FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 2, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 10 after the first quarter and won 120–96.

Final · Box score
Suns96
Lakers120
Q1 LAL -10; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +24
Final · Box score
Pelicans119
Hornets109
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +9; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +10
Final · Box score
Jazz100
Heat102
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +2
Final · Box score
Grizzlies95
Sixers103
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +8
Final · Box score
Clippers110
Mavs114
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +4
Final · Box score
Blazers118
Spurs131
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +13
On this day · 2017–18Dec 2, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (Suns-Celtics), 38 points.
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The lead · Suns-Lakers

Lakers fight back from 10 down against Phoenix

Anthony Davis goes for 36 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+15+21+24LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns3115282296
Lakers21403425120
Who led
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 15, 12, 9, 21, 21, 11, 15, 23LAL23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 44, 22, 51, 32, 22, 24, 14, 38, 28, 22LAL22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Richaun HolmesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 10, 14, 12, 10, 8, 10, 7, 15PHX15 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 10, 9, 13, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13PHX13 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Jazz-Heat

Miami turns it around against Utah

From 8 down after one to a 2-point win: 102–100. Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 23 points, 20 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Heat-Jazz
Hassan Whiteside · MIARicky Rubio · UTAPTS2323REB205AST26Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Clippers-Mavs19
Blazers-Spurs19
Jazz-Heat17
Pelicans-Hornets6
Grizzlies-Sixers6
Suns-Lakers4
The night in charts
Blazers-Spurs combined for 249, 21 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-SpursBlazers 118, Spurs 131
249
Pelicans-HornetsPelicans 119, Hornets 109
228
Clippers-MavsClippers 110, Mavs 114
224
Suns-LakersSuns 96, Lakers 120
216
Jazz-HeatJazz 100, Heat 102
202
Grizzlies-SixersGrizzlies 95, Sixers 103
198
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Jazz-HeatJazz 100, Heat 102
+2 MIA
Clippers-MavsClippers 110, Mavs 114
+4 DAL
Grizzlies-SixersGrizzlies 95, Sixers 103
+8 PHI
Pelicans-HornetsPelicans 119, Hornets 109
+10 NOP
Blazers-SpursBlazers 118, Spurs 131
+13 SAS
Suns-LakersSuns 96, Lakers 120
+24 LAL
LAL erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Suns-LakersLAL won · Suns 96, Lakers 120
10 pts
Jazz-HeatMIA won · Jazz 100, Heat 102
8 pts
Blazers-SpursSAS won · Blazers 118, Spurs 131
1 pt
Pelicans-HornetsNOP won · Pelicans 119, Hornets 109
1 pt
Clippers-MavsDAL won · Clippers 110, Mavs 114
1 pt
Simmons shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SimmonsPHI · 19 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
ADNOP · 36 PTS, 19 REB, 8 AST, 2 STL
74% (14-19)
AldridgeSAS · 29 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
73% (11-15)
HarrellLAC · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
73% (11-15)
GaySAS · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
70% (7-10)
Final · Jazz-Heat
Jazz 100Heat 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz35202223100
Heat27262722102
The story
Hassan Whiteside had 23 points and 20 rebounds as Miami beat Utah 102-100

Rudy Gobert led Utah with 18 REB, 12 PTS, 4 AST 23 PTS, 20 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 11-17 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the first, the Heat took the second 26-20.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −8−2+3+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Mavs
Clippers 110Mavs 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers35232230110
Mavs34282626114
The story
Dallas beat LA 114-110 behind 30 points from Harrison Barnes

Montrezl Harrell paced LA: 23 PTS, 10 REB 30 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST · 11-28 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

A 28-23 second quarter erased a 1-point hole for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −1+4+8+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

DeAndre Jordan topped the game at 53.1 FPTS: 23 REB, 16 PTS, 3 AST

Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 96Lakers 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns3115282296
Lakers21403425120
The story
Kyle Kuzma's 23 points carried Los Angeles past Phoenix, 120-96

For Phoenix, Trevor Ariza had 13 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 8-14 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 10 going into the second, then won it 40-15.

LAL lead by quarter
300 −10+15+21+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 37

Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 40, 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37Blazers-Spurs · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 43, 40, 29, 12, 33, 27, 28, 41, 36Pelicans-Hornets · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 19 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 21, 24, 17, 34, 21, 10, 18, 36Spurs-Blazers · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 19, 23, 10, 28, 20, 13, 29, 30Mavs-Clippers · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 7, 19, 33, 15, 20, 10, 20, 29Spurs-Blazers · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 14, 14, 13, 18, 20, 13, 8, 24Mavs-Clippers · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Marc GasolMEM+3.9 21.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.8 19.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.8 33.8 last 10 · 30.0 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.7 24.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Anthony DavisNOP+3.6 31.8 last 10 · 28.2 season
Cold
Trae YoungATL−3.9 11.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh HartLAL−3.5 5.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC−3.0 11.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Zach LaVineCHI−2.9 22.1 last 10 · 25.0 season
Frank NtilikinaNYK−2.6 3.3 last 10 · 5.9 season