FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 9, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed TOR by 5 after the first quarter and won 104–99.

Final · Box score
Pelicans116
Pistons108
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +8
Final · Box score
Bucks104
Raptors99
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +5
Final · Box score
Jazz97
Spurs110
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
Hornets119
Knicks107
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +12
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The lead · Bucks-Raptors

Milwaukee gets past Toronto

DeMar DeRozan goes for 26 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+2+5+5MIL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks25262825104
Raptors3019252599
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 35, 34, 20, 36, 33, 15, 22, 19MIL19 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 7, 9, 15, 12, 13, 6, 14, 19MIL19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 8, 16, 20, 10, 15, 18, 8, 22TOR22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 29, 17, 37, 34, 27, 36, 32, 20TOR20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Pelicans-Pistons

New Orleans never trails at a break against Detroit

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 116–108. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over TOR5NOP over DET8CHA over NYK12SAS over UTA13Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over DET.
Lead changes
Bucks-Raptors14
Jazz-Spurs4
Pelicans-Pistons3
Hornets-Knicks0
The night in charts
Hornets-Knicks combined for 226, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Hornets-KnicksHornets 119, Knicks 107
226
Pelicans-PistonsPelicans 116, Pistons 108
224
Jazz-SpursJazz 97, Spurs 110
207
Bucks-RaptorsBucks 104, Raptors 99
203
MIL won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Bucks-RaptorsBucks 104, Raptors 99
+5 MIL
Pelicans-PistonsPelicans 116, Pistons 108
+8 NOP
Hornets-KnicksHornets 119, Knicks 107
+12 CHA
Jazz-SpursJazz 97, Spurs 110
+13 SAS
Aldridge shot 10-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
AldridgeSAS · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
67% (10-15)
LambCHA · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
JrueNOP · 37 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL
64% (14-22)
NtilikinaNYK · 18 PTS, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
GaySAS · 23 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Bucks-Raptors
Bucks 104Raptors 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks25262825104
Raptors3019252599
The story
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 19 points and 19 rebounds as Milwaukee beat Toronto 104-99

Serge Ibaka led Toronto with 22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 19 PTS, 19 REB, 6 AST · 8-15 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the Bucks took the second 26-19.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −5+2+5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pelicans-Pistons
Pelicans 116Pistons 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pelicans28283525116
Pistons20303424108
The story
New Orleans beat Detroit 116-108 behind 28 points from Julius Randle

Blake Griffin paced Detroit: 35 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 28 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 11-19 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 28-20 first quarter did the most damage for the Pelicans.

NOP lead by quarter
200 +8+6+7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Spurs
Jazz 97Spurs 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz1818362597
Spurs23312828110
The story
Rudy Gay's 23 points and 15 rebounds carried San Antonio past Utah, 110-97

For Utah, Donovan Mitchell had 27 PTS, 5 REB 23 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST · 10-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 31-18, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +5+18+10+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.9Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jrue Holiday leads the day with 37

Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 13, 29, 21, 19, 32, 17, 20, 37Pelicans-Pistons · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 16, 30, 20, 26, 20, 31, 31, 35Pistons-Pelicans · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 15, 23, 8, 13, 37, 27, 26, 28Pelicans-Pistons · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 7, 35, 4, 29, 30, 18, 20, 6, 27Jazz-Spurs · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin KnoxPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 0, 4, 9, 26, 8, 11, 7, 26Knicks-Hornets · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high26 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 21, 10, 18, 36, 16, 32, 36, 26Spurs-Jazz · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Collin SextonCLE+4.0 19.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Allen CrabbeBKN+3.4 12.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Markieff MorrisWAS+3.2 15.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin DurantGSW+3.0 32.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Trey BurkeNYK+2.8 14.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Kemba WalkerCHA−6.0 19.8 last 10 · 25.8 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK−5.0 16.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Shelvin MackMEM−3.7 5.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP−3.6 10.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kent BazemoreATL−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season