FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 9, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MEM by 15 after the first quarter and won 102–101.

Final
WAS112
LAC113
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +1
Final
MIA101
BKN89
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +12
Final
LAL110
CHA99
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +11
Final
ORL110
ATL117
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +7
Final
NYK102
CHI104
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +2
Final
PHI98
CLE105
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +7
Final
UTA100
MIL117
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +17
Final · OT
OKC102
MEM101
Q1 OKC -15; Q2 OKC -11; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +1
Final
SAS104
PHX101
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +3
Final
HOU124
POR117
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU -14; Q4 HOU +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 9, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Lou Williams (LAL vs PHX), 35 points.
The lead · OKC @ MEM

OKC needs overtime to survive Memphis

Tied 92–92 after regulation. OKC won the final period 10–9 for a 102–101 win. Carmelo Anthony led OKC with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-11+10+1OKC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
OKC1927212510102
MEM34239269101
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 20, 16, 16, 9, 9, 14, 11, 21OKC21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 12, 6, 6, 27, 19, 20, 12, 21OKC21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 18, 22, 3, 31, 16, 15, 27, 29MEM29 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 18, 10, 16, 27, 21, 17, 20, 22MEM22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · HOU @ POR

Houston fights back late to top Portland

Portland led 98–84 after three. Houston won the fourth 40–19 and the game 124–117. James Harden led Houston with 48 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs POR
James Harden · HOUDamian Lillard · PORPTS4835REB84AST36Top 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
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 48

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 38, 48, 29, 21, 37, 37, 29, 36, 29, 48HOU @ POR · W
32.3 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul George IND, Dec 5, 2015: 48 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
48 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 27, 32, 20, 33, 40, 25, 27, 37MIL vs UTA · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 30, 34, 29, 32, 18, 29, 30, 35POR vs HOU · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 8, 20, 18, 42, 20, 18, 23, 23, 35LAC vs WAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 16, 15, 6, 34, 10, 22, 21, 31ORL @ ATL · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook LAL, Nov 23, 2021: 31 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
31 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 30, 21, 24, 34, 23, 32, 29, 30CLE vs PHI · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Domantas Sabonis IND, May 8, 2021: 30 PTS · 13 REB · 13 AST
30 PTS · 13 REB · 13 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+4.9 28.9 last 10 · 24.0 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.3 21.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.2 27.0 last 10 · 22.8 season
Zach RandolphSAC+3.9 18.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+3.7 20.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−5.6 19.7 last 10 · 25.3 season
Eric GordonHOU−5.4 13.2 last 10 · 18.6 season
Anthony DavisNOP−2.8 22.1 last 10 · 24.9 season
Nikola JokicDEN−2.7 12.8 last 10 · 15.5 season
Goran DragicMIA−2.6 14.7 last 10 · 17.3 season