FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 2, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHI119
NYK115
Q1 CHI +18; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +4
Final
MIL93
TOR97
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +4
Final
OKC79
MEM152
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +36; Q3 MEM +51; Q4 MEM +73
Final
DET103
PHX114
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +11
Final
SAS114
POR83
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +31
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CHI @ NYK

DeMar DeRozan scores 34 in Chicago win over New York

Final: 119–115. DeMar DeRozan added 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+18+18+6+4CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI37322030119
NYK19323232115
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 38, 22, 26, 31, 18, 17, 23, 28, 28, 34CHI34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 36, 21, 17, 28, 21, 16, 25, 27CHI27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 13, 16, 34, 20, 9, 8, 24, 30NYK30 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 15, 20, 13, 12, 9, 23, 25, 16NYK16 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIL @ TOR

Toronto never trails at a break against Milwaukee

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 97–93. Fred VanVleet led Toronto with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over NYK4TOR over MIL4PHX over DET11SAS over POR31MEM over OKC73Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan 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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 38, 22, 26, 31, 18, 17, 23, 28, 28, 34CHI @ NYK · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 19, 36, 21, 13, 20, 32, 14, 34DET @ PHX · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 13, 16, 34, 20, 9, 8, 24, 30NYK vs CHI · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 24, 13, 17, 23, 26, 27, 15, 29TOR vs MIL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 36, 21, 17, 28, 21, 16, 25, 27CHI @ NYK · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 11, 11, 18, 14, 16, 7, 30, 27CHI @ NYK · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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
Alec BurksNYK+4.2 15.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Damian LillardPOR+2.9 24.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
James HardenBKN+2.9 23.9 last 10 · 21.0 season
Frank JacksonDET+2.8 12.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Trae YoungATL+2.7 29.0 last 10 · 26.3 season
Cold
RJ BarrettNYK−3.9 10.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.5 5.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Darius BazleyOKC−3.2 5.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
T.J. McConnellIND−2.8 5.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Donovan MitchellUTA−2.7 20.5 last 10 · 23.2 season