FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 30, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 112–98.

Final · Box score
HOU105
DET116
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +11
Final · Box score
BOS105
MIA95
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
OKC100
ATL106
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +6
Final · Box score
SAS89
CHI92
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +3
Final · Box score
DEN74
MIL92
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +18
Final · Box score
GSW106
UTA103
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +3
Final · Box score
DAL98
SAC112
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +14
Final · Box score
POR87
LAC102
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +15
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 · 2014–15Nov 30, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs TOR), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAC

DeMarcus Cousins scores 31, Sacramento rallies past Dallas

Sacramento trailed by 9 after one and won 112–98.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-9-4+5+14SAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3226132798
SAC23312236112
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 21, 33, 40, 36, 24, 29, 30, 31SAC31 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 12, 14, 13, 14, 10, 16, 7, 21SAC21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 9, 20, 8, 9, 12, 6, 4, 14DAL14 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 2, 14, 15, 12, 13, 4, 16, 13DAL13 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg24.3Today

24 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · SAS @ CHI

Chicago wins a tight one over San Antonio

92–89. Neither team led by more than 6 at any break. Pau Gasol led Chicago with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over SAS3GSW over UTA3ATL over OKC6BOS over MIA10DET over HOU11SAC over DAL14LAC over POR15MIL over DEN18Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over SAS.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 34

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 40, 43, 34, 31, 20, 27, 14, 34OKC @ ATL · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 21, 33, 40, 36, 24, 29, 30, 31SAC vs DAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 23, 18, 20, 7, 18, 15, 8, 31DET vs HOU · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 12, 10, 24, 27, 16, 2, 17, 30MIA vs BOS · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 16, 45, 22, 24, 40, 50, 26, 29HOU @ DET · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 17, 23, 14, 25, 22, 23, 8, 26ATL vs OKC · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST