FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 7, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed POR by 7 at halftime and won 115–107.

Final
DET77
CHA87
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +10
Final
BOS117
ORL87
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +30
Final
MIA95
ATL103
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +8
Final
DEN111
BKN116
Q1 BKN +13; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +5
Final
LAL95
HOU134
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +39
Final
POR107
MIL115
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +8
Final
CLE126
NYK94
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +27; Q4 CLE +32
Final
SAC120
DAL89
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +31
Final
IND109
PHX94
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +15
Final
GSW115
LAC98
Q1 GSW +18; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +17
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 7, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: Kristaps Porzingis (NYK vs DAL), 28 points.
The lead · POR @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Portland by 8

The Bucks won the third quarter 34–18. Final: 115–107. Jabari Parker led Milwaukee with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-7+9+8MIL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR28301831107
MIL28233430115
Who led
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 28, 22, 14, 9, 18, 22, 15, 23, 27MIL27 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Matthew DellavedovaPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 7, 11, 8, 3, 9, 18, 8, 17MIL17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 22, 40, 27, 27, 28, 19, 30, 30POR30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 16, 13, 24, 28, 19, 17, 24, 23POR23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Lakers by 39, the widest margin of 10 games.

BKN over DEN5ATL over MIA8MIL over POR8CHA over DET10IND over PHX15GSW over LAC17BOS over ORL30SAC over DAL31CLE over NYK32HOU over LAL39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg31.0Today

31 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 30

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 22, 40, 27, 27, 28, 19, 30, 30POR @ MIL · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 20, 25, 39, 20, 28, 20, 24, 28CLE @ NYK · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 13, 32, 25, 17, 24, 20, 10, 27DEN @ BKN · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 17, 22, 12, 18, 8, 9, 13, 27MIA @ ATL · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 28, 22, 14, 9, 18, 22, 15, 23, 27MIL vs POR · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 16, 10, 3, 20, 14, 10, 15, 26DET @ CHA · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 20 REB · 1 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+4.0 26.6 last 10 · 22.6 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+3.8 13.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Lou WilliamsLAL+2.5 21.2 last 10 · 18.7 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+2.5 17.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
PJ TuckerPHX+2.4 8.2 last 10 · 5.8 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−3.9 9.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Rudy GaySAC−3.0 16.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Justin HamiltonBKN−2.3 4.5 last 10 · 6.8 season