FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 6, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–95.

Final
OKC99
DAL95
Q1 OKC -7; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +4
Final
DEN102
SAC122
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +20
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 · 2009–10Jan 6, 2010: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs BOS), 44 points.
The lead · OKC @ DAL

OKC beats Dallas, 99–95

OKC led 73–70 after three and won by 4. Kevin Durant led OKC with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4+3+4OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC2328222699
DAL3025152595
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 26, 44, 28, 27, 33, 16, 28, 28OKC28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 14, 12, 12, 9, 10, 7, 8, 16OKC16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 7, 7, 20, 12, 10, 22, 8, 25DAL25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 13, 13, 18, 8, 7, 18, 18, 19DAL19 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DEN @ SAC

Sacramento leads Denver wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 122–102. Best quarter: the second, 40–28. Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs DEN
Tyreke Evans · SACCarmelo Anthony · DENPTS2726REB54AST120Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg14.5Last 3

14.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 28

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: 28, 32, 26, 44, 28, 27, 33, 16, 28, 28OKC @ DAL · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 15, 4, 32, 21, 12, 6, 29, 27SAC vs DEN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 31, 35, 31, 24, 16, 33, 31, 26DEN @ SAC · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 7, 7, 20, 12, 10, 22, 8, 25DAL vs OKC · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 7, 2, 4, 21, 16, 28, 24, 20SAC vs DEN · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 13, 13, 18, 8, 7, 18, 18, 19DAL vs OKC · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 0 REB · 4 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
Antawn JamisonCLE+6.2 22.3 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.8 24.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.8 20.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+4.6 18.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−4.9 12.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.3 10.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 21.0 last 10 · 25.1 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.8 9.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season