FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 20, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
LAL103
TOR108
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +5
Final
DAL111
ORL105
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +6
Final
BOS88
DET103
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +15
Final · OT
OKC118
DEN121
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
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 · 2011–12Jan 20, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (MIL @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · OKC @ DEN

Denver outlasts OKC in overtime

109–109 at the end of regulation. Denver took the last extra period 12–9. Final: 121–118. Corey Brewer led Denver with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Kevin Durant scored 37 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00+1+20+3DEN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
OKC252529309118
DEN2526302812121
Who led
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 14, 16, 0, 13, 7, 3, 17, 26DEN26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 20, 15, 23, 21, 25, 11, 16, 18DEN18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37OKC37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36, 32, 31, 36OKC36 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Second story · LAL @ TOR

Toronto leads Lakers wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 108–103. Best quarter: the third, 30–21. Jose Calderon led Toronto with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over OKC3TOR over LAL5DAL over ORL6DET over BOS15Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over LAL.
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
22.6Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

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: 26, 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37OKC @ DEN · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36, 32, 31, 36OKC @ DEN · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 14, 16, 0, 13, 7, 3, 17, 26DEN vs OKC · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 38, 29, 20, 27, 28, 23, 31, 22, 26LAL @ TOR · L
29.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 13, 19, 15, 11, 2, 11, 12, 25LAL @ TOR · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Glen DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 8, 20, 28, 12, 13, 11, 4, 24ORL vs DAL · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Carlos BoozerCHI+6.6 22.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.1 20.4 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Bradley BealWAS+4.7 18.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.0 27.0 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Jason TerryBOS−4.0 6.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Austin RiversNOH−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Gerald WallaceBKN−3.6 5.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Patrick PattersonHOU−3.5 7.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ryan AndersonNOH−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season