FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 29, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 1 after the first quarter and won 104–102.

Final
NJN78
ORL94
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +16
Final
SAS85
HOU105
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +20
Final
DAL102
OKC104
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +2
Final
DEN102
POR111
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +9
Final
CHI108
SAC98
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +10
Final
NYK82
LAL99
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +17
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 · 2010–11Dec 29, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ HOU), 45 points.
The lead · DAL @ OKC

Kevin Durant posts 30 and 11 as OKC beats Dallas

30 points and 11 rebounds in a 104–102 win.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+4+2+2OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL29232426102
OKC28282226104
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 4 games: 30, 33, 32, 30OKC30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 4 games: 14, 28, 4, 16OKC16 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 3 games: 21, 20, 29DAL29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 3 games: 23, 6, 16DAL16 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
11.72010–11 avg22.3Last 3

22.3 points a game over his last three games, against 11.7 in 2010–11 (80 games). Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
24.62010–11 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 2010–11 (73 games). Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
24.32010–11 avg40.3Today

40 minutes today, against 24.3 a game in 2010–11 (73 games). Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Houston by 20.

OKC over DAL2POR over DEN9CHI over SAC10ORL over NJN16LAL over NYK17HOU over SAS20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 30

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 4 games: 30, 33, 32, 30OKC vs DAL · W
31.2 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 3 games: 21, 20, 29DAL @ OKC · L
23.3 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 28, 29, 26, 28LAL vs NYK · W
27.8 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 3 games: 37, 13, 27NYK @ LAL · L
25.7 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 3 games: 27, 15, 25DEN @ POR · L
22.3 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 3 games: 16, 8, 25POR vs DEN · W
16.3 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST