FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 31, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 104–88.

Final
CHI98
DET87
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +11
Final
DAL94
HOU97
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +3
Final
MIA78
SAS108
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +30
Final
UTA86
OKC87
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +1
Final
PHI88
LAC104
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +16
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 · 2008–09Dec 31, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Andre Iguodala (PHI @ LAC), 28 points.
The lead · PHI @ LAC

Clippers take care of Philadelphia

A 16-point win, 104–88. Chris Kaman led Clippers with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-2+13+16LAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI3120142388
LAC26232926104
Who led
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 20, 24, 23, 29, 19, 27, 25, 26LAC26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 19, 20, 11, 18, 11, 24, 12, 20LAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 22, 26, 6, 12, 7, 9, 22, 19PHI19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 11, 23, 14, 18, 10, 25, 14, 17PHI17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ OKC

OKC holds off Utah, 87–86

OKC led 65–62 after three and held on to win by one. Kevin Durant led OKC with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over UTA1HOU over DAL3CHI over DET11LAC over PHI16SAS over MIA30Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.4Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 31

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 27, 13, 30, 38, 30, 40, 35, 31OKC vs UTA · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 25, 5, 7, 17, 17, 23, 27, 30HOU vs DAL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 20, 24, 23, 29, 19, 27, 25, 26LAC vs PHI · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 28, 22, 17, 5, 19, 16, 11, 26MIA @ SAS · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 27, 19, 13, 24, 26, 13, 17, 23SAS vs MIA · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 26, 31, 16, 20, 8, 14, 15, 22DET vs CHI · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Corey MaggetteGSW+4.6 22.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.5 22.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.4 17.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.3 27.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.1 34.5 last 10 · 30.4 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−5.6 6.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL−5.3 9.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ben GordonDET−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Trevor ArizaHOU−3.7 12.4 last 10 · 16.1 season