FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 14, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed DET by 4 after three quarters and won 107–105.

Final
PHI85
IND95
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +10
Final
GSW85
ORL99
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +14
Final
DAL74
TOR95
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +21
Final
LAL102
WAS96
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +6
Final · 2OT
DET105
BKN107
Q1 BKN -2; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN -4; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN 0; OT2 BKN +2
Final
MIL90
CLE86
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +4
Final
BOS89
HOU101
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +12
Final
MIN113
NOH102
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +11
Final
SAC103
OKC113
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +19; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +10
Final
UTA84
PHX99
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +15
Final
MEM94
DEN99
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +5
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 · DET @ BKN

Brooklyn needs two overtimes to survive Detroit

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Brooklyn won the final period 7–5 for a 107–105 win. Joe Johnson led Brooklyn with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-2+12-400+2BKN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
DET25223013105105
BKN23361417107107
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 22, 12, 17, 32, 6, 16, 23, 28BKN28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 20, 13, 14, 8, 16, 17, 9, 25BKN25 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 20, 17, 4, 21, 30, 22, 20, 22DET22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 9, 8, 17, 24, 10, 19, 17, 19DET19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHI @ IND

Indiana beats Philadelphia, 95–85

Indiana led 71–66 after three and won by 10. Paul George led Indiana with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over DET2MIL over CLE4DEN over MEM5LAL over WAS6IND over PHI10OKC over SAC10MIN over NOH11HOU over BOS12ORL over GSW14PHX over UTA15TOR over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = IND over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
26.32011–12 avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 2011–12 (56 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg50.1Today

50 minutes today, against 32.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 33

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 18, 17, 17, 21, 13, 24, 17, 33MIL @ CLE · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 18, 37, 25, 20, 32, 36, 27, 35, 31OKC vs SAC · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 16, 11, 14, 6, 14, 4, 22, 31MIN @ NOH · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 14, 34, 39, 29, 35, 34, 42, 31, 30LAL @ WAS · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 22, 12, 17, 32, 6, 16, 23, 28BKN vs DET · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 4, 0, 34, 22, 22, 17, 27, 28IND vs PHI · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+3.8 31.6 last 10 · 27.9 season
Andray BlatcheBKN+3.7 15.8 last 10 · 12.1 season
David LeeGSW+3.6 22.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Evan TurnerPHI+3.5 18.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Brandon KnightDET+3.5 18.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Ramon SessionsCHA−3.3 11.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Greg MonroeDET−2.9 12.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Dorell WrightPHI−2.7 4.2 last 10 · 6.9 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−2.7 6.3 last 10 · 9.0 season