FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 8, 2013Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BOS114
NYK73
Q1 BOS +23; Q2 BOS +27; Q3 BOS +36; Q4 BOS +41
Final
MIA110
DET95
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +15
Final
ORL88
HOU98
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +10
Final
IND94
OKC118
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +19; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +24
Final
TOR106
LAL94
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +12
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 8, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: O.J. Mayo (DAL @ HOU), 40 points.
The lead · ORL @ HOU

Houston gets past Orlando

98–88, with Houston ahead 52–38 at halftime. James Harden led Houston with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+14+22+10HOU AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL1820232788
HOU2824311598
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 15, 23, 9, 31, 37, 14, 34, 27HOU27 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 11, 15, 11, 12, 13, 15, 15, 22, 20HOU20 PTS · 22 REB · 3 AST
Glen DavisPoints, last 9 games: 20, 6, 8, 19, 10, 2, 33, 4, 18ORL18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 16, 26, 18, 17, 21, 43, 20, 16ORL16 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · TOR @ LAL

Toronto never trails at a break against Lakers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 106–94. Amir Johnson led Toronto with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over ORL10TOR over LAL12MIA over DET15OKC over IND24BOS over NYK41Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg25.3Last 3

25.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 19, 24, 25, 32, 27, 33, 29, 36OKC vs IND · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 7, 14, 6, 2, 0, 16, 22, 32TOR @ LAL · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 26, 15, 23, 27, 43, 19, 28, 32IND @ OKC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 15, 23, 9, 31, 37, 14, 34, 27HOU vs ORL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 12, 6, 34, 19, 15, 21, 25, 26OKC vs IND · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 33, 17, 27, 25, 17, 26, 13, 26TOR @ LAL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Jordan CrawfordBOS+3.4 17.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
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
Jeff GreenBOS+2.6 19.2 last 10 · 16.6 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−2.3 11.6 last 10 · 13.9 season