FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 6, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 3 after the first quarter and won 105–91.

Final
ORL124
WAS116
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +8
Final
CHI91
DET102
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +11
Final
NYK114
MIA103
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +11
Final
PHI91
MEM96
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +5
Final
SAS105
MIN91
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +14
Final
PHX105
UTA112
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +7
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 6, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Wesley Matthews (DAL @ WAS), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ MIN

Kawhi Leonard scores 31 as San Antonio wins in Minnesota

Final: 105–91. Kawhi Leonard made 11 of 15 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3+8+14SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS19242933105
MIN2224182791
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 30, 25, 19, 21, 21, 23, 21, 31SAS31 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 8, 19, 13, 7, 23, 10, 1, 15SAS15 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 26, 13, 31, 28, 17, 23, 17, 25MIN25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 13, 11, 15, 11, 8, 2, 7, 16MIN16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: San Antonio by 14.

MEM over PHI5UTA over PHX7ORL over WAS8DET over CHI11NYK over MIA11SAS over MIN14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
20.72015–16 avg6.9Last 2

6.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.7 in 2015–16 (61 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

John Wall leads the day with 52

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.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 18, 26, 21, 19, 15, 17, 25, 52WAS vs ORL · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +29.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mo Williams MIN, Jan 13, 2015: 52 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Career high52 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 17, 35, 18, 18, 14, 29, 20, 35NYK @ MIA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 40, 35, 26, 22, 26, 26, 26, 32CHI @ DET · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 30, 25, 19, 21, 21, 23, 21, 31SAS @ MIN · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 22, 10, 6, 27, 16, 27, 18, 29MIA vs NYK · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 22, 24, 24, 31, 32, 32, 23, 28UTA vs PHX · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.5 27.0 last 10 · 22.5 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+3.2 13.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+3.1 32.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+2.9 21.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Evan TurnerPOR+2.7 11.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−5.7 22.3 last 10 · 28.0 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−5.6 16.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−2.3 11.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Damian LillardPOR−2.3 25.6 last 10 · 27.9 season
Markieff MorrisWAS−2.2 10.7 last 10 · 12.8 season