FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 27, 2012Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 111–105.

Final · OT
DAL105
OKC111
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +6
Final
BOS77
LAC106
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +29
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2011–12Dec 27, 2011: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ MIL), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ OKC

Kevin Durant scores 40 as OKC beats Dallas

OKC won 111–105. Kevin Durant: 40 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-2-80+6OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL291636177105
OKC2122302513111
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33, 33, 40OKC40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 12, 7, 18, 25, 4, 14, 15, 19OKC19 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 20, 4, 7, 12, 11, 0, 15, 32DAL32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 12, 15, 11, 20, 8, 8, 10, 17DAL17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ LAC

Clippers lead Boston wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 106–77. Best quarter: the first, 30–20. Matt Barnes led Clippers with 21 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs BOS
Matt Barnes · LACKevin Garnett · BOSPTS2116REB04AST03Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.52011–12 avg23.3Last 2

23.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.5 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 9 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 40

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: 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33, 33, 40OKC vs DAL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 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
40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 20, 4, 7, 12, 11, 0, 15, 32DAL @ OKC · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 19, 21, 10, 11, 13, 15, 20, 21LAC vs BOS · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 12, 7, 18, 25, 4, 14, 15, 19OKC vs DAL · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 11, 24, 17, 18, 20, 6, 15, 18OKC vs DAL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 12, 15, 11, 20, 8, 8, 10, 17DAL @ OKC · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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+5.7 15.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.6 17.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.2 32.7 last 10 · 28.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.2 34.4 last 10 · 30.2 season
Matt BarnesLAC+4.1 15.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsPOR−3.4 11.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.1 5.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Brandon BassBOS−2.8 5.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−2.7 7.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−2.7 13.9 last 10 · 16.6 season