FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 20, 2012Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
OKC93
MIN99
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +6
Final
MIA110
DAL95
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +30; Q4 MIA +15
Final
DEN93
POR101
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +8
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 · OKC @ MIN

Minnesota upsets OKC

Minnesota (12–11) beat OKC (21–4) 99–93. Kevin Love led Minnesota with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+9+7+6MIN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC1826252493
MIN3023232399
Who led
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 6, 19, 36, 8, 14, 23, 11, 28MIN28 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 14, 4, 22, 31, 21, 19, 18, 24MIN24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33OKC33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 25, 33, 21, 14, 13, 22, 27, 30OKC30 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
34.22011–12 avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.2 in 2011–12 (41 games). Today: 0 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · DEN @ POR

Portland leads Denver wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 101–93. Best quarter: the fourth, 32–32. Nicolas Batum led Portland with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over OKC6POR over DEN8MIA over DAL15Final margin, points. Pink = POR over DEN.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33OKC @ MIN · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 25, 33, 21, 14, 13, 22, 27, 30OKC @ MIN · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 6, 19, 36, 8, 14, 23, 11, 28MIN vs OKC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 26, 31, 24, 27, 31, 23, 22, 24MIA @ DAL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 14, 4, 22, 31, 21, 19, 18, 24MIN vs OKC · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 9, 22, 17, 5, 5, 11, 11, 22POR vs DEN · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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−3.1 12.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Andre IguodalaDEN−3.1 10.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.1 5.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Chris BoshMIA−3.0 15.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Ramon SessionsCHA−2.7 11.4 last 10 · 14.1 season