FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 4, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 109–106.

Final · Box score
Nets91
Knicks108
Q1 NYK +21; Q2 NYK +23; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +17
Final · Box score
Suns106
Wizards109
Q1 WAS -9; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS -7; Q4 WAS +3
Final · Box score
Bucks95
Pistons102
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +7
Final · Box score
Lakers87
Hawks100
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +13
Final · Box score
Rockets100
Mavs96
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 Rockets 0; Q4 HOU +4
Final · OT · Box score
Cavs108
Pelicans114
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 Pelicans 0; OT1 NOP +6
On this day · 2014–15Dec 4, 2014: 3 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (Cavs-Knicks), 37 points.
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The lead · Suns-Wizards

Bradley Beal scores 34, Washington holds off Phoenix

Anthony Davis goes for 31 points

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-9-7+3WAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns31292521106
Wizards22292731109
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 7, 20, 17, 16, 20, 18, 11, 34WAS34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 14, 10, 0, 9, 3, 4, 4, 18WAS18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 22, 29, 18, 21, 20, 17, 21, 22PHX22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 19, 18, 29, 21, 16, 26, 22, 19PHX19 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Cavs-Pelicans

New Orleans flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Cleveland led 53–52 at the break. Tied 105–105 after regulation, New Orleans won the extra time 9–3. Final: 114–108. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 31 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Pelicans-Cavs
Anthony Davis · NOPLeBron James · CLEPTS3137REB127AST18Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Rockets-Mavs20
Cavs-Pelicans8
Suns-Wizards2
Bucks-Pistons0
Lakers-Hawks0
The night in charts
Cavs-Pelicans combined for 222, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-PelicansCavs 108, Pelicans 114
222
Suns-WizardsSuns 106, Wizards 109
215
Nets-KnicksNets 91, Knicks 108
199
Bucks-PistonsBucks 95, Pistons 102
197
Rockets-MavsRockets 100, Mavs 96
196
Lakers-HawksLakers 87, Hawks 100
187
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Suns-WizardsSuns 106, Wizards 109
+3 WAS
Rockets-MavsRockets 100, Mavs 96
+4 HOU
Cavs-PelicansCavs 108, Pelicans 114
+6 NOP
Bucks-PistonsBucks 95, Pistons 102
+7 DET
Lakers-HawksLakers 87, Hawks 100
+13 ATL
Nets-KnicksNets 91, Knicks 108
+17 NYK
WAS rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Suns-WizardsWAS won · Suns 106, Wizards 109
9 pts
Cavs-PelicansNOP won · Cavs 108, Pelicans 114
6 pts
Rockets-MavsHOU won · Rockets 100, Mavs 96
2 pts
Ariza shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ArizaHOU · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
SessionsWAS · 18 PTS, 2 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
AfflaloNYK · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
ADNOP · 31 PTS, 12 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
59% (13-22)
Terrence JonesHOU · 17 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST
58% (7-12)
Final · Suns-Wizards
Suns 106Wizards 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns31292521106
Wizards22292731109
The story
John Wall's 17 points and 9 assists carried Washington past Phoenix, 109-106

For Phoenix, Brandon Knight had 19 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST 17 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB · 5-13 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Wizards trailed by 7 going into the fourth, then won it 31-21.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −9−9−7+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Pelicans
Cavs 108Pelicans 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Cavs272624283108
Pelicans213132219114
The story
Tyreke Evans had 14 points and 10 assists as New Orleans beat Cleveland 114-108 in OT

JR Smith led Cleveland with 18 PTS, 4 REB 14 PTS, 10 AST, 7 REB · 5-13 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

Down 1 after the second, the Pelicans took the third 32-24.

NOP lead by quarter
200 −6−1+70+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Nets-Knicks
Nets 91Knicks 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2121252491
Knicks42232716108
The story
New York beat Brooklyn 108-91 behind 19 points and 10 rebounds from Kristaps Porzingis

Brook Lopez paced Brooklyn: 21 PTS, 4 REB 19 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 7-13 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

A 42-21 first quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
300 +21+23+25+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
20.92014–15 avg7.9Last 3

7.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 2014–15 (53 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 27, 19, 15, 24, 25, 26, 24, 37Cavs-Pelicans · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 7, 20, 17, 16, 20, 18, 11, 34Wizards-Suns · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 36, 0, 20, 32, 26, 17, 36, 17, 29, 31Pelicans-Cavs · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 18, 25, 14, 21, 28, 11, 12, 28Knicks-Nets · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 45, 22, 24, 40, 50, 26, 29, 24, 25Rockets-Mavs · W
29.2 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 18, 4, 14, 17, 7, 12, 24, 23Pistons-Bucks · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mike ConleyMEM+3.1 18.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jeff GreenMEM+3.0 13.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK+2.6 16.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ryan AndersonNOP+2.3 20.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
Matt BarnesMEM+1.8 9.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Langston GallowayNYK−2.2 6.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Greg MonroeMIL−2.2 13.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Eric GordonNOP−2.1 14.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Dennis SchroderATL−2.1 8.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Al-Farouq AminuPOR−2.0 9.0 last 10 · 11.0 season