FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 4, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 4 at halftime and won 105–90.

Final
CHI90
IND96
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +6
Final
ORL105
MIA90
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +15
Final
POR102
DAL111
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +9
Final
SAC122
PHX105
Q1 SAC +27; Q2 SAC +28; Q3 SAC +32; Q4 SAC +17
Final
SAS105
UTA139
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +34
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 4, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ PHI), 46 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIA

Orlando handles Miami by 15

The Magic won the third quarter 30–12. Final: 105–90. Aaron Gordon led Orlando with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-4+14+15ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL27193029105
MIA2525122890
Who led
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 12, 31, 16, 14, 17, 0, 18, 20ORL20 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 28, 14, 16, 31, 30, 20, 25, 19ORL19 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Justise WinslowPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 6, 10, 10, 9, 11, 10, 9, 14MIA14 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 0, 3, 3, 11, 8, 13, 16, 13MIA13 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHI @ IND

Chicago's skid reaches seven

Indiana won 96–90; the Bulls fall to 5–20. Darren Collison led Indiana with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
L@ MIL104–123Lvs TOR83–122Wvs PHX124–116Lvs MIA96–103L@ MIN96–111Lvs SAS107–108L@ MIL113–116L@ DET88–107L@ HOU105–121L@ IND90–96CHI: last 10 games through Dec 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg23.4Today

23 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 33

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: 16, 40, 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33POR @ DAL · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 9, 6, 4, 8, 11, 9, 11, 23IND vs CHI · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 13, 24, 15, 21, 15, 20, 6, 21DAL vs POR · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 2 games: 10, 21CHI @ IND · L
15.5 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
De'Anthony MeltonPoints, last 7 games: 0, 7, 3, 0, 0, 3, 21PHX vs SAC · L
4.9 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 12, 31, 16, 14, 17, 0, 18, 20ORL @ MIA · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 13 REB · 5 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
Nikola VucevicORL+4.0 24.9 last 10 · 20.9 season
Marc GasolMEM+3.9 21.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.8 19.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.7 33.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN+3.3 12.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Zach LaVineCHI−3.7 20.8 last 10 · 24.5 season
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−3.2 11.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Dennis Smith Jr.DAL−2.6 10.9 last 10 · 13.5 season