FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 30, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 96–90.

Final
DET121
BOS114
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +7
Final
MEM105
TOR120
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +15
Final
LAL96
CHI90
Q1 LAL -11; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +6
Final
NYK106
MIN104
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +2
Final · OT
WAS115
OKC126
Q1 OKC +13; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +11
Final
SAS94
DAL87
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +7
Final
MIA106
DEN98
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +8
Final
ATL107
PHX109
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +2
Final
IND109
POR131
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +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 · 2015–16Nov 30, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ ATL), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHI

Lakers rally from 11 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 11 after one, Lakers outscored the Bulls 79–62 the rest of the way. Final: 96–90. Lou Williams led Lakers with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-110-3+6LAL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL1730232696
CHI2819261790
Who led
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 24, 25, 13, 16, 13, 21, 16, 18LAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 20, 5, 18, 16, 20, 18, 9, 18LAL18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 20, 37, 27, 20, 22, 40, 35, 26, 22CHI22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 13, 14, 19, 18, 28, 22, 26, 17CHI17 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio handles Dallas by 7

The Spurs won the fourth quarter 33–21. Final: 94–87. Patty Mills led San Antonio with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIN2PHX over ATL2LAL over CHI6DET over BOS7SAS over DAL7MIA over DEN8OKC over WAS11TOR over MEM15POR over IND22Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Points per game
7.72015–16 avg15.5Last 2

15.5 points a game over his last two games, against 7.7 in 2015–16 (76 games). Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 47

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 25, 17, 27, 9, 22, 18, 19, 47MIN vs NYK · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Jan 26, 2011: 47 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Career high47 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 30, 31, 34, 31, 36, 17, 27, 35OKC vs WAS · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Feb 4, 2023: 35 PTS · 15 REB · 11 AST
35 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 11, 1, 14, 9, 16, 11, 24, 31ATL @ PHX · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 3, 18, 34, 42, 14, 25, 31, 31WAS @ OKC · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 35, 16, 19, 31, 16, 25, 21, 29NYK @ MIN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 24, 18, 25, 27, 17, 19, 24, 29TOR vs MEM · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Evan TurnerPOR+3.0 12.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET+2.0 16.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Maurice HarklessPOR+1.8 14.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Victor OladipoOKC+1.4 18.7 last 10 · 17.2 season
Brandon IngramLAL+1.2 8.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−2.4 25.8 last 10 · 28.2 season
Marcus MorrisDET−1.1 13.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Allen CrabbePOR−0.8 8.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−0.8 30.4 last 10 · 31.1 season
Domantas SabonisOKC−0.6 6.2 last 10 · 6.8 season