FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 11, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIN by 10 after three quarters and won 116–108.

Final
PHI97
DET79
Q1 PHI +20; Q2 PHI +23; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +18
Final
GSW116
MIN108
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW -10; Q4 GSW +8
Final
BOS96
OKC99
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +3
Final · OT
NOP120
PHX119
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP -7; Q3 NOP -6; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +1
Final
NYK118
LAL112
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +6
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 11, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ BOS), 38 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIN

Klay Thompson scores 30 in Golden State win over Minnesota

Final: 116–108. Klay Thompson added 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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+3+2-10+8GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW30301838116
MIN27313020108
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 20, 15, 26, 60, 24, 10, 8, 30GSW30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 25, 39, 20, 20, 16, 21, 21, 22GSW22 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 19, 47, 20, 27, 11, 17, 14, 25MIN25 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 13, 19, 19, 29, 11, 25, 16, 25MIN25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NOP @ PHX

New Orleans needs overtime to survive Phoenix

Tied 110–110 after regulation. New Orleans won the final period 10–9 for a 120–119 win. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NOP vs PHX
Jrue Holiday · NOPEric Bledsoe · PHXPTS2332REB33AST38Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg32.2Last 5

32.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg15.1Last 3

15.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 18 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg33.4Today

33 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 36, 17, 27, 35, 28, 32, 27, 37OKC vs BOS · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 23, 35, 12, 27, 14, 15, 30, 32PHX vs NOP · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 20, 15, 26, 60, 24, 10, 8, 30GSW @ MIN · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 18, 20, 12, 21, 13, 7, 15, 28DET vs PHI · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 21, 29, 11, 15, 14, 12, 17, 26NYK @ LAL · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 19, 47, 20, 27, 11, 17, 14, 25MIN vs GSW · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 18 REB · 2 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+4.7 24.2 last 10 · 19.5 season
Eric BledsoePHX+3.5 23.3 last 10 · 19.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+3.4 19.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dwyane WadeCHI+3.4 23.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Ersan IlyasovaPHI+3.3 16.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.6 23.2 last 10 · 27.8 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−4.1 8.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Andrew WigginsMIN−2.4 19.8 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR−2.4 9.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Arron AfflaloSAC−2.3 5.4 last 10 · 7.7 season