FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 6, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by BOS (vs MIL) and IND (vs CHI).

Final
ORL94
PHI102
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +8
Final · OT
LAL132
ATL134
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
MIL105
BOS111
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +6
Final
IND132
CHI123
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +9
Final
SAC140
SAS113
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +27
Final
MIN107
GSW90
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +17
Final
UTA141
POR99
Q1 UTA +16; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +32; Q4 UTA +42
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 6, 2023: 11 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ WAS), 50 points.
The lead · MIL @ BOS

Jayson Tatum posts 34 and 10 as Boston beats Milwaukee

34 points and 10 rebounds in a 111–105 win.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-4-4+6BOS AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL27302523105
BOS29242533111
Who led
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 33, 16, 26, 20, 35, 33, 18, 34BOS34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 17, 31, 29, 17, 21, 29, 28, 25BOS25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 20, 24, 31, 37, 25, 27, 25, 31MIL31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 59, 22, 20, 41, 37, 32, 42, 28, 31, 30MIL30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · IND @ CHI

Indiana handles Chicago by 9

The Pacers won the second quarter 36–19. Final: 132–123. Tyrese Haliburton led Indiana with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over LAL2BOS over MIL6PHI over ORL8IND over CHI9MIN over GSW17SAC over SAS27UTA over POR42Final margin, points. Pink = IND over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.0Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 18, 18, 16, 12, 27, 10, 29, 39LAL @ ATL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Feb 2, 2020: 39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Ties season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 39, 14, 25, 19, 15, 33, 12, 8, 38LAL @ ATL · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 33, 16, 26, 20, 35, 33, 18, 34BOS vs MIL · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 26, 29, 18, 8, 29, 18, 11, 32CHI vs IND · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 25, 18, 20, 21, 14, 12, 17, 31ATL vs LAL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 20 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 20, 24, 31, 37, 25, 27, 25, 31MIL @ BOS · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.9 14.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+4.5 12.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.8 15.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 14.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Jared McCainPHI+2.7 18.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Buddy HieldGSW−4.5 9.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.5 22.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Trae YoungATL−3.5 17.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DET−3.2 6.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC−3.1 23.5 last 10 · 26.6 season