FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 13, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WAS97
MIN109
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +12
Final
ORL124
OKC125
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +1
Final
MIA102
DEN130
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +28
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 13, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Aaron Brooks (HOU vs MIN), 43 points.
The lead · ORL @ OKC

Kevin Durant scores 36, OKC holds off Orlando

Final: 125–124. Kevin Durant added 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Dwight Howard scored 39 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+4+10+1OKC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL27332638124
OKC35293229125
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 44, 28, 27, 33, 16, 28, 28, 40, 30, 36OKC36 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 17, 23, 8, 28, 15, 22, 23, 32OKC32 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 12, 24, 22, 28, 13, 23, 29, 39ORL39 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 20, 9, 20, 13, 18, 20, 21, 19ORL19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ MIN

Minnesota leads Washington wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 109–97. Best quarter: the first, 28–18. Kevin Love led Minnesota with 35 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over ORL1MIN over WAS12DEN over MIA28Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.1Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg18.2Last 3

18.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 7.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 39

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 12, 24, 22, 28, 13, 23, 29, 39ORL @ OKC · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 44, 28, 27, 33, 16, 28, 28, 40, 30, 36OKC vs ORL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 26, 23, 12, 35, 30, 18, 20, 35MIN vs WAS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 17, 23, 8, 28, 15, 22, 23, 32OKC vs ORL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 25, 2016: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
32 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 12, 17, 2, 9, 2, 9, 15, 28DEN vs MIA · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 21, 20, 11, 19, 16, 18, 26, 24MIA @ DEN · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+6.1 22.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dorell WrightGSW+5.9 22.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Tracy McGradyDET+5.6 12.1 last 10 · 6.5 season
Zach RandolphMEM+5.5 25.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.1 14.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickPHX−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.5 9.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.0 11.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.9 14.3 last 10 · 18.2 season