FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 10, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed TOR by 12 after the first quarter and won 116–103.

Final
NYK94
CLE109
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MIA84
IND90
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +6
Final
SAS116
TOR103
Q1 SAS -12; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +13
Final
OKC101
ATL92
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +9
Final
BOS96
BKN104
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN +13; Q4 BKN +8
Final
MIN121
DET94
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +27
Final
MIL78
CHI74
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +4
Final
PHX114
LAL108
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +6
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 10, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Jeremy Lin (HOU vs SAS), 38 points.
The lead · SAS @ TOR

San Antonio climbs out of a 12-point hole against Toronto

Down 12 after one, the Spurs won the second quarter 35–17 and the game 116–103. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 16 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+6+15+13SAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS24353027116
TOR36172129103
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 8, 16, 12, 11, 9, 10, 16, 16SAS16 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 20, 12, 14, 16, 27, 15, 13, 15SAS15 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 14, 6, 2, 0, 16, 22, 32, 19TOR19 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 17, 27, 25, 17, 26, 13, 26, 19TOR19 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Minnesota by 27.

MIL over CHI4IND over MIA6PHX over LAL6BKN over BOS8OKC over ATL9SAS over TOR13CLE over NYK15MIN over DET27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 15 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 37

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 0, 20, 37CLE vs NYK · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 14, 31, 19, 24, 16, 19, 14, 31PHX @ LAL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 24, 25, 32, 27, 33, 29, 36, 30OKC @ ATL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 34, 27, 27, 23, 19, 20, 19, 29NYK @ CLE · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 10, 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26MIN @ DET · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
John HensonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 5, 7, 13, 11, 12, 19, 18, 25MIL @ CHI · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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+3.6 17.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Channing FryePHX+3.6 14.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+3.0 20.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+2.5 13.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Kevin LoveMIN−3.4 20.4 last 10 · 23.8 season
Shaun LivingstonBKN−3.0 3.7 last 10 · 6.7 season
Chris BoshMIA−2.6 11.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Blake GriffinLAC−2.3 18.4 last 10 · 20.7 season
Enes KanterUTA−2.3 10.5 last 10 · 12.8 season