FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 31, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by IND (vs MEM) and MIA (vs ORL).

Final
CHA91
CHI81
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +10
Final
MEM83
IND88
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -7; Q4 IND +5
Final · OT
MIA112
ORL110
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +2
Final
ATL104
HOU123
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +19
Final
BKN73
SAS104
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +33; Q4 SAS +31
Final
PHX96
OKC114
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +18
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 31, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: Andrew Bynum (LAL vs DEN), 29 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

LeBron James scores 36, Miami wins in overtime

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Final: 112–110.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+9-6-70+2MIA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA3117222913112
ORL2232232211110
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 22, 24, 30, 29, 27, 35, 26, 36MIA36 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 12, 15, 17, 16, 14, 28, 12, 22MIA22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 13, 15, 26, 20, 14, 26, 14, 28ORL28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 18, 17, 9, 14, 12, 23, 9, 23ORL23 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · MEM @ IND

Indiana handles Memphis by 5

The Pacers won the fourth quarter 28–16. Final: 88–83. Paul George led Indiana with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over ORL2IND over MEM5CHA over CHI10OKC over PHX18HOU over ATL19SAS over BKN31Final margin, points. Pink = IND over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 31 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 22, 24, 30, 29, 27, 35, 26, 36MIA @ ORL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33, 33, 40, 26, 30OKC vs PHX · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 13, 15, 26, 20, 14, 26, 14, 28ORL vs MIA · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 28, 33, 31, 26, 30, 33, 25, 28HOU vs ATL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 13, 22, 27, 30, 21, 16, 28, 24OKC vs PHX · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 14, 12, 6, 11, 6, 12, 33, 24PHX @ OKC · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 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
Jared DudleyPHX+5.8 17.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
JR SmithNYK+5.0 21.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jarrett JackGSW+4.9 17.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Marco BelinelliCHI+4.2 14.2 last 10 · 10.0 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
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
Ben GordonCHA−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season