FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 2, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 10 after the first quarter and won 120–96.

Final
PHX96
LAL120
Q1 LAL -10; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +24
Final
NOP119
CHA109
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +9; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +10
Final
UTA100
MIA102
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +2
Final
MEM95
PHI103
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +8
Final
LAC110
DAL114
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +4
Final
POR118
SAS131
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +13
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 · 2017–18Dec 2, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ BOS), 38 points.
The lead · PHX @ LAL

Lakers fight back from 10 down against Phoenix

Final: 120–96, after trailing by 10 after one. Kyle Kuzma led Lakers with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+15+21+24LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3115282296
LAL21403425120
Who led
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 15, 12, 9, 21, 21, 11, 15, 23LAL23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 44, 22, 51, 32, 22, 24, 14, 38, 28, 22LAL22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Richaun HolmesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 10, 14, 12, 10, 8, 10, 7, 15PHX15 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 10, 9, 13, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13PHX13 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ MIA

Miami turns it around against Utah

From 8 down after one to a 2-point win: 102–100. Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 23 points, 20 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs UTA
Hassan Whiteside · MIARicky Rubio · UTAPTS2323REB205AST26Top 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
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 37

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 40, 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37POR @ SAS · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 43, 40, 29, 12, 33, 27, 28, 41, 36NOP @ CHA · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 19 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 21, 24, 17, 34, 21, 10, 18, 36SAS vs POR · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 19, 23, 10, 28, 20, 13, 29, 30DAL vs LAC · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 7, 19, 33, 15, 20, 10, 20, 29SAS vs POR · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 14, 14, 13, 18, 20, 13, 8, 24DAL vs LAC · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 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
Marc GasolMEM+3.9 21.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.8 19.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.8 33.8 last 10 · 30.0 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.7 24.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Anthony DavisNOP+3.6 31.8 last 10 · 28.2 season
Cold
Trae YoungATL−3.9 11.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh HartLAL−3.5 5.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC−3.0 11.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Zach LaVineCHI−2.9 22.1 last 10 · 25.0 season
Frank NtilikinaNYK−2.6 3.3 last 10 · 5.9 season