FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 5, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed PHX by 11 at halftime and won 126–124.

Final
DEN114
CLE126
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +12
Final
DAL137
WAS101
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +25; Q4 DAL +36
Final
CHA101
NYK125
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +24
Final
OKC129
TOR92
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +25; Q3 OKC +34; Q4 OKC +37
Final
SAC110
MEM115
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +5
Final
PHX124
NOP126
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP -11; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +2
Final
CHI139
SAS124
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +15
Final
HOU93
GSW99
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +6
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 5, 2023: 2 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NYK @ MIL), 41 points.
The lead · PHX @ NOP

New Orleans rallies from 11 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 11 at the half, New Orleans outscored the Suns 72–59 the rest of the way. Final: 126–124. Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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+1-11+6+2NOP AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX33322831124
NOP34204527126
Who led
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 11, 24, 18, 29, 32, 17, 18, 29NOP29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 27, 5, 23, 19, 30, 13, 29, 25NOP25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 44, 17, 33, 26, 31, 27, 29, 28PHX28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 7, 15, 28, 24, 23, 17, 10, 24PHX24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · HOU @ GSW

Golden State beats Houston, 99–93

Golden State led 73–66 after three and won by 6. Jonathan Kuminga led Golden State with 33 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over PHX2MEM over SAC5GSW over HOU6CLE over DEN12CHI over SAS15NYK over CHA24DAL over WAS36OKC over TOR37Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 5.5 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Vucevic leads the day with 39

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.
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 29, 14, 18, 26, 19, 19, 32, 21, 39CHI @ SAS · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jonathan KumingaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 8, 12, 10, 7, 19, 12, 19, 33GSW vs HOU · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 32, 28, 37, 35, 36, 32, 26, 30OKC @ TOR · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 11, 24, 18, 29, 32, 17, 18, 29NOP vs PHX · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 35, 10, 26, 30, 12, 35, 19, 28CLE vs DEN · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 44, 17, 33, 26, 31, 27, 29, 28PHX @ NOP · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 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
Jared McCainPHI+4.9 21.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.9 14.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+4.5 12.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Dalton KnechtLAL+4.0 15.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.8 15.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Anthony DavisLAL−4.7 22.2 last 10 · 26.9 season
Buddy HieldGSW−3.6 10.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Trae YoungATL−3.2 17.5 last 10 · 20.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DET−3.2 6.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Naz ReidMIN−2.6 10.4 last 10 · 13.0 season