FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 12, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 9 at halftime and won 116–92.

Final
CHA94
IND110
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +16
Final
WAS101
MIA112
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +11
Final
MIL100
TOR122
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +22
Final
BKN118
HOU122
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +4
Final
DEN92
DAL112
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +25; Q4 DAL +20
Final
POR120
LAC121
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +1
Final
LAL92
SAC116
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +24
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 12, 2015: 9 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ POR), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

DeMarcus Cousins posts 31 and 17 as Sacramento beats Lakers

31 points and 17 rebounds in a 116–92 win.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7-9+17+24SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2434132192
SAC31183928116
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 37, 36, 28, 36, 24, 28, 16, 31SAC31 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 18, 6, 13, 13, 19, 14, 17, 20SAC20 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 12, 17, 22, 7, 32, 8, 3, 17LAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 10, 2, 18, 5, 2, 6, 22, 16LAL16 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · POR @ LAC

Clippers hold off Portland, 121–120

Clippers led 89–86 after three and held on to win by one. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over POR1HOU over BKN4MIA over WAS11IND over CHA16DAL over DEN20TOR over MIL22SAC over LAL24Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg11.1Last 3

11.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 36

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 26, 29, 20, 37, 25, 21, 18, 36HOU vs BKN · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 27, 16, 27, 18, 29, 21, 15, 21, 34MIA vs WAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 37, 36, 28, 36, 24, 28, 16, 31SAC vs LAL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 34, 23, 16, 22, 15, 14, 28, 30MIL @ TOR · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 19, 15, 17, 25, 52, 15, 24, 30WAS @ MIA · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 14, 24, 16, 21, 31, 27, 24, 30TOR vs MIL · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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+5.0 24.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+3.7 20.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Sean KilpatrickBKN+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Eric GordonHOU+3.6 20.9 last 10 · 17.3 season
Eric BledsoePHX+3.5 23.3 last 10 · 19.8 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.2 23.7 last 10 · 27.9 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−3.1 9.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR−2.7 9.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Arron AfflaloSAC−2.5 5.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Rudy GaySAC−2.5 16.1 last 10 · 18.6 season