FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 8, 2025Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed NOP by 2 after three quarters and won 135–132.

Final
SAC105
IND116
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +11
Final
PHX108
MIN105
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +3
Final
SAS135
NOP132
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +3
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 · 2024–25Dec 8, 2024: 12 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN @ ATL), 48 points.
The lead · SAS @ NOP

San Antonio takes over late to edge New Orleans

Down 2 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 35–30. Final: 135–132. Harrison Barnes led San Antonio with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+20-2+3SAS AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS35422335135
NOP25324530132
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 11, 13, 10, 5, 31, 11, 7, 24SAS24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dylan HarperPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 12, 7, 11, 17, 15, 16, 3, 22SAS22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Derik QueenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 8, 10, 2, 15, 21, 12, 6, 33NOP33 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 19, 20, 12, 33, 21, 23, 32NOP32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · PHX @ MIN

Phoenix wins a tight one over Minnesota

108–105. Neither team led by more than 6 at any break. Mark Williams led Phoenix with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over MIN3SAS over NOP3IND over SAC11Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 15 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 40

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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 41, 43, 31, 39, 32, 44, 11, 15, 40MIN vs PHX · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Patrick Ewing NYK, Dec 23, 1995: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Derik QueenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 8, 10, 2, 15, 21, 12, 6, 33NOP vs SAS · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Larry Hughes WAS, Nov 28, 2004: 33 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Career high33 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 19, 20, 12, 33, 21, 23, 32NOP vs SAS · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Andrew NembhardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 32, 12, 9, 14, 21, 16, 15, 28IND vs SAC · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 14, 15, 20, 19, 11, 15, 28, 25IND vs SAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 21, 7, 19, 16, 3, 12, 12, 24SAC @ IND · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Nov 9, 2016: 24 PTS · 12 REB · 15 AST
24 PTS · 12 REB · 14 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
Collin GillespiePHX+5.1 18.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Peyton WatsonDEN+5.1 15.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Noah ClowneyBKN+5.1 18.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jaylen WellsMEM+3.7 15.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+3.7 18.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.2 11.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN−2.8 12.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Zach LaVineSAC−2.4 18.2 last 10 · 20.6 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−2.4 11.6 last 10 · 14.0 season