FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 4, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed DEN by 4 after the first quarter and won 121–106.

Final
DEN106
NOP121
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +15
Final
PHX133
SAS95
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +30; Q3 PHX +35; Q4 PHX +38
Final
BOS103
BKN92
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +11
Final
MEM122
DET112
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +10
Final
CLE81
NYK92
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +11
Final
CHI101
SAC110
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +9
Final
LAL130
WAS119
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +11
Final
IND100
POR116
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +16
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 · 2021–22Dec 4, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN @ NYK), 32 points.
The lead · DEN @ NOP

Jose Alvarado hits eight threes, New Orleans tops Denver

38 points for Jose Alvarado. Final: 121–106.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0-4-1+6+15NOP AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN31292125106
NOP27322834121
Who led
Jose AlvaradoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 10, 10, 5, 7, 15, 4, 15, 38NOP38 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 26, 9, 32, 14, 23, 33, 30, 25NOP25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 8, 31, 39, 19, 32, 17, 24, 32DEN32 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 13, 17, 31, 29, 4, 20, 14, 19DEN19 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat San Antonio by 38, the widest margin of 8 games.

SAC over CHI9MEM over DET10BOS over BKN11NYK over CLE11LAL over WAS11NOP over DEN15POR over IND16PHX over SAS38Final margin, points. Pink = 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
27.2Season avg35.2Last 5

35.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.1Season avg27.3Last 3

27.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 55

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 38, 30, 37, 25, 25, 27, 44, 55LAL @ WAS · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +27.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Dec 2, 2004: 53 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Season high55 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 4, 22, 18, 27, 20, 21, 21, 41CHI @ SAC · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rashard Lewis SEA, Nov 13, 2005: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Season high41 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jose AlvaradoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 10, 10, 5, 7, 15, 4, 15, 38NOP vs DEN · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +29.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 27, 25, 31, 25, 36, 26, 37, 34BOS @ BKN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 36, 19, 34, 23, 27, 24, 28, 33MEM @ DET · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 8, 31, 39, 19, 32, 17, 24, 32DEN @ NOP · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 9 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
Anthony DavisLAL+5.6 34.2 last 10 · 28.6 season
Killian HayesDET+4.1 12.2 last 10 · 8.1 season
Norman PowellLAC+3.9 18.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Caleb MartinMIA+3.8 15.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
OG AnunobyTOR+3.7 23.0 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cold
Keldon JohnsonSAS−3.9 16.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−3.0 25.4 last 10 · 28.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL−2.7 13.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Saddiq BeyDET−2.7 11.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−2.6 20.5 last 10 · 23.1 season