FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 1, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NOP by 12 at halftime and won 114–108.

Final
GSW133
ORL112
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +21
Final
DET91
WAS109
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +18
Final
IND115
TOR120
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +5
Final
SAC107
CHI106
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +1
Final
SAS95
MEM79
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +16
Final
CHA100
MIA105
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +5
Final
MIN107
OKC111
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +4
Final
NOP108
UTA114
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -12; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +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 · 2016–17Dec 1, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (GSW vs HOU), 39 points.
The lead · NOP @ UTA

Donovan Mitchell scores 41 as Utah beats New Orleans

Utah won 114–108. Donovan Mitchell: 41 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-2-12-4+6UTA AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP29262924108
UTA27163734114
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 15, 12, 17, 4, 24, 16, 24, 41UTA41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 10, 6, 2, 15, 9, 14, 28, 24UTA24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 25, 14, 18, 24, 19, 15, 17, 23NOP23 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 19, 17, 36, 29, 23, 30, 17, 19NOP19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHA @ MIA

Miami climbs out of an 8-point hole against Charlotte

Down 8 after one, the Heat won the third quarter 29–26 and the game 105–100. Josh Richardson led Miami with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs CHA
Josh Richardson · MIAMarvin Williams · CHAPTS2716REB26AST10Top 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
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg11.1Last 3

11.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 41

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 15, 12, 17, 4, 24, 16, 24, 41UTA vs NOP · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 2, 2001: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 42, 37, 13, 18, 26, 20, 16, 2, 22, 36OKC vs MIN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 21, 21, 15, 29, 21, 26, 19, 36IND @ TOR · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 18, 13, 26, 11, 16, 16, 40, 29ORL vs GSW · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 17, 23, 9, 29, 24, 21, 20, 27GSW @ ORL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 9, 16, 15, 14, 12, 6, 6, 27OKC vs MIN · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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 WilliamsLAC+3.9 22.6 last 10 · 18.7 season
Kyle LowryTOR+3.9 20.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+3.2 19.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Courtney LeeNYK+3.0 15.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+2.8 24.8 last 10 · 22.0 season
Cold
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Goran DragicMIA−3.1 14.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ricky RubioUTA−2.9 9.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Brook LopezLAL−2.7 10.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Nikola JokicDEN−2.7 12.8 last 10 · 15.5 season