FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 6, 2018Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Knicks100
Celtics128
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +28
Final · Box score
Suns86
Blazers108
Q1 POR +25; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +28; Q4 POR +22
Final · Box score
Rockets91
Jazz118
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +35; Q4 UTA +27
On this day · 2017–18Dec 6, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (Pelicans-Nuggets), 40 points.
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The lead · Suns-Blazers

Portland routs Phoenix by 22

Al Horford goes for 19 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+25+21+28+22POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns932182786
Blazers34282521108
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jake LaymanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 8, 6, 4, 7, 3, 2, 2, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Troy DanielsPoints, last 9 games: 0, 3, 8, 3, 0, 8, 9, 13, 15PHX15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 11, 10, 8, 15, 10, 13, 14, 14PHX14 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Lead changes
Rockets-Jazz3
Suns-Blazers1
The night in charts
Knicks-Celtics combined for 228, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 100, Celtics 128
228
Rockets-JazzRockets 91, Jazz 118
209
Suns-BlazersSuns 86, Blazers 108
194
POR won the closest game by 22
Closest finishes
Suns-BlazersSuns 86, Blazers 108
+22 POR
Rockets-JazzRockets 91, Jazz 118
+27 UTA
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 100, Celtics 128
+28 BOS
Favors shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FavorsUTA · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
77% (10-13)
LaymanPOR · 24 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL
77% (10-13)
Jaylen BrownBOS · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
HorfordBOS · 19 PTS, 12 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST
67% (8-12)
TatumBOS · 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Suns-Blazers
Suns 86Blazers 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns932182786
Blazers34282521108
The story
Jake Layman's 24 points carried Portland past Phoenix, 108-86

For Phoenix, Josh Jackson had 14 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 7 REB · 10-13 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 34-9, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
300 +25+21+28+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Jazz
Rockets 91Jazz 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets1827113591
Jazz27263827118
The story
Utah beat Houston 118-91 behind 24 points and 10 rebounds from Derrick Favors

Clint Capela paced Houston: 12 PTS, 10 REB 24 PTS, 10 REB · 10-13 FG

The swing

A 38-11 third quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
400 +9+8+35+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Celtics
Knicks 100Celtics 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks30282616100
Celtics38313029128
The story
Kyrie Irving had 22 points and 8 assists as Boston beat New York 128-100

Noah Vonleh led New York with 12 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB · 9-15 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the fourth 29-16, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
300 +8+11+15+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
30.42017–18 avg12.9Last 2

12.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.4 in 2017–18 (76 games). Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg24.7Today

25 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Rockets-Jazz

Utah leads Houston wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 118–91. Best quarter: the third, 38–11. Derrick Favors led Utah with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over PHX22UTA over HOU27BOS over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over HOU.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 25

Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 29, 22, 23, 30, 41, 15, 37, 33, 25Blazers-Suns · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 9, 6, 5, 14, 24Jazz-Rockets · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Jake LaymanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 8, 6, 4, 7, 3, 2, 2, 24Blazers-Suns · W
6.0 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 43, 20, 27, 22, 13, 19, 26, 29, 21, 22Celtics-Knicks · W
22.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 32, 32, 21, 7, 22, 19, 5, 21, 20, 22Knicks-Celtics · L
22.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 18, 7, 3, 10, 11, 10, 16, 21Celtics-Knicks · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kevin DurantGSW+4.4 34.2 last 10 · 29.8 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN+3.9 13.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allen CrabbeBKN+3.3 12.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jeremy LambCHA+3.3 18.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Nikola VucevicORL+3.3 24.3 last 10 · 21.0 season
Cold
Zach LaVineCHI−3.7 20.8 last 10 · 24.5 season
Josh HartLAL−3.4 5.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Willie Cauley-SteinSAC−3.2 11.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
JaVale McGeeLAL−3.1 8.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.0 9.8 last 10 · 12.8 season