FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 8, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MIN by 18 after the first quarter and won 111–103.

Final
DEN89
BOS105
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +16
Final
CHI88
CLE83
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI -8; Q4 CHI +5
Final
TOR110
NYK113
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +3
Final
IND95
MIL97
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +2
Final
OKC111
MIN103
Q1 OKC -18; Q2 OKC -11; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +8
Final
DET74
NOH93
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH +16; Q4 NOH +19
Final
GSW94
SAS111
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +17
Final · OT
MEM104
PHX98
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +6
Final
MIA111
UTA98
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +13
Final
WAS91
SAC116
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +22; Q4 SAC +25
Final
LAL87
LAC86
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +1
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 · 2009–10Dec 8, 2009: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MEM), 43 points.
The lead · OKC @ MIN

Kevin Durant drops 30 in 18-point comeback win over Minnesota

Minnesota led by 18 after one. Final: 111–103.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-11-2+8OKC AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC22313127111
MIN40242217103
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 28, 32, 25, 18, 26, 28, 29, 30OKC30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 43, 23, 25, 38, 20, 19, 15, 25OKC25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 25, 15, 11, 28, 16, 28, 25, 26MIN26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 24, 0, 24, 32, 21, 12, 25, 28, 33, 22MIN22 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Kings rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Washington by 25.

LAL over LAC1MIL over IND2NYK over TOR3CHI over CLE5MEM over PHX6OKC over MIN8MIA over UTA13BOS over DEN16SAS over GSW17NOH over DET19SAC over WAS25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.3Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 25.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 15 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Andrea Bargnani leads the day with 41

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.
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 24, 11, 14, 18, 26, 16, 12, 41TOR @ NYK · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 3, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Career high41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 14, 13, 13, 19, 14, 18, 17, 34MEM @ PHX · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 39, 17, 20, 24, 37, 35, 34, 31, 34, 34NYK vs TOR · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 20, 23, 30, 18, 38, 22, 17, 33MIA @ UTA · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Reggie WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 15, 7, 6, 4, 8, 11, 0, 31GSW @ SAS · L
9.9 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 28, 32, 25, 18, 26, 28, 29, 30OKC @ MIN · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 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
Wesley MatthewsPOR+5.5 19.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.8 30.5 last 10 · 25.7 season
Darko MilicicMIN+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.6 24.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+3.2 15.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Jarrett JackNOH−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
JJ HicksonCLE−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.8 16.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA−3.8 14.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Monta EllisGSW−3.7 20.8 last 10 · 24.5 season