FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 7, 2017Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed OKC by 13 after the first quarter and won 100–95.

Final · Box score
Lakers107
Sixers104
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
Wizards109
Suns99
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +10
Final · Box score
Thunder95
Nets100
Q1 BKN -13; Q2 BKN -9; Q3 BKN -5; Q4 BKN +5
Final · Box score
Rockets112
Jazz101
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +11
On this day · 2016–17Dec 7, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Bucks), 30 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Nets

Brooklyn rallies from 13 down to beat OKC

Joel Embiid goes for 33 points

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-9-5+5BKN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3325211695
Nets20292526100
Who led
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 9, 14, 9, 13, 13, 6, 17, 21BKN21 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Rondae Hollis-JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 7, 16, 20, 17, 6, 9, 16, 17BKN17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 34, 27, 28, 37, 15, 22, 34, 31OKC31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Steven AdamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 14, 12, 6, 6, 27, 19, 20, 12OKC12 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Wizards-Suns

Washington beats Phoenix, 109–99

Washington led 85–84 after three and won by 10. Bradley Beal led Washington with 34 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over PHI3BKN over OKC5WAS over PHX10HOU over UTA11Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over PHX.
Lead changes
Thunder-Nets12
Lakers-Sixers4
Rockets-Jazz4
Wizards-Suns3
Shot of the night

Ingram's three with 2 seconds left breaks the tie, 107-104 final

The night in charts
Rockets-Jazz combined for 213, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-JazzRockets 112, Jazz 101
213
Lakers-SixersLakers 107, Sixers 104
211
Wizards-SunsWizards 109, Suns 99
208
Thunder-NetsThunder 95, Nets 100
195
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-SixersLakers 107, Sixers 104
+3 LAL
Thunder-NetsThunder 95, Nets 100
+5 BKN
Wizards-SunsWizards 109, Suns 99
+10 WAS
Rockets-JazzRockets 112, Jazz 101
+11 HOU
BKN erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-NetsBKN won · Thunder 95, Nets 100
13 pts
Wizards-SunsWAS won · Wizards 109, Suns 99
2 pts
Ryan Anderson shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Ryan AndersonHOU · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
Markieff MorrisWAS · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
67% (8-12)
EmbiidPHI · 33 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 5 BLK
65% (11-17)
LeVertBKN · 21 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
BealWAS · 34 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
59% (13-22)
Final · Lakers-Sixers
Lakers 107Sixers 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers32252228107
Sixers25242134104
The story
Brandon Ingram had 21 points as Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 107-104

Robert Covington led Philadelphia with 19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 7-21 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the first 32-25, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +7+8+9+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Nets
Thunder 95Nets 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3325211695
Nets20292526100
The story
Caris LeVert's 21 points and 10 assists carried Brooklyn past Oklahoma City, 100-95

For Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook had 31 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 21 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB · 6-10 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Nets trailed by 5 going into the fourth, then won it 26-16.

BKN lead by quarter
200 −13−9−5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Jazz
Rockets 112Jazz 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets25263724112
Jazz20262035101
The story
Houston beat Utah 112-101 behind 18 points and 13 assists from Chris Paul

Donovan Mitchell paced Utah: 26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 18 PTS, 13 AST, 9 REB, 3 STL · 7-14 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

A 37-20 third quarter did the most damage for the Rockets.

HOU lead by quarter
300 +5+5+22+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg11.6Last 3

11.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 34

Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 22, 26, 8, 21, 10, 11, 51, 34Wizards-Suns · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 46, 21, 15, 28, 18, 30, 25, 25, 22, 33Sixers-Lakers · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 34, 27, 28, 37, 15, 22, 34, 31Thunder-Nets · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 38, 48, 29, 21, 37, 37, 29, 36, 29Rockets-Jazz · W
31.6 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 4, 24, 16, 24, 41, 21, 31, 26Jazz-Rockets · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 18, 18, 25, 7, 19, 25, 11, 23Suns-Wizards · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kyrie IrvingBOS+4.8 28.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.1 21.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Dwyane WadeCLE+3.8 15.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kyle LowryTOR+3.8 20.4 last 10 · 16.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.6 26.5 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−4.6 20.8 last 10 · 25.4 season
Eric GordonHOU−4.3 14.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Goran DragicMIA−3.9 13.3 last 10 · 17.2 season
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−3.2 22.7 last 10 · 25.9 season
Brook LopezLAL−2.9 10.3 last 10 · 13.2 season