FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 2, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed POR by 7 after the first quarter and won 123–116.

Final
PHX111
BOS116
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +5
Final
LAC82
DAL108
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +26
Final
ATL114
BKN102
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +12
Final
MEM111
CLE116
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +5
Final
DET103
PHI108
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +5
Final
SAC104
MIL109
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +5
Final
LAL100
DEN115
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +15
Final
NOP123
POR116
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +16; Q4 NOP +7
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 2, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs MIN), 29 points.
The lead · NOP @ POR

DeMarcus Cousins scores 38 as New Orleans wins in Portland

Final: 123–116. DeMarcus Cousins made 14 of 28 shots from the field.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+3+16+7NOP AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP26343825123
POR33242534116
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 14, 18, 24, 19, 15, 17, 23, 38NOP38 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
E'Twaun MoorePoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 16, 12, 6, 7, 16, 5, 18, 19NOP19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 22, 21, 30, 34, 29, 32, 18, 29POR29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 25, 24, 5, 26, 26, 12, 15, 17POR17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg8.8Last 3

8.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg29.8Today

30 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Dallas posts the night's biggest win

Dallas beat Clippers by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

BOS over PHX5CLE over MEM5PHI over DET5MIL over SAC5NOP over POR7ATL over BKN12DEN over LAL15DAL over LAC26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 38

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 36, 18, 33, 15, 23, 13, 33, 22, 38PHX @ BOS · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 14, 18, 24, 19, 15, 17, 23, 38NOP @ POR · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 39, 18, 33, 27, 30, 21, 24, 34CLE vs MEM · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 27, 21, 24, 23, 27, 32, 20, 33MIL vs SAC · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 7, 20, 18, 15, 18, 22, 3, 31MEM @ CLE · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 22, 21, 30, 34, 29, 32, 18, 29POR vs NOP · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
Kyle LowryTOR+3.9 20.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Kyrie IrvingBOS+3.7 26.9 last 10 · 23.2 season
Dwyane WadeCLE+3.4 14.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+3.4 17.5 last 10 · 14.1 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+3.2 19.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Cold
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−4.1 21.5 last 10 · 25.6 season
Goran DragicMIA−3.1 14.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
James Ennis IIIMEM−2.9 3.9 last 10 · 6.8 season
Ricky RubioUTA−2.9 9.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
Brook LopezLAL−2.8 10.7 last 10 · 13.5 season