FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 7, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed NYK by 6 after three quarters and won 95–94.

Final
OKC95
NYK94
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 OKC +1
Final
LAC92
DEN107
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +15
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 · 2011–12Mar 7, 2012: 13 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (CLE @ DEN), 33 points.
The lead · OKC @ NYK

Kevin Durant scores 34 as OKC wins in New York

Final: 95–94. Kevin Durant made 9 of 20 shots from the field. JR Smith scored 36 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · OKC 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+9+3-6+1OKC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC3524162095
NYK2630251394
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 16, 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26, 34OKC34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 28, 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37, 21OKC21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 19, 14, 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36NYK36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 14, 22, 14, 12, 12, 22, 22, 16NYK16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAC @ DEN

Denver makes it seven straight

Denver beat Clippers 107–92 and moved to 41–22. Ty Lawson led Denver with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ BKN108–119Wvs BOS97–90L@ WAS113–119W@ CHA113–99Wvs LAL119–108W@ POR111–109Wvs OKC105–103Wvs ATL104–88W@ SAC120–113Wvs LAC107–92DEN: last 10 games through Mar 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.6Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
22.32011–12 avg11.0Last 2

11.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.3 in 2011–12 (42 games). Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg35.9Today

36 minutes today, against 25.9 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith 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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 19, 14, 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36NYK vs OKC · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 16, 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26, 34OKC @ NYK · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 27, 20, 22, 30, 11, 18, 24, 21DEN vs LAC · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 28, 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37, 21OKC @ NYK · W
23.6 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 18, 26, 6, 6, 7, 7, 23, 20DEN vs LAC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 18, 8, 17, 2, 6, 8, 20, 19LAC @ DEN · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 0 REB · 3 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
Derrick WilliamsMIN+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.4 13.8 last 10 · 6.4 season
Al HorfordATL+6.6 24.0 last 10 · 17.4 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.7 22.5 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.5 4.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.7 7.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−4.9 4.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ben GordonCHA−4.8 7.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season