FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 9, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIL by 20 at halftime and won 114–110.

Final
ORL88
CHA109
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +21
Final
TOR101
BOS94
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +7
Final
MIA84
CLE114
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +30
Final
ATL114
MIL110
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -20; Q3 ATL -8; Q4 ATL +4
Final
DET117
MIN90
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +27
Final
HOU102
OKC99
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +3
Final
IND103
DAL111
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
Final
PHX119
LAL115
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +4
Final
NYK103
SAC100
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +3
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 9, 2015: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ WAS), 42 points.
The lead · ATL @ MIL

Dennis Schroder drops 33 in 20-point comeback win over Milwaukee

Milwaukee led by 20 at the half. Final: 114–110.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-20-8+4ATL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL23214030114
MIL30342818110
Who led
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 11, 24, 31, 17, 15, 17, 17, 33ATL33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 10, 18, 11, 9, 14, 24, 21, 23ATL23 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 14, 9, 18, 22, 15, 23, 27, 27MIL27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 8, 11, 14, 2, 13, 10, 15, 14MIL14 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
20.72015–16 avg5.2Last 3

5.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 2015–16 (73 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg35.5Today

36 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 30.

HOU over OKC3NYK over SAC3ATL over MIL4PHX over LAL4TOR over BOS7DAL over IND8CHA over ORL21DET over MIN27CLE over MIA30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Lou Williams leads the day with 35

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.
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 21, 16, 18, 13, 40, 38, 24, 35LAL vs PHX · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 19, 24, 29, 24, 17, 24, 25, 34TOR @ BOS · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 18, 18, 14, 29, 20, 35, 8, 33NYK @ SAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 11, 24, 31, 17, 15, 17, 17, 33ATL @ MIL · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 16, 23, 35, 12, 27, 14, 15, 30PHX @ LAL · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 38, 19, 36, 32, 37, 36, 28, 36, 24, 28SAC vs NYK · L
28.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 6 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
Lou WilliamsLAL+4.1 23.4 last 10 · 19.3 season
Marc GasolMEM+3.6 23.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Eric BledsoePHX+3.5 22.8 last 10 · 19.3 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+3.2 18.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
Evan TurnerPOR+3.0 12.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.6 23.2 last 10 · 27.8 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−3.9 9.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−3.5 18.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
Rudy GaySAC−2.4 16.6 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR−2.4 9.8 last 10 · 12.2 season