FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 19, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed MIL by 1 after the first quarter and won 90–80.

Final
UTA84
IND104
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +22; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +20
Final
BKN86
NYK100
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +14
Final
WAS83
ORL90
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +7
Final
DET91
TOR97
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
OKC100
ATL92
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +8
Final
CLE91
BOS103
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +12
Final
PHI103
HOU125
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +22
Final
CHA104
PHX121
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +29; Q4 PHX +17
Final
MIL80
MEM90
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +10
Final
GSW127
SAC131
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +4
Final
NOH77
LAC93
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +16
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 · MIL @ MEM

Memphis makes it three straight

Memphis beat Milwaukee 90–80 and moved to 17–6. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 15 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+9+15+10MEM AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2212172980
MEM2122232490
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 38, 15, 18, 18, 10, 25, 10, 15MEM15 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 14, 28, 17, 21, 21, 14, 12, 13MEM13 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 14, 15, 26, 19, 16, 9, 34, 26MIL26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 12, 18, 13, 10, 5, 16, 7, 12MIL12 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · GSW @ SAC

Sacramento controls Golden State start to finish

Sacramento won 131–127, leading by as many as 11 at a break. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over GSW4TOR over DET6ORL over WAS7OKC over ATL8MEM over MIL10BOS over CLE12NYK over BKN14LAC over NOH16PHX over CHA17IND over UTA20HOU over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 22 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 25, 20, 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41OKC @ ATL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Dec 20, 2000: 41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Season high41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 18, 27, 13, 34, 18, 18, 16, 40BOS vs CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1998: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 13, 11, 22, 6, 17, 18, 11, 35DET @ TOR · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 15, 29, 39, 31, 21, 28, 28, 33HOU vs PHI · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 28, 22, 27, 9, 25, 18, 13, 32GSW @ SAC · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 29, 20, 34, 23, 34, 45, 30, 31NYK vs BKN · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Marco BelinelliCHI+5.2 14.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
CJ MilesCLE+5.1 15.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
David LeeGSW+4.4 24.2 last 10 · 19.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.3 33.8 last 10 · 29.5 season
Jared DudleyPHX+4.1 14.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Nicolas BatumPOR−3.9 11.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.1 5.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Andre IguodalaDEN−3.1 10.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Ramon SessionsCHA−2.7 11.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Brandon BassBOS−2.6 5.8 last 10 · 8.4 season