FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 4, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed LAC by 11 after the first quarter and won 111–102.

Final
ORL98
DET92
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +6
Final
NOP92
OKC101
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +9
Final
SAC98
NYK106
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +8
Final
IND111
LAC102
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +9
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 4, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ NOP), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ LAC

Indiana climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 11 after one. Indiana won it 111–102. Thaddeus Young led Indiana with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-11-4+14+9IND AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND17313528111
LAC28241733102
Who led
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 9, 20, 14, 24, 11, 11, 4, 17IND17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 13, 10, 28, 26, 13, 21, 18, 16IND16 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 26, 26, 12, 24, 16, 13, 27, 24LAC24 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 26, 18, 8, 13, 26, 16, 17, 18LAC18 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Second story · ORL @ DET

Orlando takes care of Detroit

A 6-point win, 98–92. Serge Ibaka led Orlando with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over DET6NYK over SAC8OKC over NOP9IND over LAC9Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over DET.
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 19 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg24.5Today

25 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 38, 38, 13, 45, 31, 36, 41, 21, 37NOP @ OKC · L
31.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 38, 19, 36, 32, 37, 36, 28, 36SAC @ NYK · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 31, 34, 31, 36, 17, 27, 35, 28OKC vs NOP · W
31.0 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jimmy Butler CHI, Apr 2, 2016: 28 PTS · 17 REB · 12 AST
28 PTS · 17 REB · 12 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 26, 26, 12, 24, 16, 13, 27, 24LAC vs IND · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 9, 23, 17, 10, 22, 18, 13, 22SAC @ NYK · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 21, 5, 19, 19, 18, 11, 16, 21ORL @ DET · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 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
Trey LylesUTA+3.2 12.8 last 10 · 9.6 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+3.1 32.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Evan TurnerPOR+2.6 11.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
JJ RedickLAC+2.5 18.0 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+2.5 11.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−5.3 22.6 last 10 · 27.9 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−3.8 19.0 last 10 · 22.8 season
Damian LillardPOR−3.3 24.5 last 10 · 27.8 season
James HardenHOU−2.0 26.3 last 10 · 28.3 season
Elfrid PaytonORL−2.0 8.0 last 10 · 10.0 season