FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 11, 2022Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed PHX by 7 after the first quarter and won 129–124.

Final · OT
PHX124
NOP129
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +5
Final
LAL124
DET117
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +7
Final
SAC99
NYK112
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +13
Final
TOR99
ORL111
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +12
Final
CHA113
PHI131
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +18
Final · OT
CHI122
ATL123
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +1
Final
MIL92
HOU97
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +5
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 11, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN @ SAS), 35 points.
The lead · PHX @ NOP

Zion Williamson scores 35, New Orleans wins in overtime

Tied 117–117 after regulation. Final: 129–124.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-1+50+5NOP AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX362235247124
NOP2928411912129
Who led
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 32, 14, 23, 33, 30, 25, 29, 35, 35NOP35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 23, 18, 15, 5, 7, 8, 18, 29NOP29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 17, 30, 8, 25, 20, 8, 25, 28PHX28 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 13, 8, 22, 20, 13, 4, 11, 27PHX27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

ATL over CHI1NOP over PHX5HOU over MIL5LAL over DET7ORL over TOR12NYK over SAC13PHI over CHA18Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.4Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 24.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 53

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: 42, 59, 32, 32, 30, 19, 35, 39, 38, 53PHI vs CHA · W
33.4 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Nov 9, 2023: 54 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
53 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 19, 13, 30, 18, 31, 5, 19, 38DET vs LAL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 32, 14, 23, 33, 30, 25, 29, 35, 35NOP vs PHX · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 39, 21, 31, 28, 29, 21, 23, 35LAL @ DET · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 37, 25, 25, 27, 44, 55, 1, 31, 34LAL @ DET · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 30, 26, 29, 16, 18, 27, 28, 34CHI @ ATL · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 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+5.6 17.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kyle KuzmaWAS+4.6 26.0 last 10 · 21.4 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.6 23.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Deandre AytonPHX+4.3 21.8 last 10 · 17.5 season
Jerami GrantPOR+4.2 26.7 last 10 · 22.5 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−3.8 26.2 last 10 · 30.0 season
Donovan MitchellCLE−2.7 26.3 last 10 · 29.0 season
Tre MannOKC−2.7 6.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Brook LopezMIL−2.7 11.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
Darius GarlandCLE−2.6 18.9 last 10 · 21.5 season