FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 7, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed DAL by 12 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final · Box score
Nets102
Mavs99
Q1 BKN -6; Q2 BKN -12; Q3 BKN -11; Q4 BKN +3
Final · Box score
Knicks121
Spurs109
Q1 Knicks 0; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Box score
Celtics102
Lakers117
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +15
The lead · Nets-Mavs

Brooklyn climbs back to beat Dallas

Jayson Tatum goes for 34 points

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-12-11+3BKN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets21292527102
Mavs2735241399
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 23, 27, 21, 39, 27, 30, 28, 24BKN24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 36, 14, 20, 12, 34, 20, 14, 23BKN23 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 32, 23, 26, 33, 25, 28, 21, 28DAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 21, 23, 25, 30, 13, 9, 20, 17DAL17 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Celtics-Lakers

Lakers beat Boston, 117–102

Lakers led 91–75 after three and won by 15. LeBron James led Lakers with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over DAL3NYK over SAS12LAL over BOS15Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over BOS.
Lead changes
Celtics-Lakers11
Knicks-Spurs7
Nets-Mavs3
The night in charts
Knicks-Spurs combined for 230, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-SpursKnicks 121, Spurs 109
230
Celtics-LakersCeltics 102, Lakers 117
219
Nets-MavsNets 102, Mavs 99
201
BKN won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Nets-MavsNets 102, Mavs 99
+3 BKN
Knicks-SpursKnicks 121, Spurs 109
+12 NYK
Celtics-LakersCeltics 102, Lakers 117
+15 LAL
BKN erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-MavsBKN won · Nets 102, Mavs 99
12 pts
Celtics-LakersLAL won · Celtics 102, Lakers 117
2 pts
LeBron shot 13-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LeBronLAL · 30 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB
68% (13-19)
TatumBOS · 34 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
59% (13-22)
AldridgeBKN · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
58% (7-12)
WestbrookLAL · 24 PTS, 11 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
56% (9-16)
RJNYK · 32 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
55% (11-20)
Final · Nets-Mavs
Nets 102Mavs 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets21292527102
Mavs2735241399
The story
James Harden had 23 points and 12 assists as Brooklyn beat Dallas 102-99

Luka Doncic led Dallas with 28 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB 23 PTS, 12 AST, 9 REB · 7-13 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

Down 11 after the third, the Nets took the fourth 27-13.

BKN lead by quarter
200 −6−12−11+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Spurs
Knicks 121Spurs 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks28343326121
Spurs28282528109
The story
New York beat San Antonio 121-109 behind 32 points from RJ Barrett

Derrick White paced San Antonio: 26 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB 32 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 11-20 FG, 7-8 3PT

The swing

A 33-25 third quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 0+6+14+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Lakers
Celtics 102Lakers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics33222027102
Lakers31293126117
The story
Anthony Davis' 17 points and 16 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Boston, 117-102

For Boston, Robert Williams III had 13 PTS, 4 REB 17 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST · 7-13 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 31-20, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −2+5+16+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 30.9 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jayson Tatum leads the day with 34

Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 37, 33, 30, 15, 24, 8, 26, 37, 31, 34Celtics-Lakers · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 11, 9, 12, 10, 15, 4, 13, 32Knicks-Spurs · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 30, 23, 10, 39, 30, 33, 23, 30Lakers-Celtics · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 32, 23, 26, 33, 25, 28, 21, 28Mavs-Nets · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 19, 7, 17, 24, 12, 25, 12, 26Spurs-Knicks · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 26, 31, 20, 29, 25, 23, 10, 24Lakers-Celtics · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Alec BurksNYK+4.6 16.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA+4.3 20.8 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+4.2 17.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Kevin HuerterATL+3.6 14.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+3.4 14.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Grayson AllenMIL−3.6 9.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.4 5.7 last 10 · 9.1 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP−3.2 10.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Darius BazleyOKC−3.1 5.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−2.9 10.5 last 10 · 13.4 season