FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 11, 2018Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed POR by 3 at halftime and won 111–104.

Final
POR104
HOU111
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +7
Final
PHX86
SAS111
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +25
Final
TOR123
LAC99
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +29; Q4 TOR +24
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 11, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ GSW), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ HOU

Houston beats Portland, 111–104

Houston led 81–78 after three and won by 7. James Harden led Houston with 29 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-2-3+3+7HOU AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR29252426104
HOU27243030111
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 54, 25, 23, 30, 29, 15, 35, 29HOU29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 28, 36, 17, 26, 15, 10, 8, 12, 14HOU14 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33, 25, 28, 34POR34 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 19, 18, 15, 33, 24, 18, 19, 23POR23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · TOR @ LAC

Toronto controls Clippers start to finish

Toronto won 123–99, leading by as many as 29 at a break. Serge Ibaka led Toronto with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over POR7TOR over LAC24SAS over PHX25Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg25.5Last 3

25.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg24.2Today

24 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 34

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: 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33, 25, 28, 34POR @ HOU · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 54, 25, 23, 30, 29, 15, 35, 29HOU vs POR · W
30.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 16, 20, 10, 15, 18, 8, 22, 25TOR @ LAC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Bryn ForbesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 6, 10, 7, 9, 2, 11, 15, 24SAS vs PHX · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 21, 21, 19, 6, 25, 15, 6, 23PHX @ SAS · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 19, 18, 15, 33, 24, 18, 19, 23POR @ HOU · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Allen CrabbeBKN+3.4 12.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Julius RandleNOP+3.4 22.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Collin SextonCLE+3.3 18.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh JacksonPHX+3.1 11.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Justise WinslowMIA+3.0 14.2 last 10 · 11.2 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
E'Twaun MooreNOP−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
JaVale McGeeLAL−3.0 8.6 last 10 · 11.6 season