FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 3, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed ATL by 9 after three quarters and won 98–96.

Final
MIA113
IND104
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +9
Final
CLE116
WAS101
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +27; Q4 CLE +15
Final
PHI98
ATL96
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI -9; Q4 PHI +2
Final
MIN105
BKN110
Q1 BKN -7; Q2 BKN +4; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +5
Final
ORL116
HOU118
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +2
Final
NOP107
DAL91
Q1 NOP -5; Q2 NOP -4; Q3 NOP +11; Q4 NOP +16
Final
BOS130
UTA137
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +7
Final
PHX96
GSW118
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +22
Final
LAC119
LAL115
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +4
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 · PHI @ ATL

Philadelphia rallies from 9 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 9 after three, Philadelphia outscored the Hawks 20–9 the rest of the way. Final: 98–96. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9-8-9+2PHI AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI3113342098
ATL223035996
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 19, 18, 19, 30, 42, 16, 13, 28PHI28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 5, 20, 10, 24, 14, 24, 17, 18PHI18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 18, 19, 30, 31, 31, 33, 33, 25ATL25 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 8, 16, 11, 10, 9, 5, 9, 18ATL18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Warriors rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat Phoenix by 22.

PHI over ATL2HOU over ORL2LAC over LAL4BKN over MIN5UTA over BOS7MIA over IND9CLE over WAS15NOP over DAL16GSW over PHX22Final 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
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jayson Tatum leads the day with 37

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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 37, 33, 30, 15, 24, 8, 26, 37BOS @ UTA · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 20, 26, 18, 13, 16, 21, 30, 34UTA vs BOS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 24, 25, 24, 19, 26, 18, 16, 32CLE @ WAS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 33, 19, 23, 27, 21, 39, 27, 30BKN vs MIN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 5, 17, 19, 18, 12, 20, 2, 29UTA vs BOS · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 19, 18, 19, 30, 42, 16, 13, 28PHI @ ATL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 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
Alec BurksNYK+4.2 15.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Patty MillsBKN+3.5 16.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
James HardenBKN+3.3 24.2 last 10 · 20.9 season
Darius GarlandCLE+3.2 22.3 last 10 · 19.1 season
Damian LillardPOR+2.9 24.4 last 10 · 21.4 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
Grayson AllenMIL−2.7 11.1 last 10 · 13.8 season