FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 3, 2018Regular season · 7 games
← Dec 2CalendarDec 4 →

7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed HOU by 14 at halftime and won 103–91.

Final
OKC110
DET83
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +28; Q4 OKC +27
Final
GSW128
ATL111
Q1 GSW +17; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +17
Final
CLE99
BKN97
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +2
Final
WAS110
NYK107
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DEN106
TOR103
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +3
Final
HOU91
MIN103
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -14; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +12
Final
LAC129
NOP126
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +3
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 3, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ LAL), 36 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIN

Minnesota beats Houston, 103–91

Minnesota led 86–82 after three and won by 12. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final00-14+4+12MIN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU243820991
MIN24243817103
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 15, 22, 21, 35, 21, 16, 20, 24MIN24 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 14, 13, 9, 0, 11, 10, 17, 16MIN16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 43, 33, 40, 54, 25, 23, 30, 29HOU29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 27, 29, 12, 17, 18, 27, 18, 24HOU24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Thunder rout

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Detroit by 27.

CLE over BKN2WAS over NYK3DEN over TOR3LAC over NOP3MIN over HOU12GSW over ATL17OKC over DET27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.0Season avg40.0Last 5

40.0 points a game over his last five games, against 30.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg23.5Last 3

23.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg31.8Today

32 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle 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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 22, 13, 29, 15, 23, 8, 13, 37NOP vs LAC · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 30, 22, 16, 13, 29, 21, 19, 32NOP vs LAC · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 20, 17, 5, 38, 14, 26, 8, 30BKN vs CLE · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 51, 29, 35, 23, 37, 28, 19, 10, 27, 30GSW @ ATL · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 43, 33, 40, 54, 25, 23, 30, 29HOU @ MIN · L
30.6 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 26, 27, 32, 44, 49, 51, 28, 28GSW @ ATL · W
30.0 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Marc GasolMEM+3.9 21.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.8 19.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.7 24.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.7 33.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN+3.3 12.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Josh HartLAL−3.5 5.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.4 9.0 last 10 · 12.4 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