FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 8, 2023Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed SAS by 11 at halftime and won 121–112.

Final
TOR116
CHA119
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +3
Final
DET91
ORL123
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +32
Final
ATL114
PHI125
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +11
Final
WAS97
BKN124
Q1 BKN +8; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +27
Final
NYK123
BOS133
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +10
Final
MIN127
MEM103
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +24
Final
CLE111
MIA99
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +12
Final · OT
GSW136
OKC138
Q1 OKC -9; Q2 OKC -6; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +2
Final
CHI121
SAS112
Q1 CHI -9; Q2 CHI -11; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +9
Final
HOU114
DEN106
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +8
Final
SAC114
PHX106
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +8
Final
DAL125
POR112
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +13
Final
LAC117
UTA103
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +14
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 8, 2022: 3 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs DEN), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ SAS

Chicago rallies from 11 down to beat San Antonio

Trailing by 11 at the half, Chicago outscored the Spurs 69–49 the rest of the way. Final: 121–112. Coby White led Chicago with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-9-11+4+9CHI AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI24283534121
SAS33302029112
Who led
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 23, 14, 23, 19, 23, 31, 19, 24CHI24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 16, 9, 6, 8, 29, 6, 20, 21CHI21 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 27, 19, 9, 22, 22, 22, 21, 12, 21SAS21 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 22, 15, 22, 10, 22, 11, 21, 20SAS20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
21.62022–23 avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 2022–23 (70 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · GSW @ OKC

OKC needs overtime to survive Golden State

Tied 118–118 after regulation. OKC won the final period 20–18 for a 138–136 win. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 38 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs GSW
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · OKCStephen Curry · GSWPTS3834REB56AST53Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard 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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 8, 31, 34, 23, 20, 17, 41LAC @ UTA · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 9, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 37, 39, 20, 32, 32, 32, 35, 30, 50, 38PHI vs ATL · W
33.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 40, 28, 40, 31, 32, 33, 17, 33, 38OKC vs GSW · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 43, 30, 14, 26, 36, 29, 40, 26, 30, 34SAC @ PHX · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 38, 25, 32, 16, 35, 29, 26, 22, 31, 34GSW @ OKC · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 35, 25, 30, 30, 41, 36, 40, 32DAL @ POR · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 10 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
Coby WhiteCHI+5.4 21.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Brook LopezMIL+4.0 17.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+3.6 15.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Patrick WilliamsCHI+3.5 12.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Obi ToppinIND+3.5 16.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Luguentz DortOKC−3.1 7.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Dyson DanielsNOP−2.6 4.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−2.6 14.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−2.3 14.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Bobby PortisMIL−2.2 8.8 last 10 · 11.0 season