FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 8, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DEN by 10 after the first quarter and won 106–98.

Final
HOU104
DAL107
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +3
Final
SAC97
IND107
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +10
Final
DEN98
ATL106
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +8
Final
WAS101
CLE116
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +15
Final
BKN112
NYK104
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +8
Final
BOS133
CHI77
Q1 BOS +18; Q2 BOS +21; Q3 BOS +33; Q4 BOS +56
Final
LAL111
MEM88
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +23; Q3 LAL +25; Q4 LAL +23
Final
MIN105
POR113
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +8
Final
MIA121
LAC98
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +23
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 8, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (NOP vs SAC), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ ATL

John Collins posts 30 and 12 as Atlanta beats Denver

30 points and 12 rebounds in a 106–98 win.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-10-5+9+8ATL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3521212198
ATL25263520106
Who led
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 16, 23, 16, 9, 19, 24, 26, 30ATL30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
DeAndre' BembryPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 14, 16, 6, 8, 8, 11, 8, 18ATL18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 6, 16, 14, 15, 23, 12, 16, 24DEN24 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 5, 5, 20, 3, 15, 8, 16, 19DEN19 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.6minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
30.42017–18 avg9.8Last 3

9.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 2017–18 (76 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Boston by 56.

DAL over HOU3ATL over DEN8BKN over NYK8POR over MIN8IND over SAC10CLE over WAS15LAL over MEM23MIA over LAC23BOS over CHI56Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 35

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 33, 40, 54, 25, 23, 30, 29, 15, 35HOU @ DAL · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 16, 23, 16, 9, 19, 24, 26, 30ATL vs DEN · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 11, 21, 15, 10, 15, 21, 23, 29CLE vs WAS · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33, 25, 28POR vs MIN · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 18, 32, 16, 19, 22, 27, 36, 27WAS @ CLE · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 10, 35, 18, 18, 15, 11, 2, 25MIA @ LAC · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Collin SextonCLE+4.0 19.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Allen CrabbeBKN+3.4 12.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Markieff MorrisWAS+3.2 15.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
Emmanuel MudiayNYK+3.0 15.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.0 32.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−4.2 21.6 last 10 · 25.8 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−3.9 17.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
Shelvin MackMEM−3.7 5.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Josh HartLAL−3.1 6.1 last 10 · 9.2 season