FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 7, 2017Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed OKC by 13 after the first quarter and won 100–95.

Final
LAL107
PHI104
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +3
Final
WAS109
PHX99
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +10
Final
OKC95
BKN100
Q1 BKN -13; Q2 BKN -9; Q3 BKN -5; Q4 BKN +5
Final
HOU112
UTA101
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +11
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 7, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ MIL), 30 points.
The lead · OKC @ BKN

Brooklyn rallies from 13 down to beat OKC

Trailing by 13 after one, Brooklyn outscored the Thunder 80–62 the rest of the way. Final: 100–95. Caris LeVert led Brooklyn with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-13-9-5+5BKN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC3325211695
BKN20292526100
Who led
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 9, 14, 9, 13, 13, 6, 17, 21BKN21 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Rondae Hollis-JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 7, 16, 20, 17, 6, 9, 16, 17BKN17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 34, 27, 28, 37, 15, 22, 34, 31OKC31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 14, 12, 6, 6, 27, 19, 20, 12OKC12 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ PHX

Washington beats Phoenix, 109–99

Washington led 85–84 after three and won by 10. Bradley Beal led Washington with 34 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over PHI3BKN over OKC5WAS over PHX10HOU over UTA11Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg11.6Last 3

11.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal 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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 22, 26, 8, 21, 10, 11, 51, 34WAS @ PHX · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 46, 21, 15, 28, 18, 30, 25, 25, 22, 33PHI vs LAL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 34, 27, 28, 37, 15, 22, 34, 31OKC @ BKN · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 38, 48, 29, 21, 37, 37, 29, 36, 29HOU @ UTA · W
31.6 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 4, 24, 16, 24, 41, 21, 31, 26UTA vs HOU · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 18, 18, 25, 7, 19, 25, 11, 23PHX vs WAS · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 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
Kyrie IrvingBOS+4.8 28.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.1 21.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Dwyane WadeCLE+3.8 15.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kyle LowryTOR+3.8 20.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.6 26.5 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.6 20.8 last 10 · 25.4 season
Eric GordonHOU−4.3 14.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Goran DragicMIA−3.9 13.3 last 10 · 17.2 season
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−3.2 22.7 last 10 · 25.9 season
Brook LopezLAL−2.9 10.3 last 10 · 13.2 season