FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 9, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed TOR by 5 after the first quarter and won 104–99.

Final
NOP116
DET108
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +8
Final
MIL104
TOR99
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +5
Final
UTA97
SAS110
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +13
Final
CHA119
NYK107
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +12
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 9, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ POR), 48 points.
The lead · MIL @ TOR

Milwaukee gets past Toronto

104–99, with Milwaukee ahead 51–49 at halftime. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 19 points, 19 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+2+5+5MIL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL25262825104
TOR3019252599
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 35, 34, 20, 36, 33, 15, 22, 19MIL19 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 7, 9, 15, 12, 13, 6, 14, 19MIL19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 8, 16, 20, 10, 15, 18, 8, 22TOR22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 29, 17, 37, 34, 27, 36, 32, 20TOR20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · NOP @ DET

New Orleans never trails at a break against Detroit

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 116–108. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over TOR5NOP over DET8CHA over NYK12SAS over UTA13Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.9Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jrue Holiday 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.
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 13, 29, 21, 19, 32, 17, 20, 37NOP @ DET · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 16, 30, 20, 26, 20, 31, 31, 35DET vs NOP · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 15, 23, 8, 13, 37, 27, 26, 28NOP @ DET · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 7, 35, 4, 29, 30, 18, 20, 6, 27UTA @ SAS · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 0, 4, 9, 26, 8, 11, 7, 26NYK vs CHA · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high26 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 21, 10, 18, 36, 16, 32, 36, 26SAS vs UTA · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
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
Kevin DurantGSW+3.0 32.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Trey BurkeNYK+2.8 14.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−6.0 19.8 last 10 · 25.8 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.0 16.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Shelvin MackMEM−3.7 5.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season