FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 15, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by MIN (vs DAL) and MEM (vs UTA).

Final
GSW115
ATL93
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +22
Final
ORL107
CHA98
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +9
Final
IND88
DET77
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +11
Final
WAS72
MIA102
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +33; Q4 MIA +30
Final
CLE102
NYK103
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +1
Final
BKN82
CHI83
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +1
Final · OT
DAL106
MIN114
Q1 MIN -10; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +8
Final
LAC111
MIL85
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +20; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +26
Final
BOS88
SAS103
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +15
Final
MEM99
UTA86
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -10; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +13
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 · DAL @ MIN

Minnesota pulls away in overtime to beat Dallas

Level at 102 after 48 minutes, Minnesota won overtime 12–4. Final: 114–106. Nikola Pekovic led Minnesota with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10+9+100+8MIN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL321325324106
MIN2232262212114
Who led
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 11, 14, 6, 14, 4, 22, 31, 21MIN21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Alexey ShvedPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 17, 16, 17, 11, 7, 8, 13, 18MIN18 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 27, 11, 23, 40, 19, 24, 10, 20DAL20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 8 games: 2, 15, 2, 7, 11, 10, 8, 20DAL20 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Washington by 30, the widest margin of 10 games.

NYK over CLE1CHI over BKN1MIN over DAL8ORL over CHA9IND over DET11MEM over UTA13SAS over BOS15GSW over ATL22LAC over MIL26MIA over WAS30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 18 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg44.5Today

44 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 41

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 20, 34, 26, 9, 28, 9, 26, 41CLE @ NYK · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 9, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 22, 25, 16, 23, 24, 17, 13, 32CHA vs ORL · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 8, 17, 38, 15, 18, 18, 10, 25MEM @ UTA · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 23, 17, 27, 27, 10, 8, 19, 25NYK vs CLE · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 10, 33, 23, 18, 18, 12, 17, 24BKN @ CHI · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 23, 21, 26, 31, 24, 27, 31, 23MIA vs WAS · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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
Andray BlatcheBKN+4.5 16.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Marco BelinelliCHI+4.5 13.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
David LeeGSW+3.9 23.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+3.8 31.6 last 10 · 27.9 season
Evan TurnerPHI+3.5 18.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dorell WrightPHI−2.7 4.2 last 10 · 6.9 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−2.7 6.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Carl LandryGSW−2.7 10.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−2.6 14.0 last 10 · 16.6 season