FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 11, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 15 at halftime and won 111–108.

Final
MIA83
IND96
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +13
Final
CLE111
ORL76
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +31; Q4 CLE +35
Final
DET107
PHI95
Q1 DET +21; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +12
Final · 2OT
GSW124
BOS119
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW 0; OT2 GSW +5
Final
MIL83
TOR90
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +7
Final
CHA123
MEM99
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +20; Q4 CHA +24
Final
WAS105
NOP107
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +2
Final · OT
MIN108
DEN111
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -15; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
OKC94
UTA90
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +4
Final
POR106
PHX96
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +10
Final
LAL87
SAS109
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +22
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 11, 2014: 2 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ SAC), 44 points.
The lead · MIN @ DEN

Denver needs overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 100–100 after regulation. Denver won the final period 11–8 for a 111–108 win. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-15-50+3DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN292722228108
DEN2318322711111
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 16, 12, 13, 13, 21, 24, 13, 23DEN23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 12, 2, 6, 0, 2, 10, 6, 20DEN20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 11, 3, 2, 16, 11, 0, 37, 22MIN22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 15, 22, 21, 27, 17, 8, 19, 22MIN22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Orlando by 35, the widest margin of 11 games.

NOP over WAS2DEN over MIN3OKC over UTA4GSW over BOS5TOR over MIL7POR over PHX10DET over PHI12IND over MIA13SAS over LAL22CHA over MEM24CLE over ORL35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg14.9Last 3

14.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg44.4Today

44 minutes today, against 26.5 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 38

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 41, 19, 26, 40, 44, 28, 29, 38GSW @ BOS · W
32.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 39, 16, 18, 22, 4, 17, 14, 18, 33CHA @ MEM · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 20, 17, 21, 22, 23, 16, 21, 31PHX vs POR · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 12, 3, 4, 21, 6, 21, 15, 28BOS vs GSW · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 5 games: 20, 10, 14, 0, 27NOP vs WAS · W
14.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 20, 29, 17, 34, 16, 16, 28, 27TOR vs MIL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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+3.5 31.2 last 10 · 27.7 season
John WallWAS+3.5 23.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Gordon HaywardUTA+3.3 22.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Gorgui DiengMIN+2.3 10.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Allen CrabbePOR+2.2 12.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−5.4 9.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Langston GallowayNYK−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Eric GordonNOP−3.5 12.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dennis SchroderATL−3.2 6.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.1 23.0 last 10 · 26.1 season