FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 12, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by OKC (vs NOH) and BKN (vs TOR) and MIN (vs DEN).

Final
CLE81
IND96
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +15
Final
ATL86
ORL80
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +6
Final
BKN94
TOR88
Q1 BKN -7; Q2 BKN -8; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +6
Final
LAC100
CHA94
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +6
Final
GSW97
MIA95
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +2
Final
CHI96
PHI89
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +7
Final · 2OT
DAL115
BOS117
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +2
Final
WAS93
HOU99
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +6
Final
SAC85
MIL98
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +13
Final
DEN105
MIN108
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +3
Final
NOH88
OKC92
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -8; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +4
Final
MEM80
PHX82
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +2
Final
SAS96
UTA99
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DEN @ MIN

Minnesota climbs back to beat Denver

Denver led by 8 after one. Minnesota won it 108–105. Nikola Pekovic led Minnesota with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+1+7+3MIN AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN29212035105
MIN21302631108
Who led
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 17, 16, 11, 14, 6, 14, 4, 22MIN22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 26, 18, 7, 10, 11, 14, 8, 18MIN18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 10, 8, 18, 5, 4, 10, 3, 26DEN26 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 20, 19, 13, 16, 9, 21, 9, 24DEN24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games go down to the wire

Six of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 15.

GSW over MIA2BOS over DAL2PHX over MEM2MIN over DEN3UTA over SAS3OKC over NOH4ATL over ORL6BKN over TOR6LAC over CHA6HOU over WAS6CHI over PHI7MIL over SAC13IND over CLE15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 35

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: 29, 37, 18, 37, 25, 20, 32, 36, 27, 35OKC vs NOH · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 23, 14, 12, 19, 18, 27, 13, 34BOS vs DAL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 30, 23, 21, 26, 31, 24, 27, 31MIA vs GSW · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 28, 33, 24, 17, 18, 15, 29, 39, 31HOU vs WAS · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 10, 8, 8, 10, 13, 15, 28, 28CLE @ IND · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 21, 22, 8, 27, 13, 23, 10, 27GSW @ MIA · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 7 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 JamisonLAL+5.2 13.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.4 23.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI+4.2 19.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Brandon KnightDET+4.2 18.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Andray BlatcheBKN+3.6 15.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.3 11.9 last 10 · 16.2 season
Ramon SessionsCHA−2.7 11.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Greg MonroeDET−2.6 12.4 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−2.5 14.6 last 10 · 17.1 season