FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 2, 2024Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NOP by 2 after the first quarter and won 124–112.

Final
NOP112
ATL124
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +12
Final
MIA89
BOS108
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +19
Final
BKN102
CHI128
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +26
Final
LAL80
MIN109
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +29
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 · 2023–24Dec 2, 2023: 12 games. Top scorer: Mikal Bridges (BKN vs ORL), 42 points.
The lead · NOP @ ATL

Atlanta keeps rolling, beats New Orleans

That is four in a row. Final: 124–112. De'Andre Hunter led Atlanta with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-1+7+12ATL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP28312627112
ATL26323432124
Who led
De'Andre HunterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 24, 10, 14, 9, 26, 23, 18, 22ATL22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jalen JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 25, 15, 25, 28, 22, 20, 20, 19ATL19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 9 games: 23, 20, 27, 5, 23, 19, 30, 13, 29NOP29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Yves MissiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 8, 3, 12, 16, 11, 16, 11, 23NOP23 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIA @ BOS

Boston leads Miami wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 108–89. Best quarter: the second, 32–20. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over NOP12BOS over MIA19CHI over BKN26MIN over LAL29Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 20 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 29

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.
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 37, 24, 27, 17, 31, 29, 17, 21, 29BOS vs MIA · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 9 games: 23, 20, 27, 5, 23, 19, 30, 13, 29NOP @ ATL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Payton PritchardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 6, 13, 9, 8, 20, 29, 24, 25BOS vs MIA · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Yves MissiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 8, 3, 12, 16, 11, 16, 11, 23NOP @ ATL · L
9.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
De'Andre HunterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 24, 10, 14, 9, 26, 23, 18, 22ATL vs NOP · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 29, 14, 18, 26, 19, 19, 32, 21CHI vs BKN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Dalton KnechtLAL+4.7 16.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.8 15.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC+3.8 33.8 last 10 · 29.9 season
Malik BeasleyDET+3.6 19.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+3.6 31.1 last 10 · 27.5 season
Cold
Trae YoungATL−3.3 17.6 last 10 · 20.9 season
LeBron JamesLAL−2.6 19.4 last 10 · 22.0 season
Anthony DavisLAL−2.4 25.4 last 10 · 27.8 season
Jayson TatumBOS−2.3 26.1 last 10 · 28.4 season
Ochai AgbajiTOR−2.2 9.8 last 10 · 12.0 season