FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 2, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed NOP by 5 after the first quarter and won 114–96.

Final
ORL105
PHI88
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +17
Final
SAC92
BOS97
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +5
Final
MIN114
NYK118
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +4
Final
LAL80
TOR113
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +21; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +33
Final
DET121
ATL85
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +33; Q4 DET +36
Final
CLE105
CHI111
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +6
Final
LAC114
NOP96
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +18
Final
WAS105
SAS107
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +2
Final
HOU128
DEN110
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +18
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 2, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ CHA), 40 points.
The lead · LAC @ NOP

Clippers get past New Orleans

114–96, with Clippers ahead 60–57 at halftime. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+3+13+18LAC AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC25352925114
NOP3027192096
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 29, 26, 26, 12, 24, 16, 13, 27LAC27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 7, 12, 15, 14, 12, 11, 12, 21LAC21 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 38, 38, 13, 45, 31, 36, 41, 21NOP21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
E'Twaun MoorePoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 11, 2, 15, 12, 15, 0, 2, 15NOP15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · WAS @ SAS

San Antonio holds off Washington, 107–105

San Antonio led 80–74 after three and held on to win by two. Kawhi Leonard led San Antonio with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over WAS2NYK over MIN4BOS over SAC5CHI over CLE6ORL over PHI17LAC over NOP18HOU over DEN18TOR over LAL33DET over ATL36Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.7Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 29

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: 24, 22, 19, 31, 17, 35, 18, 18, 14, 29NYK vs MIN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 26, 38, 19, 36, 32, 37, 36, 28SAC @ BOS · L
28.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 28, 21, 31, 19, 26, 22, 16, 27CLE @ CHI · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 29, 26, 26, 12, 24, 16, 13, 27LAC @ NOP · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 27, 20, 22, 40, 35, 26, 22, 26CHI vs CLE · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 9 games: 11, 11, 14, 18, 20, 17, 12, 9, 26BOS vs SAC · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 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
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
Clint CapelaHOU+2.3 14.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET+2.2 17.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−2.4 25.8 last 10 · 28.2 season
James HardenHOU−2.0 26.3 last 10 · 28.3 season
Elfrid PaytonORL−1.7 8.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.ATL−1.6 9.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Chris PaulLAC−1.5 16.3 last 10 · 17.8 season