FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 2, 2023Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed GSW by 19 at halftime and won 113–112.

Final
GSW112
LAC113
Q1 LAC -11; Q2 LAC -19; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC +1
Final
MIN123
CHA117
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +6
Final
ORL101
BKN129
Q1 BKN +21; Q2 BKN +22; Q3 BKN +13; Q4 BKN +28
Final
CLE110
DET101
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +9
Final
NOP118
CHI124
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +6
Final
IND144
MIA129
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +15
Final
ATL121
MIL132
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +11
Final
OKC126
DAL120
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +23; Q4 OKC +6
Final
MEM109
PHX116
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +7
Final · OT
POR113
UTA118
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
Final
DEN117
SAC123
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +6
Final
HOU97
LAL107
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +10
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 · 2022–23Dec 2, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL @ MIL), 44 points.
The lead · GSW @ LAC

Clippers storm back from 19 down to beat Golden State

The Clippers trailed by 19 at the half and won 113–112. Paul George led Clippers with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-19-7+1LAC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW33342520112
LAC22263728113
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 28, 24, 34, 25, 6, 19, 15, 25LAC25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 13, 16, 8, 8, 11, 26, 18, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 38, 25, 32, 16, 35, 29, 26, 22GSW22 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Draymond GreenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 18, 6, 8, 9, 0, 8, 13, 21GSW21 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Brooklyn posts the night's biggest win

Brooklyn beat Orlando by 28, the widest margin of 12 games.

LAC over GSW1UTA over POR5MIN over CHA6CHI over NOP6OKC over DAL6SAC over DEN6PHX over MEM7CLE over DET9LAL over HOU10MIL over ATL11IND over MIA15BKN over ORL28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Mikal Bridges leads the day with 42

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.
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 23, 18, 45, 24, 15, 22, 22, 42BKN vs ORL · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Jan 2, 1998: 42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 12, 8, 27, 17, 23, 13, 18, 20, 4, 37MEM @ PHX · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 44, 30, 16, 26, 35, 25, 30, 30, 41, 36DAL vs OKC · L
31.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Apr 3, 2025: 35 PTS · 17 REB · 20 AST
36 PTS · 15 REB · 18 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 18, 9, 30, 38, 39, 32, 21, 36DEN @ SAC · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 18, 2018: 37 PTS · 13 REB · 14 AST
36 PTS · 13 REB · 14 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 24, 26, 28, 25, 40, 28, 8, 34PHX vs MEM · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 32, 36, 25, 16, 10, 23, 36, 33MIA vs IND · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Brook LopezMIL+3.9 17.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+3.7 15.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Malik BeasleyMIL+3.5 15.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+3.2 13.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Reggie JacksonDEN+3.1 16.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Nikola VucevicCHI−2.2 13.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cade CunninghamDET−1.4 21.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Dyson DanielsNOP−1.2 6.2 last 10 · 7.4 season
Bobby PortisMIL−1.1 10.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−1.0 11.9 last 10 · 12.9 season