FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 1, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHA by 12 after three quarters and won 99–98.

Final · Box score
DEN112
TOR98
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +14
Final · Box score
PHI100
DET115
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +15
Final · Box score
IND105
LAC100
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +5
Final · Box score
CHA98
MIA99
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA -12; Q4 MIA +1
Final · Box score
GSW115
SAC113
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +2
Final · Box score
MIN103
OKC113
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC +10
Final · Box score
NOP103
NYK99
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +4
Final · Box score
POR114
LAL108
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +6
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Dec 1, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs BKN), 34 points.
The lead · CHA @ MIA

Miami fights back late to top Charlotte

Charlotte led 73–61 after three. Miami won the fourth 38–25 and the game 99–98. LeBron James led Miami with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-1-12+1MIA AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2127252598
MIA2423143899
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 39, 30, 13, 21, 22, 35, 28, 27, 26MIA26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 7, 19, 18, 15, 7, 6, 4, 22MIA22 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 8, 31, 16, 11, 28, 15, 10, 27CHA27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 16, 13, 17, 17, 20, 10, 19, 17CHA17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIN @ OKC

OKC makes it seven straight

OKC beat Minnesota 113–103 and moved to 12–3. Kevin Durant led OKC with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

Streak strip · OKC
Wvs WAS106–105L@ LAC103–111L@ GSW115–116W@ MIL92–79Wvs DEN115–113Wvs LAC105–91Wvs UTA95–73Wvs SAS94–88Wvs GSW113–112Wvs MIN113–103OKC: last 10 games through Dec 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 15 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
20.82012–13 avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 2012–13 (75 games). Today: 1 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 22, 15, 22, 22, 16, 29, 32, 36GSW @ SAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 20, 24, 38, 28, 19, 24, 25, 32OKC vs MIN · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Nikola Jokic DEN, May 11, 2023: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
32 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 13, 10, 15, 9, 12, 10, 13, 31DET vs PHI · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 7 games: 26, 19, 13, 17, 21, 18, 31NOP @ NYK · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 17, 21, 19, 30, 22, 20, 16, 28GSW @ SAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 25, 27, 21, 12, 30, 18, 24, 27POR @ LAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST