FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 5, 2023Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NYK122
MIL146
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +24
Final
PHX103
LAL106
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
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 5, 2022: 8 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ HOU), 39 points.
The lead · PHX @ LAL

LeBron James scores 31, Lakers hold off Phoenix

Final: 106–103. LeBron James added 8 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+12+1+3LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX23243521103
LAL33262423106
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 17, 26, 22, 18, 25, 21, 16, 31LAL31 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 26, 10, 32, 17, 28, 31, 27, 27LAL27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 38, 39, 31, 32, 30, 30, 27, 31PHX31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 26, 28, 25, 40, 28, 8, 34, 21PHX21 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Second story · NYK @ MIL

Milwaukee never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 146–122. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIL vs NYK
Giannis Antetokounmpo · MILJulius Randle · NYKPTS3541REB86AST105Top 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
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.4Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 2 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
24.12022–23 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.1 in 2022–23 (79 games). Today: 1 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+6.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 33.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 41

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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 21, 21, 13, 28, 25, 29, 20, 41NYK @ MIL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Jan 4, 1996: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Season high41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 40, 42, 21, 31, 33, 33, 26, 32, 35MIL vs NYK · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 17, 26, 22, 18, 25, 21, 16, 31LAL vs PHX · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 38, 39, 31, 32, 30, 30, 27, 31PHX @ LAL · L
31.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 22, 27, 31, 31, 32, 18, 25, 28MIL vs NYK · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 26, 10, 32, 17, 28, 31, 27, 27LAL vs PHX · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 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+4.0 17.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+3.7 15.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Julius RandleNYK+3.4 24.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+3.2 13.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Reggie JacksonDEN+3.1 16.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
D'Angelo RussellLAL−2.4 14.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−2.2 13.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Dyson DanielsNOP−1.8 5.2 last 10 · 7.0 season
Bobby PortisMIL−1.7 9.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Josh OkogiePHX−1.5 5.2 last 10 · 6.7 season