FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 8, 2021Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed TOR by 10 after the first quarter and won 110–109.

Final
PHI110
CHA106
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +4
Final
CHI92
CLE115
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +23
Final · OT
WAS119
DET116
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +3
Final
NYK102
IND122
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +20
Final
MIL104
MIA113
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +9
Final
OKC110
TOR109
Q1 OKC -10; Q2 OKC -10; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +1
Final
BKN104
HOU114
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +10
Final
DAL104
MEM96
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +8
Final
UTA136
MIN104
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +32
Final · OT
DEN120
NOP114
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +6
Final
POR94
GSW104
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +10
Final
ORL130
SAC142
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +12
Final
BOS111
LAC114
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +3
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 · OKC @ TOR

OKC climbs out of a 10-point hole against Toronto

Down 10 after one, the Thunder won the third quarter 33–12 and the game 110–109. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-10+11+1OKC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC26283323110
TOR36281233109
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 15, 17, 14, 15, 22, 39, 30, 26OKC26 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Luguentz DortPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 15, 27, 21, 7, 19, 15, 28, 22OKC22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gary Trent Jr.Points, last 10 games: 23, 18, 31, 23, 11, 26, 13, 8, 6, 24TOR24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 4, 32, 21, 17, 17, 18, 20, 20, 31, 23TOR23 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 32.

OKC over TOR1WAS over DET3LAC over BOS3PHI over CHA4DEN over NOP6DAL over MEM8MIA over MIL9HOU over BKN10GSW over POR10SAC over ORL12IND over NYK20CLE over CHI23UTA over MIN32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 39

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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 28, 35, 30, 24, 18, 32, 17, 39DEN @ NOP · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Mar 5, 2024: 39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 18, 13, 16, 21, 30, 34, 35, 36UTA @ MIN · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Cole AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 22, 29, 15, 16, 24, 26, 9, 33ORL @ SAC · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 23, 21, 34, 12, 17, 24, 17, 33SAC vs ORL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 19, 30, 42, 16, 13, 28, 43, 32PHI @ CHA · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 1, 18, 21, 22, 18, 18, 12, 31CHA vs PHI · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+4.7 21.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Alec BurksNYK+4.4 16.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+3.7 17.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kevin HuerterATL+3.6 14.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+3.4 20.5 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−4.4 9.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.7 5.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−3.4 15.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Ricky RubioCLE−3.3 9.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−3.2 12.0 last 10 · 15.2 season