FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 6, 2023Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DEN by 15 after the first quarter and won 111–102.

Final
ORL111
CLE121
Q1 CLE +17; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +10
Final
MEM116
DET102
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +14
Final
PHI131
WAS126
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +5
Final
BKN114
ATL113
Q1 BKN -2; Q2 BKN -3; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN +1
Final
SAS94
MIN102
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +8
Final
MIA112
TOR103
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +9
Final
CHA100
CHI111
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +11
Final
OKC101
HOU110
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +9
Final
UTA97
DAL147
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +23; Q3 DAL +35; Q4 DAL +50
Final
POR106
GSW110
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +4
Final
DEN102
LAC111
Q1 LAC -15; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +9
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 6, 2022: 3 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (CLE vs LAL), 43 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAC

Clippers overcome 15-point deficit, beat Denver 111–102

The Clippers trailed by 15 after one and finished 90–66. Paul George led Clippers with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final0-15+4-3+9LAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN36212520102
LAC21401832111
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 24, 34, 25, 6, 19, 15, 25, 25LAC25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 16, 8, 8, 11, 26, 18, 21, 20LAC20 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 9 games: 21, 22, 19, 18, 14, 18, 2, 16, 23DEN23 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 9, 30, 38, 39, 32, 21, 36, 22DEN22 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Dallas by 50.

BKN over ATL1GSW over POR4PHI over WAS5MIN over SAS8MIA over TOR9HOU over OKC9LAC over DEN9CLE over ORL10CHI over CHA11MEM over DET14DAL over UTA50Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 10 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 50

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, 37, 39, 20, 32, 32, 32, 35, 30, 50PHI @ WAS · W
33.1 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Mar 21, 2014: 51 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Season high50 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 30, 23, 6, 13, 17, 30, 27, 49MEM @ DET · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +25.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, May 20, 2009: 49 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Career high49 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 25, 23, 23, 23, 6, 28, 19, 42ORL @ CLE · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Oct 30, 2013: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Career high42 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 26, 35, 25, 30, 30, 41, 36, 40DAL vs UTA · W
31.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 8, 2017: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 22, 34, 22, 10, 40, 23, 20, 35CLE vs ORL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 40, 28, 40, 31, 32, 33, 17, 33OKC @ HOU · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
Coby WhiteCHI+3.8 19.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Julius RandleNYK+3.4 24.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+3.3 15.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Reggie JacksonDEN+3.1 16.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Luguentz DortOKC−3.8 6.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Dejounte MurrayATL−2.9 17.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−2.5 14.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−2.4 14.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Russell WestbrookLAC−2.2 9.7 last 10 · 11.8 season