FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 9, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NOP by 6 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
LAC110
IND99
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +11
Final
CLE88
BOS110
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +22
Final
TOR93
CHI92
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +1
Final
SAC119
HOU118
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +1
Final
ORL101
MIL110
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +9
Final
DET105
NOP103
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -6; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +2
Final
MIN109
PHX125
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +16
Final
OKC104
UTA90
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +14
Final
MEM110
GSW102
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +8
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 9, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Jrue Holiday (NOP @ DET), 37 points.
The lead · DET @ NOP

Detroit holds off New Orleans, 105–103

Detroit led 81–74 after three and held on to win by two. Derrick Rose led Detroit with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-4-6+7+2DET AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET25223424105
NOP29242129103
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 2, 13, 23, 10, 12, 14, 14, 21DET21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Langston GallowayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 12, 10, 4, 8, 14, 20, 5, 16DET16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 24, 23, 26, 20, 24, 21, 14, 31NOP31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 18, 29, 14, 26, 18, 23, 14, 20NOP20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Cleveland by 22.

TOR over CHI1SAC over HOU1DET over NOP2MEM over GSW8MIL over ORL9LAC over IND11OKC over UTA14PHX over MIN16BOS over CLE22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 36

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 26, 22, 5, 31, 25, 13, 27, 36LAC @ IND · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 22, 27, 27, 15, 19, 19, 24, 34HOU vs SAC · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 31, 28, 23, 21, 26, 30, 19, 33MIN @ PHX · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 50, 30, 33, 26, 29, 35, 27, 32MIL vs ORL · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 24, 23, 26, 20, 24, 21, 14, 31NOP vs DET · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 37, 32, 34, 60, 50, 23, 34, 27HOU vs SAC · L
38.0 PPG season to date · −11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 10 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
Dennis SchroderOKC+4.2 20.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Evan FournierORL+4.1 24.1 last 10 · 20.0 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
Zach LaVineCHI+3.7 25.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−4.6 22.1 last 10 · 26.7 season
Lou WilliamsLAC−3.7 16.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−3.6 11.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kemba WalkerBOS−3.0 18.8 last 10 · 21.8 season
Bradley BealWAS−2.9 25.1 last 10 · 28.0 season