FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 11, 2013Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHI by 19 after the first quarter and won 106–99.

Final
ORL92
CHA83
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +9
Final
LAC96
BOS88
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +8
Final
OKC116
MEM100
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +16
Final
SAS109
MIL77
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +23; Q3 SAS +38; Q4 SAS +32
Final
PHI99
MIN106
Q1 MIN -19; Q2 MIN -13; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +7
Final · OT
DET106
NOP111
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP +6; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +5
Final
CHI78
NYK83
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +5
Final
UTA122
SAC101
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +21
Final
DAL93
GSW95
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -11; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW +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 11, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ BKN), 45 points.
The lead · PHI @ MIN

Minnesota storms back from 19 down to beat Philadelphia

The Timberwolves trailed by 19 after one and won 106–99. Kevin Love led Minnesota with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-19-13-3+7MIN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI3922201899
MIN20283028106
Who led
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26, 26MIN26 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 7, 7, 17, 12, 8, 1, 15, 21MIN21 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 25, 12, 11, 17, 10, 14, 2, 20PHI20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tony WrotenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 3, 24, 5, 2, 21, 20, 9, 20PHI20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DAL @ GSW

Golden State climbs back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 11 at the half. Golden State won it 95–93. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs DAL
Stephen Curry · GSWDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS3321REB47AST102Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 11 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry 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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 29, 32, 36, 27, 22, 22, 43, 33GSW vs DAL · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 27, 27, 23, 19, 20, 19, 29, 30NYK vs CHI · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 26, 31, 18, 18, 15, 16, 19, 29BOS vs LAC · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 19, 7, 16, 18, 8, 10, 10, 28DET @ NOP · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 34, 19, 15, 21, 25, 26, 14, 27OKC @ MEM · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26, 26MIN vs PHI · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 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
Stephen CurryGSW+4.1 28.2 last 10 · 24.1 season
John WallWAS+3.7 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Channing FryePHX+3.6 14.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jordan CrawfordBOS+3.0 17.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+2.9 18.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Kevin LoveMIN−3.2 20.7 last 10 · 23.9 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.2 9.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC−3.1 17.5 last 10 · 20.6 season
Shaun LivingstonBKN−3.0 3.7 last 10 · 6.7 season
Monta EllisDAL−2.7 18.7 last 10 · 21.4 season