FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 3, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed HOU by 16 after three quarters and won 135–133.

Final
DET127
CLE94
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +29; Q4 DET +33
Final
ORL127
WAS120
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +7
Final
DAL118
NOP97
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +21
Final · OT
MIA121
TOR110
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +11
Final · 2OT
HOU133
SAS135
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -16; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS 0; OT2 SAS +2
Final
LAL105
DEN96
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +9
Final
POR97
LAC117
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +20
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 · 2018–19Dec 3, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NOP vs LAC), 37 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAS

San Antonio needs two overtimes to survive Houston

Tied 115–115 after regulation. San Antonio won the final period 9–7 for a 135–133 win. Lonnie Walker IV led San Antonio with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists. James Harden scored 50 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+2-4-1600+2SAS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
HOU25383418117133
SAS27322234119135
Who led
Lonnie Walker IVPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 11, 0, 13, 28SAS28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Bryn ForbesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 19, 7, 0, 13, 7, 12, 5, 25SAS25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 47, 44, 49, 36, 27, 37, 32, 34, 60, 50HOU50 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 16, 11, 12, 22, 12, 17, 21, 22HOU22 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

SAS over HOU2ORL over WAS7LAL over DEN9MIA over TOR11LAC over POR20DAL over NOP21DET over CLE33Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 18 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 5.6 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 50

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: 47, 44, 49, 36, 27, 37, 32, 34, 60, 50HOU @ SAS · L
39.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 6, 2000: 50 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
50 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 44, 34, 33, 30, 20, 14, 35, 18, 23, 42WAS vs ORL · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Apr 7, 1997: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 42, 35, 30, 41, 22, 42, 27, 33DAL @ NOP · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 25, 21, 26, 17, 30, 19, 32, 31ORL @ WAS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Lonnie Walker IVPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 11, 0, 13, 28SAS vs HOU · W
4.2 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 6, 18, 34, 12, 24, 12, 23, 26LAC vs POR · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Evan FournierORL+4.2 24.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+3.6 24.2 last 10 · 20.6 season
Norman PowellTOR+3.5 16.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Ben McLemoreHOU+3.2 11.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Jarrett AllenBKN+3.0 14.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Andre DrummondDET−3.5 13.5 last 10 · 17.0 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−2.6 12.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Kevin KnoxNYK−2.4 5.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke KennardDET−2.4 14.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Tyus JonesMEM−2.3 3.7 last 10 · 6.0 season