FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 13, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed CHI by 16 after the first quarter and won 99–94.

Final
MEM86
CLE103
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +17
Final
ORL131
ATL120
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +11
Final
MIN99
CHI94
Q1 MIN -16; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +5
Final
GSW113
NOP109
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +4
Final · OT
NYK111
PHX113
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +2
Final
OKC95
POR114
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +19
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 13, 2015: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs UTA), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ CHI

Minnesota storms back from 16 down to beat Chicago

The Timberwolves trailed by 16 after one and won 99–94. Zach LaVine led Minnesota with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-4+3+5MIN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2230262199
CHI3818191994
Who led
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 17, 23, 17, 25, 29, 14, 25, 24MIN24 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 19, 19, 29, 11, 25, 16, 25, 23MIN23 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 22, 26, 26, 26, 32, 13, 31, 27CHI27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Robin LopezPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 10, 10, 15, 7, 8, 12, 4, 14CHI14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 19.

PHX over NYK2GSW over NOP4MIN over CHI5ORL over ATL11CLE over MEM17POR over OKC19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
9.6Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg22.9Last 3

22.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kristaps Porzingis leads the day with 34

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.
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 29, 11, 15, 14, 12, 17, 26, 34NYK @ PHX · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 35, 12, 27, 14, 15, 30, 32, 31PHX vs NYK · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 28, 31, 13, 19, 26, 17, 22, 30GSW @ NOP · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 13, 16, 15, 28, 21, 28, 22, 29CLE vs MEM · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 11, 16, 21, 10, 8, 12, 22, 29ORL @ ATL · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 45, 31, 36, 41, 21, 37, 28, 26, 14, 28NOP vs GSW · L
30.5 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 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
Dennis SchroderATL+3.5 20.0 last 10 · 16.5 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
Andrew WigginsMIN−2.6 19.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Arron AfflaloSAC−2.5 5.0 last 10 · 7.5 season