FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 15, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed IND by 4 at halftime and won 102–95.

Final
CHI97
MIL108
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +22; Q4 MIL +11
Final
IND95
NOP102
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP -4; Q3 NOP -3; Q4 NOP +7
Final
POR120
DEN132
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +12
Final
SAS107
PHX92
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +15
Final
NYK90
GSW103
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +13
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 15, 2015: 4 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ SAC), 33 points.
The lead · IND @ NOP

Anthony Davis goes for 35 in New Orleans win over Indiana

New Orleans won 102–95.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0+4-4-3+7NOP AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2030242195
NOP24222531102
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 41, 21, 37, 28, 26, 14, 28, 35NOP35 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 4, 16, 8, 6, 15, 9, 7, 21NOP21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 12, 6, 20, 18, 14, 22, 11, 26IND26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 15, 16, 19, 10, 9, 16, 10, 21IND21 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Second story · CHI @ MIL

Milwaukee leads Chicago wire to wire

Milwaukee was ahead at every break and won 108–97. Best quarter: the second, 34–27. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 30 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over IND7MIL over CHI11DEN over POR12GSW over NYK13SAS over PHX15Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg14.6Last 3

14.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg33.4Today

33 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 40

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, 28, 19, 30, 30, 19, 33, 24, 17, 40POR @ DEN · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gary Payton SEA, Dec 4, 2002: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 41, 21, 37, 28, 26, 14, 28, 35NOP vs IND · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 23, 16, 22, 15, 14, 28, 30, 30MIL vs CHI · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 22, 15, 23, 27, 27, 8, 27, 28MIL vs CHI · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 16, 12, 24, 5, 14, 21, 12, 27DEN vs POR · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 12, 6, 20, 18, 14, 22, 11, 26IND @ NOP · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 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
Lou WilliamsLAL+4.6 23.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL+4.0 20.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Marc GasolMEM+3.7 23.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Dennis SchroderATL+3.5 20.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Goran DragicMIA+3.5 21.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
DeMar DeRozanTOR−3.6 24.4 last 10 · 28.0 season
CJ MilesIND−3.3 8.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.0 21.9 last 10 · 24.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−3.0 19.6 last 10 · 22.6 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS−2.9 13.4 last 10 · 16.3 season