FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 28, 2022Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed ATL by 11 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final
ATL101
PHI104
Q1 PHI -11; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +3
Final
MIN127
WAS142
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +15
Final
ORL102
BKN109
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +7
Final
CHA105
BOS140
Q1 BOS +26; Q2 BOS +23; Q3 BOS +39; Q4 BOS +35
Final
CLE88
TOR100
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +12
Final
OKC101
NOP105
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +4
Final
HOU113
DEN129
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +16
Final
CHI114
UTA107
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -7; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +7
Final
PHX122
SAC117
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +5
Final
IND116
LAL115
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -9; Q4 IND +1
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 · 2021–22Nov 28, 2021: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL vs DET), 33 points.
The lead · ATL @ PHI

Joel Embiid scores 30, Philadelphia holds off Atlanta

Final: 104–101. Joel Embiid added 8 rebounds and 7 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-40+3PHI AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL34212620101
PHI23283023104
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 25, 33, 26, 42, 59, 32, 32, 30PHI30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 12, 21, 8, 24, 19, 23, 25, 24PHI24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 21, 27, 33, 25, 35, 44, 22, 18ATL18 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
De'Andre HunterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 15, 24, 13, 22, 13, 8, 18, 18ATL18 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Boston by 35.

IND over LAL1PHI over ATL3NOP over OKC4PHX over SAC5BKN over ORL7CHI over UTA7TOR over CLE12WAS over MIN15DEN over HOU16BOS over CHA35Final 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
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 45

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 27, 35, 26, 20, 12, 36, 31, 45BKN vs ORL · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Dec 28, 1996: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 25, 27, 49, 20, 25, 21, 27, 44PHX @ SAC · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Oct 21, 2017: 44 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
44 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 25, 27, 20, 12, 21, 18, 21, 41WAS vs MIN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Redd MIL, Dec 7, 2007: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 43, 27, 19, 19, 28, 37, 30, 35BOS vs CHA · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 26, 24, 29, 8, 31, 39, 19, 32DEN vs HOU · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 13, 38, 23, 25, 13, 24, 15, 32UTA vs CHI · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 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
Killian HayesDET+3.7 10.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Kyle KuzmaWAS+3.5 23.9 last 10 · 20.4 season
Malik BeasleyUTA+3.4 17.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+3.3 10.9 last 10 · 7.6 season
Norman PowellLAC+3.3 17.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
PJ TuckerPHI−2.6 0.8 last 10 · 3.4 season
Dejounte MurrayATL−2.3 18.3 last 10 · 20.6 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−1.9 18.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN−1.7 19.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Buddy HieldIND−1.5 15.6 last 10 · 17.1 season