FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 7, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed PHX by 5 at halftime and won 121–111.

Final
CLE116
CHA102
Q1 CLE +22; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +14
Final
OKC119
NOP109
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +26; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +10
Final
DEN113
WAS122
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +9
Final
DET120
NYK111
Q1 DET +16; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +9
Final
DAL125
TOR118
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +7
Final
MEM127
BOS121
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
PHX111
MIA121
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +10
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 7, 2023: 2 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs IND), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIA

Miami takes care of Phoenix

A 10-point win, 121–111. Bam Adebayo led Miami with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-5+5+10MIA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX29292429111
MIA26273434121
Who led
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 19, 16, 8, 14, 13, 15, 14, 25MIA25 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 30, 33, 23, 6, 26, 17, 17, 24MIA24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Royce O'NealePoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 2, 17, 9, 8, 11, 10, 19, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 44, 17, 33, 26, 31, 27, 29, 28, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · MEM @ BOS

Memphis never trails at a break against Boston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 127–121. Ja Morant led Memphis with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over BOS6DAL over TOR7WAS over DEN9DET over NYK9OKC over NOP10MIA over PHX10CLE over CHA14Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.9Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 56 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 56

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 JokicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 37, 33, 34, 22, 30, 28, 38, 27, 56DEN @ WAS · L
31.4 PPG season to date · +26.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Nov 13, 2024: 59 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Career high56 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 9, 14, 22, 24, 9, 19, 20, 41CLE @ CHA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ja Morant MEM, Dec 29, 2021: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 42, 22, 22, 8, 23, 8, 31, 13, 11, 39WAS vs DEN · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 25, 20, 22, 27, 19, 31, 8, 32MEM @ BOS · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 23, 23, 37, 31, 16, 21, 24, 31NYK vs DET · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 28, 37, 35, 36, 32, 26, 30, 31OKC @ NOP · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 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
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.5 13.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.8 13.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.8 15.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 14.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Yves MissiNOP+2.7 11.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Buddy HieldGSW−4.5 9.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.5 22.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Bilal CoulibalyWAS−3.8 7.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Trae YoungATL−3.5 17.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DET−3.3 6.5 last 10 · 9.8 season