FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 15, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NOP by 13 after the first quarter and won 117–111.

Final
MIA104
CHA98
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +6
Final
DET104
IND98
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +6
Final
POR95
ORL88
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +7
Final · 3OT
OKC119
PHI117
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC 0; OT2 OKC 0; OT3 OKC +2
Final
LAC91
WAS100
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +9
Final
UTA107
BOS95
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +12
Final
BKN87
TOR120
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +33
Final
ATL94
MEM96
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +2
Final
CHI115
MIL109
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +6
Final · OT
NOP111
DEN117
Q1 DEN -13; Q2 DEN -12; Q3 DEN -10; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +6
Final
SAS109
HOU124
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +15
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 15, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ DEN), 40 points.
The lead · NOP @ DEN

Denver rallies from twelve down at the half, wins in overtime

New Orleans led 58–46 at the break. It was 104–104 after regulation, and Denver won the extra time 13–7. Final: 117–111. Gary Harris led Denver with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-12-100+6DEN AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOP332528187111
DEN2026302813117
Who led
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 13, 21, 24, 12, 21, 8, 36, 21DEN21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Trey LylesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 18, 7, 10, 3, 25, 20, 9, 19DEN19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 38, 19, 40, 38, 23, 24, 26, 29NOP29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 23, 30, 17, 19, 18, 29, 25, 28NOP28 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 12 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
33.42016–17 avg16.3Last 2

16.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.4 in 2016–17 (74 games). Today: 12 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Toronto by 33.

OKC over PHI2MEM over ATL2MIA over CHA6DET over IND6CHI over MIL6DEN over NOP6POR over ORL7WAS over LAC9UTA over BOS12HOU over SAS15TOR over BKN33Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Joel Embiid 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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 18, 30, 25, 25, 22, 33, 28, 34PHI vs OKC · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 36, 19, 32, 23, 36, 16, 33, 33BOS vs UTA · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 30, 26, 20, 26, 25, 17, 37, 31TOR vs BKN · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 20, 33, 40, 25, 27, 37, 32, 29MIL vs CHI · L
29.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 26, 25, 19, 21, 31, 20, 15, 29MIL vs CHI · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 38, 19, 40, 38, 23, 24, 26, 29NOP @ DEN · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Donovan MitchellUTA+6.6 24.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.1 24.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.9 25.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+4.8 24.6 last 10 · 19.8 season
Dario SaricPHI+3.9 15.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Eric GordonHOU−4.3 14.4 last 10 · 18.7 season
Brook LopezLAL−4.0 9.0 last 10 · 13.0 season
Goran DragicMIA−3.8 13.0 last 10 · 16.8 season
Carmelo AnthonyOKC−3.7 14.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jeremy LambCHA−3.4 11.0 last 10 · 14.4 season