FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 12, 2015Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed POR by 10 after three quarters and won 112–110.

Final
LAC105
BKN100
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +5
Final
BOS98
CHA93
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +5
Final
IND96
DET118
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +22
Final
SAS103
ATL78
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +25
Final
NOP94
CHI98
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +4
Final
LAL97
HOU126
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +29
Final
WAS114
DAL111
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +3
Final
GSW95
MIL108
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +13
Final
NYK112
POR110
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK +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 12, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ NOP), 41 points.
The lead · NYK @ POR

Carmelo Anthony scores 37 as New York wins in Portland

Final: 112–110. Carmelo Anthony made 13 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-1-10+2NYK AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK21342136112
POR29273024110
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 11, 12, 28, 18, 17, 12, 23, 37NYK37 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 31, 13, 18, 13, 6, 4, 14, 15NYK15 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 7, 25, 26, 19, 23, 33, 18, 29POR29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 12, 11, 21, 17, 17, 24, 26, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Houston by 29.

NYK over POR2WAS over DAL3CHI over NOP4LAC over BKN5BOS over CHA5MIL over GSW13DET over IND22SAS over ATL25HOU over LAL29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 37

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 11, 12, 28, 18, 17, 12, 23, 37NYK @ POR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 50, 26, 29, 24, 25, 31, 10, 42, 30HOU vs LAL · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 7, 25, 26, 19, 23, 33, 18, 29POR vs NYK · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 18, 14, 14, 18, 16, 16, 13, 28MIL vs GSW · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 19, 26, 40, 44, 28, 29, 38, 28GSW @ MIL · L
32.3 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 6, 13, 6, 7, 13, 15, 13, 13, 15, 28WAS @ DAL · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 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
John WallWAS+4.4 24.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Gordon HaywardUTA+3.3 22.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Gary NealWAS+2.8 13.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Allen CrabbePOR+2.8 12.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+2.5 14.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−5.4 9.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Dennis SchroderATL−3.2 6.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.1 23.0 last 10 · 26.1 season
Eric GordonNOP−3.1 12.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Langston GallowayNYK−3.1 5.0 last 10 · 8.1 season