FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 7, 2024Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed PHX by 5 at halftime and won 121–111.

Final · Box score
Cavs116
Hornets102
Q1 CLE +22; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +14
Final · Box score
Thunder119
Pelicans109
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +26; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +10
Final · Box score
Nuggets113
Wizards122
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +9
Final · Box score
Pistons120
Knicks111
Q1 DET +16; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +9
Final · Box score
Mavs125
Raptors118
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +7
Final · Box score
Grizzlies127
Celtics121
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final · Box score
Suns111
Heat121
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +10
On this day · 2023–24Dec 7, 2023: 2 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks-Pacers), 37 points.
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The lead · Suns-Heat

Miami takes care of Phoenix

Nikola Jokic goes for 56 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-5+5+10MIA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns29292429111
Heat26273434121
Who led
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 19, 16, 8, 14, 13, 15, 14, 25MIA25 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 30, 33, 23, 6, 26, 17, 17, 24MIA24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Royce O'NealePoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 2, 17, 9, 8, 11, 10, 19, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 44, 17, 33, 26, 31, 27, 29, 28, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Grizzlies-Celtics

Memphis never trails at a break against Boston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 127–121. Ja Morant led Memphis with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over BOS6DAL over TOR7WAS over DEN9DET over NYK9OKC over NOP10MIA over PHX10CLE over CHA14Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over BOS.
Lead changes
Mavs-Raptors4
Cavs-Hornets2
Grizzlies-Celtics2
Nuggets-Wizards1
Thunder-Pelicans0
Pistons-Knicks0
The night in charts
Grizzlies-Celtics combined for 248, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Grizzlies-CelticsGrizzlies 127, Celtics 121
248
Mavs-RaptorsMavs 125, Raptors 118
243
Nuggets-WizardsNuggets 113, Wizards 122
235
Suns-HeatSuns 111, Heat 121
232
Pistons-KnicksPistons 120, Knicks 111
231
Thunder-PelicansThunder 119, Pelicans 109
228
Cavs-HornetsCavs 116, Hornets 102
218
MEM won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-CelticsGrizzlies 127, Celtics 121
+6 MEM
Mavs-RaptorsMavs 125, Raptors 118
+7 DAL
Nuggets-WizardsNuggets 113, Wizards 122
+9 WAS
Pistons-KnicksPistons 120, Knicks 111
+9 DET
Thunder-PelicansThunder 119, Pelicans 109
+10 OKC
Suns-HeatSuns 111, Heat 121
+10 MIA
Cavs-HornetsCavs 116, Hornets 102
+14 CLE
Clarke shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ClarkeMEM · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
82% (9-11)
Herbert JonesNOP · 24 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
80% (8-10)
JimmyMIA · 24 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
Jaylen BrownBOS · 22 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
71% (10-14)
MobleyCLE · 41 PTS, 10 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
70% (16-23)
Final · Mavs-Raptors
Mavs 125Raptors 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs35353025125
Raptors28263331118
The story
Luka Doncic's a 30-13-11 triple-double carried Dallas past Toronto, 125-118

For Toronto, Scottie Barnes had 19 PTS, 14 AST, 8 REB 30 PTS, 13 REB, 11 AST, 4 STL · 9-20 FG, 6-13 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 35-26, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +7+16+13+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Wizards
Nuggets 113Wizards 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets29283620113
Wizards36333023122
The story
Jordan Poole had 39 points and 8 assists as Washington beat Denver 122-113

Russell Westbrook led Denver with 12 AST, 10 REB, 7 PTS 39 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB · 12-26 FG, 9-20 3PT

The swing

The Wizards won the first 36-29, their biggest quarter edge.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +7+12+6+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Hornets
Cavs 116Hornets 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs40233023116
Hornets18343119102
The story
Cleveland beat Charlotte 116-102 behind 41 points and 10 rebounds from Evan Mobley

Brandon Miller paced Charlotte: 25 PTS, 4 REB 41 PTS, 10 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 16-23 FG, 6-8 3PT

The swing

A 40-18 first quarter did the most damage for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
300 +22+11+10+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.9Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 56 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 56

Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 37, 33, 34, 22, 30, 28, 38, 27, 56Nuggets-Wizards · L
31.4 PPG season to date · +26.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Nov 13, 2024: 59 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Career high56 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 9, 14, 22, 24, 9, 19, 20, 41Cavs-Hornets · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Ja Morant MEM, Dec 29, 2021: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 42, 22, 22, 8, 23, 8, 31, 13, 11, 39Wizards-Nuggets · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 25, 20, 22, 27, 19, 31, 8, 32Grizzlies-Celtics · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 23, 23, 37, 31, 16, 21, 24, 31Knicks-Pistons · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 28, 37, 35, 36, 32, 26, 30, 31Thunder-Pelicans · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Spencer DinwiddieDAL+5.5 13.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Quentin GrimesDAL+4.8 13.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Naji MarshallDAL+3.8 15.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Deni AvdijaPOR+3.0 14.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Yves MissiNOP+2.7 11.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Buddy HieldGSW−4.5 9.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Anthony DavisLAL−4.5 22.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Bilal CoulibalyWAS−3.8 7.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Trae YoungATL−3.5 17.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DET−3.3 6.5 last 10 · 9.8 season