FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 1, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed CLE by 4 after the first quarter and won 113–94.

Final
DAL87
CHA97
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +10
Final
MIL111
BKN93
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +18
Final
LAC113
CLE94
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +19
Final
ORL94
MEM95
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +1
Final
MIA111
UTA110
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +1
Final · 2OT
HOU132
GSW127
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU 0; OT2 HOU +5
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 · 2015–16Dec 1, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: Marc Gasol (MEM @ NOP), 38 points.
The lead · LAC @ CLE

Clippers beat Cleveland, 113–94

Clippers led 85–65 after three and won by 19. JJ Redick led Clippers with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+8+20+19LAC AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC24342728113
CLE2822152994
Who led
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 26, 10, 20, 10, 24, 5, 18, 23LAC23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 11, 19, 26, 18, 8, 13, 26, 16LAC16 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 24, 24, 25, 20, 25, 39, 20, 28CLE28 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 19, 28, 21, 31, 19, 26, 22, 16CLE16 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · ORL @ MEM

Memphis takes over late to edge Orlando

Down 3 after three, Memphis won the fourth 30–26. Final: 95–94. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over ORL1MIA over UTA1HOU over GSW5CHA over DAL10MIL over BKN18LAC over CLE19Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Points per game
7.72015–16 avg16.0Last 3

16.0 points a game over his last three games, against 7.7 in 2015–16 (76 games). Today: 17 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 39

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 23, 33, 14, 28, 29, 28, 25, 39GSW vs HOU · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 8, 9, 25, 22, 24, 24, 31, 32UTA vs MIA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 26, 31, 28, 29, 23, 38, 26, 29HOU @ GSW · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Dec 23, 2020: 29 PTS · 15 REB · 14 AST
29 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 13, 5, 10, 13, 13, 14, 11, 29HOU @ GSW · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 16, 20, 22, 31, 24, 34, 25, 28GSW vs HOU · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 16, 11, 18, 25, 11, 27, 13, 28ORL @ MEM · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 0 REB · 4 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
JJ RedickLAC+2.8 18.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Trey LylesUTA+2.6 12.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET+2.0 16.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Maurice HarklessPOR+1.8 14.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−2.4 25.8 last 10 · 28.2 season
Joe JohnsonUTA−1.3 7.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chris PaulLAC−1.2 16.7 last 10 · 17.9 season
Marcus MorrisDET−1.1 13.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Allen CrabbePOR−0.8 8.1 last 10 · 8.8 season