FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 8, 2022Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed POR by 10 after three quarters and won 121–120.

Final
LAC110
MIA115
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +5
Final
HOU109
SAS118
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DEN121
POR120
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -10; Q4 DEN +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 · 2021–22Dec 8, 2021: 13 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN @ NOP), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ POR

Nikola Jokic posts 33 and 10 as Denver beats Portland

33 points and 10 rebounds in a 121–120 win. Damian Lillard scored 40 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-6-1-10+1DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN30332632121
POR36283521120
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 39, 19, 32, 17, 24, 32, 19, 33DEN33 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 10, 21, 31, 26, 20, 18, 11, 21DEN21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 19, 26, 29, 22, 25, 13, 21, 40POR40 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 22, 20, 17, 13, 8, 15, 19, 21POR21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAC @ MIA

Miami rallies from 8 down to beat Clippers

Trailing by 8 after one, Miami outscored the Clippers 95–82 the rest of the way. Final: 115–110. Bam Adebayo led Miami with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs LAC
Bam Adebayo · MIAPaul George · LACPTS3129REB108AST47Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 40

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 19, 26, 29, 22, 25, 13, 21, 40POR vs DEN · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury MIN, Feb 17, 1999: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 39, 19, 32, 17, 24, 32, 19, 33DEN @ POR · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 12, 5, 15, 26, 19, 15, 27, 32SAS vs HOU · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 15, 38, 32, 23, 28, 15, 21, 31MIA vs LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 17, 22, 23, 16, 21, 19, 11, 29LAC @ MIA · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 16, 35, 20, 16, 13, 25, 18, 26MIA vs LAC · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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+4.6 31.9 last 10 · 27.3 season
Norman PowellLAC+3.9 18.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Killian HayesDET+3.9 12.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+3.8 22.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Cold
Caris LeVertCLE−3.4 7.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
CJ McCollumNOP−3.4 13.5 last 10 · 16.9 season
Tre MannOKC−2.9 6.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−2.7 26.3 last 10 · 29.0 season
Keldon JohnsonSAS−2.7 18.2 last 10 · 20.9 season