FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 9, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 118–96.

Final
UTA118
PHI96
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +22
Final
LAL95
MEM108
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +13
Final
DEN111
SAS123
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +12
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 · UTA @ PHI

Utah routs Philadelphia by 22

Utah led by 7 at halftime and won 118–96. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 22 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+7+12+22UTA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA27342730118
PHI3222222096
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 13, 16, 21, 30, 34, 35, 36, 22UTA22 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 15, 9, 6, 21, 18, 6, 13, 17UTA17 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 30, 42, 16, 13, 28, 43, 32, 19PHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 24, 14, 24, 17, 18, 6, 23, 18PHI18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAL @ MEM

Memphis gets past Lakers

108–95, with Memphis ahead 59–53 at halftime. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DEN12MEM over LAL13UTA over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.7Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Aaron Gordon leads the day with 25

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.
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 11, 18, 20, 17, 5, 18, 10, 25DEN @ SAS · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 26, 16, 14, 17, 25, 27, 13, 14, 26, 25MEM vs LAL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 7, 17, 24, 12, 25, 12, 26, 23SAS vs DEN · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 9, 18, 23, 2, 29, 21, 14, 23MEM vs LAL · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 35, 30, 24, 18, 32, 17, 39, 22DEN @ SAS · L
26.1 PPG season to date · −4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd NJN, Feb 23, 2007: 22 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
22 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 30, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 17, 22LAL @ MEM · L
24.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM+3.8 20.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+3.7 17.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kevin HuerterATL+3.6 14.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−4.4 9.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.6 5.0 last 10 · 8.6 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