FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 31, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MEM89
OKC106
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +24; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +17
Final
DAL97
GSW100
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +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 31, 2012: 7 games. Top scorer: Deron Williams (NJN @ IND), 34 points.
The lead · DAL @ GSW

Golden State holds off Dallas, 100–97

Golden State led 80–79 after three and held on to win by three. Klay Thompson led Golden State with 27 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+2+1+3GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2330261897
GSW28272520100
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 29, 18, 19, 13, 19, 19, 32, 27GSW27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 22, 12, 22, 23, 12, 21, 20, 15GSW15 PTS · 20 REB · 9 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 20, 18, 18, 15, 14, 8, 15, 25DAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 10, 4, 29, 15, 17, 15, 9, 22DAL22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MEM @ OKC

OKC leads Memphis wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 106–89. Best quarter: the first, 32–22. Kevin Durant led OKC with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs MEM
Kevin Durant · OKCJerryd Bayless · MEMPTS2723REB73AST66Top 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
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 25.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 27

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: 33, 41, 20, 52, 37, 32, 33, 24, 35, 27OKC vs MEM · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 29, 18, 19, 13, 19, 19, 32, 27GSW vs DAL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 20, 18, 18, 15, 14, 8, 15, 25DAL @ GSW · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 14, 21, 23MEM @ OKC · L
6.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 10, 4, 29, 15, 17, 15, 9, 22DAL @ GSW · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 36, 32, 31, 36, 26, 10, 18, 17, 21OKC vs MEM · W
22.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 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
Jimmy ButlerCHI+6.0 12.9 last 10 · 6.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.9 15.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.7 14.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.6 15.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kevin DurantOKC+3.8 33.4 last 10 · 29.6 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.8 21.3 last 10 · 28.1 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Michael Kidd-GilchristCHA−4.2 5.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Zach RandolphMEM−4.2 11.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Serge IbakaOKC−3.6 10.1 last 10 · 13.7 season