FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 11, 2023Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed ATL by 8 after the first quarter and won 129–122.

Final
MIA116
CHA114
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +2
Final
IND131
DET123
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +8
Final
CLE94
ORL104
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +10
Final
WAS101
PHI146
Q1 PHI +16; Q2 PHI +29; Q3 PHI +45; Q4 PHI +45
Final
DEN129
ATL122
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +7
Final
TOR130
NYK136
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +6
Final
SAS82
HOU93
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +11
Final
DAL120
MEM113
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +7
Final · OT
CHI129
MIL133
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +4
Final
MIN107
NOP121
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP +7; Q3 NOP +4; Q4 NOP +14
Final
UTA120
OKC134
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +36; Q4 OKC +14
Final
BKN118
SAC131
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +13
Final
POR127
LAC132
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +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 · 2022–23Dec 11, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs CHA), 53 points.
The lead · DEN @ ATL

Denver climbs out of an 8-point hole against Atlanta

Down 8 after one, the Nuggets won the third quarter 38–24 and the game 129–122. Jamal Murray led Denver with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 40 for Atlanta in the loss.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+3+17+7DEN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN28373826129
ATL36262436122
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 18, 14, 18, 2, 16, 23, 21, 29DEN29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 38, 39, 32, 21, 36, 22, 23, 25DEN25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 15, 23, 18, 14, 14, 20, 20, 40ATL40 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 11, 6, 13, 24, 30, 13, 20, 21ATL21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Philadelphia posts the night's biggest win

Philadelphia beat Washington by 45, the widest margin of 13 games.

MIA over CHA2MIL over CHI4LAC over POR5NYK over TOR6DEN over ATL7DAL over MEM7IND over DET8ORL over CLE10HOU over SAS11SAC over BKN13NOP over MIN14OKC over UTA14PHI over WAS45Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan 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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 25, 19, 27, 19, 24, 29, 20, 41CHI @ MIL · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury NJN, May 5, 1999: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Season high41 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 23, 13, 18, 20, 4, 37, 24, 21, 41MEM vs DAL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Dec 18, 2002: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Season high41 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 15, 23, 18, 14, 14, 20, 20, 40ATL vs DEN · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Feb 2, 2001: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Career high40 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 4 games: 18, 28, 30, 38POR @ LAC · L
28.5 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 32, 14, 6, 24, 19, 15, 22, 26, 18, 36CLE @ ORL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 32, 26, 33, 12, 27, 10, 13, 36NOP vs MIN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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+6.6 22.9 last 10 · 16.3 season
Patrick WilliamsCHI+4.6 13.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MIA+4.6 17.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Brook LopezMIL+4.5 18.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+3.8 15.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Tobias HarrisPHI−4.2 12.7 last 10 · 16.9 season
P.J. WashingtonCHA−3.2 10.8 last 10 · 14.0 season
Luguentz DortOKC−3.1 7.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Zach CollinsSAS−2.3 10.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL−2.3 14.3 last 10 · 16.6 season