FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 8, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHI by 9 after the first quarter and won 110–105.

Final
DEN102
BKN105
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +3
Final
ATL122
CHA107
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +15
Final · OT
CHI105
MIA110
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +5
Final
TOR104
PHI110
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +6
Final
LAC135
WAS119
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +16
Final
SAC110
DAL106
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +4
Final
OKC108
POR96
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +12
Final
MIN125
LAL142
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +17
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 8, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ DAL), 35 points.
The lead · CHI @ MIA

Miami pulls away in overtime to beat Chicago

Level at 97 after 48 minutes, Miami won overtime 13–8. Final: 110–105. Tyler Herro led Miami with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-2+10+5MIA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHI252424248105
MIA1631272313110
Who led
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 18, 22, 19, 4, 6, 5, 22, 27MIA27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 11, 21, 16, 20, 22, 37, 28, 23MIA23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 3, 10, 8, 13, 20, 15, 20, 22CHI22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 49, 18, 36, 28, 28, 25, 22, 18CHI18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ATL @ CHA

Atlanta beats Charlotte, 122–107

Atlanta led 88–83 after three and won by 15. Trae Young led Atlanta with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over DEN3SAC over DAL4MIA over CHI5PHI over TOR6OKC over POR12ATL over CHA15LAC over WAS16LAL over MIN17Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 19, 41, 26, 27, 25, 26, 39, 50LAL vs MIN · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant GSW, Feb 14, 2018: 50 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Season high50 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 24, 26, 28, 19, 34, 11, 17, 34LAC @ WAS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 33, 29, 23, 25, 25, 20, 31, 32LAL vs MIN · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 30, 37, 29, 49, 37, 24, 39, 30ATL @ CHA · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Nemanja BjelicaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 6, 4, 7, 10, 18, 17, 5, 30SAC @ DAL · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 20, 16, 31, 8, 26, 8, 12, 7, 14, 29DAL vs SAC · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 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
Evan FournierORL+4.3 24.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Ben McLemoreHOU+4.1 14.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL+3.9 17.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jarrett AllenBKN+3.8 16.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Anthony DavisLAL+3.1 30.8 last 10 · 27.7 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−4.6 22.1 last 10 · 26.7 season
Kemba WalkerBOS−3.2 18.6 last 10 · 21.8 season
Luke KennardDET−3.0 13.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Bradley BealWAS−2.9 25.1 last 10 · 28.0 season
Kristaps PorzingisDAL−2.6 13.8 last 10 · 16.4 season