FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 7, 2013Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 111–100.

Final
DEN103
PHI92
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +11
Final
LAC82
CLE88
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +6
Final
DET92
CHI75
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +17
Final
GSW108
MEM82
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +26
Final
MIA103
MIN82
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +21
Final
BKN90
MIL82
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +8
Final
IND111
SAS100
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +11
Final · OT
SAC112
UTA102
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +10
Final
DAL108
POR106
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +2
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 7, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs LAL), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ SAS

Indiana rallies from 8 down to beat San Antonio

Trailing by 8 after one, Indiana outscored the Spurs 91–72 the rest of the way. Final: 111–100. Paul George led Indiana with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · IND 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+4+22+11IND AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND20323524111
SAS28201735100
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 19, 26, 15, 23, 27, 43, 19, 28IND28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 17, 13, 11, 8, 24, 12, 10, 20IND20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 12, 9, 7, 14, 10, 6, 4, 18SAS18 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 15, 8, 16, 12, 11, 9, 10, 16SAS16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DEN @ PHI

Denver takes care of Philadelphia

An 11-point win, 103–92. Nate Robinson led Denver with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over POR2CLE over LAC6BKN over MIL8SAC over UTA10DEN over PHI11IND over SAS11DET over CHI17MIA over MIN21GSW over MEM26Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg42.5Today

42 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Jennings leads the day with 33

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.
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 14, 15, 12, 19, 20, 15, 17, 33DET @ CHI · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 16, 16, 27, 16, 20, 12, 24, 32BKN @ MIL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 20, 23, 16, 26, 26, 14, 21, 32POR vs DAL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 27, 18, 22, 16, 23, 25, 21, 30DAL @ POR · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 30, 22, 20, 16, 28, 22, 5, 30GSW @ MEM · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 27, 19, 23, 17, 25, 24, 20, 28SAC @ UTA · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 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
Joe JohnsonBKN+3.0 18.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Andray BlatcheBKN+3.0 13.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+2.6 18.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Channing FryePHX+2.5 12.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+2.2 23.5 last 10 · 21.3 season
Cold
Shaun LivingstonBKN−3.3 3.6 last 10 · 6.9 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.1 9.4 last 10 · 12.5 season
Gordon HaywardUTA−3.0 13.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC−2.7 17.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Josh SmithDET−2.5 11.4 last 10 · 13.9 season