FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 9, 2013Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed WAS by 5 at halftime and won 75–74.

Final
GSW111
CHA115
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +4
Final
LAC94
PHI83
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +11
Final
DEN75
WAS74
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +1
Final
ORL85
MEM94
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +9
Final
POR105
UTA94
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +11
Final
DAL97
SAC112
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +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 · 2012–13Dec 9, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs DEN), 34 points.
The lead · DEN @ WAS

Denver takes over late to edge Washington

Down 2 after three, Denver won the fourth 17–14. Final: 75–74. Wilson Chandler led Denver with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-4-5-2+1DEN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN1822181775
WAS2223151474
Who led
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 14, 13, 5, 7, 13, 7, 10, 17DEN17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 15, 16, 23, 9, 14, 11, 20, 16DEN16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 37, 31, 31, 19, 8, 26, 16, 30, 20WAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 16, 15, 25, 17, 12, 13, 14, 16WAS16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ CHA

Charlotte controls Golden State start to finish

Charlotte won 115–111, leading by as many as 12 at a break. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over WAS1CHA over GSW4MEM over ORL9LAC over PHI11POR over UTA11SAC over DAL15Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.5Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 43

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 16, 29, 32, 36, 27, 22, 22, 43GSW @ CHA · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC, Dec 14, 2023: 43 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Season high43 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 27, 19, 23, 17, 25, 24, 20, 28, 32SAC vs DAL · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 11, 28, 15, 10, 27, 16, 18, 31CHA vs GSW · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Derrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 6, 0, 12, 4, 13, 9, 8, 31SAC vs DAL · W
7.7 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 15, 15, 21, 16, 24, 14, 10, 26LAC @ PHI · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 22, 16, 15, 17, 19, 15, 13, 25LAC @ PHI · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 13 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
John WallWAS+3.7 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
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
Kemba WalkerCHA+3.0 20.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Shaun LivingstonBKN−3.3 3.6 last 10 · 6.9 season
Blake GriffinLAC−2.3 18.4 last 10 · 20.7 season
Josh SmithDET−2.3 11.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Enes KanterUTA−2.3 10.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Monta EllisDAL−2.3 19.2 last 10 · 21.5 season