FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 30, 2012Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
SAS111
DAL86
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +25
Final
MIL94
DET96
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +2
Final
BOS96
SAC118
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +22
Final
UTA96
LAC107
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +11
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 30, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ MIN), 34 points.
The lead · MIL @ DET

Detroit edges Milwaukee by two

Milwaukee won the fourth 23–18, but Detroit held on, 96–94. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+10+7+2DET AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2322262394
DET3025231896
Who led
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 4, 15, 9, 8, 7, 14, 11, 20DET20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 18, 11, 35, 15, 13, 10, 6, 14DET14 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 13, 19, 4, 27, 37, 20, 14, 30MIL30 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 8, 2, 5, 8, 6, 17, 6, 24MIL24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ LAC

Clippers never trails at a break against Utah

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 107–96. Caron Butler led Clippers with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DET over MIL2LAC over UTA11SAC over BOS22SAS over DAL25Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg26.1Last 3

26.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 30

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: 17, 33, 13, 19, 4, 27, 37, 20, 14, 30MIL @ DET · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 21, 16, 4, 6, 12, 18, 22, 30UTA @ LAC · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 11, 6, 5, 8, 4, 14, 14, 29LAC vs UTA · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 20, 6, 11, 12, 11, 12, 11, 27SAC vs BOS · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 8, 2, 5, 8, 6, 17, 6, 24MIL @ DET · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 3, 4, 6, 17, 5, 15, 19, 8, 23SAC vs BOS · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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
Jared DudleyPHX+6.4 18.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Marco BelinelliCHI+5.6 15.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
JR SmithNYK+5.0 21.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jarrett JackGSW+4.9 17.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.1 16.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−5.1 13.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Ben GordonCHA−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−3.4 11.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.4 4.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Jeremy PargoCLE−3.3 5.4 last 10 · 8.7 season