall to 1–22. Andrea Bargnani led Brooklyn with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+8-4+9BKN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1331301791
BKN24281830100
Who led
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 0, 8, 5, 12, 13, 6, 0, 23BKN23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 16, 19, 8, 18, 25, 20, 18BKN18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Jahlil OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 16, 25, 19, 11, 9, 12, 10, 22PHI22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
T.J. McConnellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 10, 2, 17PHI17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAC @ CHI

Chicago holds off Clippers, 83–80

Chicago led 64–54 after three and held on to win by three. Pau Gasol led Chicago with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over NYK2CHI over LAC3BKN over PHI9OKC over ATL13Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 19 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
29.82014–15 avg14.6Last 3

14.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 2014–15 (30 games). Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg40.3Today

40 minutes today, against 27.6 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 27

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 29, 30, 31, 16, 14, 13, 23, 27SAC vs NYK · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 14, 27, 30, 34, 25, 25, 20, 32, 25OKC vs ATL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gilbert Arenas WAS, Nov 5, 2003: 25 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
25 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 12, 9, 18, 26, 13, 22, 16, 24CHI vs LAC · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 28, 11, 12, 28, 18, 17, 12, 23NYK @ SAC · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 20, 27, 14, 34, 25, 19, 13, 23OKC vs ATL · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 11, 12, 14, 17, 9, 12, 17, 23OKC vs ATL · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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
Kyle LowryTOR+2.3 24.3 last 10 · 22.0 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−4.6 10.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Langston GallowayNYK−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Eric GordonNOP−3.2 12.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dennis SchroderATL−3.2 6.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Al-Farouq AminuPOR−2.9 7.9 last 10 · 10.8 season