FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 5, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by LAC (vs CHA) and BOS (vs TOR).

Final
LAC119
CHA117
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +2
Final
MIL109
ORL102
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +7
Final
OKC121
ATL114
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +7
Final
BOS116
TOR110
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +6
Final · 2OT
PHI123
HOU132
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU 0; OT2 HOU +9
Final
MIA93
MEM101
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +8
Final
PHX111
DAL130
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +26; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +19
Final
IND112
GSW104
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +8
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 5, 2021: 4 games. Top scorer: Brandon Ingram (NOP @ HOU), 40 points.
The lead · LAC @ CHA

Clippers take over late to edge Charlotte

Down 6 after three, Clippers won the fourth 35–27. Final: 119–117. Paul George led Clippers with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+9-6+2LAC AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC28352135119
CHA26283627117
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 26, 29, 17, 22, 23, 16, 21, 19LAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 6 games: 14, 11, 6, 11, 8, 16LAC16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 17, 34, 23, 14, 28, 22, 22, 20, 28CHA28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 28, 13, 19, 16, 16, 21, 0, 26CHA26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ TOR

Boston beats Toronto, 116–110

Boston led 91–80 after three and won by 6. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 31 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over CHA2BOS over TOR6MIL over ORL7OKC over ATL7MEM over MIA8IND over GSW8HOU over PHI9DAL over PHX19Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid 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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 42, 59, 32, 32, 30, 19, 35, 39PHI @ HOU · L
31.9 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 37, 42, 15, 30, 31, 30, 32, 31, 33, 35OKC @ ATL · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 25, 37, 36, 38, 30, 37, 40, 34MIL @ ORL · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 22, 42, 24, 27, 41, 35, 30, 33DAL vs PHX · W
33.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Andrew NembhardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 13, 8, 0, 12, 6, 13, 16, 31IND @ GSW · W
9.1 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 28, 37, 30, 35, 49, 14, 29, 31BOS @ TOR · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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
Shake MiltonPHI+7.9 19.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
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+3.7 15.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Keldon JohnsonSAS−3.9 16.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−3.0 25.4 last 10 · 28.4 season
Tre MannOKC−2.7 6.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Saddiq BeyDET−2.7 11.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−2.6 20.5 last 10 · 23.1 season