FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 4, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed OKC by 11 at halftime and won 111–104.

Final
DEN88
CLE98
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +10
Final
LAC97
ATL107
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +10
Final
PHX97
HOU88
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +9
Final
DET105
MIL98
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +7
Final
DAL100
NOP97
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +3
Final
IND95
UTA86
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +9
Final
OKC104
POR111
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -11; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +7
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 · 2012–13Dec 4, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ HOU), 39 points.
The lead · OKC @ POR

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 38, Portland rallies past OKC

Portland trailed by 11 at the half and won 111–104.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-11+3+7POR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC27322124104
POR25233528111
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 21, 12, 30, 18, 24, 27, 28, 38POR38 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 8, 17, 14, 23, 15, 9, 8, 14POR14 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 38, 28, 19, 24, 25, 32, 27, 33OKC33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 26, 30, 12, 6, 34, 19, 15, 21OKC21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · IND @ UTA

Indiana beats Utah, 95–86

Indiana led 68–67 after three and won by 9. Paul George led Indiana with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over NOP3DET over MIL7POR over OKC7PHX over HOU9IND over UTA9CLE over DEN10ATL over LAC10Final margin, points. Pink = IND over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 25.7 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 38

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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 21, 12, 30, 18, 24, 27, 28, 38POR vs OKC · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 38, 28, 19, 24, 25, 32, 27, 33OKC @ POR · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 14, 15, 12, 17, 20, 11, 19, 26NOP vs DAL · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 14, 12, 10, 16, 15, 23, 15, 25ATL vs LAC · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 15, 9, 12, 10, 13, 31, 10, 24DET @ MIL · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 20, 27, 16, 15, 15, 21, 16, 24LAC @ ATL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 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
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+1.6 22.5 last 10 · 20.9 season
Jordan CrawfordBOS+1.3 14.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Avery BradleyBOS+1.0 13.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
DeMarre CarrollATL+0.2 9.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Samuel DalembertDAL+0.0 7.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardUTA−3.1 13.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Jeff TeagueATL−2.6 14.2 last 10 · 16.8 season
Al HorfordATL−1.4 15.8 last 10 · 17.2 season
Cartier MartinATL−1.4 5.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Alec BurksUTA−1.4 10.0 last 10 · 11.4 season