FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 6, 2018Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NYK100
BOS128
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +28
Final
PHX86
POR108
Q1 POR +25; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +28; Q4 POR +22
Final
HOU91
UTA118
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +35; Q4 UTA +27
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 6, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (NOP vs DEN), 40 points.
The lead · PHX @ POR

Portland routs Phoenix by 22

Portland led by 21 at halftime and won 108–86. Damian Lillard led Portland with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+25+21+28+22POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX932182786
POR34282521108
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jake LaymanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 8, 6, 4, 7, 3, 2, 2, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Troy DanielsPoints, last 9 games: 0, 3, 8, 3, 0, 8, 9, 13, 15PHX15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 11, 10, 8, 15, 10, 13, 14, 14PHX14 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
30.42017–18 avg12.9Last 2

12.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.4 in 2017–18 (76 games). Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg24.7Today

25 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · HOU @ UTA

Utah leads Houston wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 118–91. Best quarter: the third, 38–11. Derrick Favors led Utah with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over PHX22UTA over HOU27BOS over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over HOU.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 25

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: 40, 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33, 25POR vs PHX · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 9, 6, 5, 14, 24UTA vs HOU · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Jake LaymanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 8, 6, 4, 7, 3, 2, 2, 24POR vs PHX · W
6.0 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 43, 20, 27, 22, 13, 19, 26, 29, 21, 22BOS vs NYK · W
22.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 32, 32, 21, 7, 22, 19, 5, 21, 20, 22NYK @ BOS · L
22.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 18, 7, 3, 10, 11, 10, 16, 21BOS vs NYK · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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
Kevin DurantGSW+4.4 34.2 last 10 · 29.8 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN+3.9 13.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allen CrabbeBKN+3.3 12.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.3 18.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.3 24.3 last 10 · 21.0 season
Cold
Zach LaVineCHI−3.7 20.8 last 10 · 24.5 season
Josh HartLAL−3.4 5.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC−3.2 11.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
JaVale McGeeLAL−3.1 8.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.0 9.8 last 10 · 12.8 season