FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 12, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed LAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 102–93.

Final
LAC93
BKN102
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +21; Q4 BKN +9
Final
HOU104
POR111
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +7
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 12, 2012: 13 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs NOH), 35 points.
The lead · LAC @ BKN

Brooklyn upsets Clippers

Brooklyn (7–14) beat Clippers (15–8) 102–93. Andray Blatche led Brooklyn with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-5+12+21+9BKN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2519183193
BKN20362719102
Who led
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 14, 0, 21, 15, 2, 11, 11, 21BKN21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 18, 5, 26, 22, 13, 15, 7, 21BKN21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 15, 17, 19, 15, 13, 25, 22, 20LAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 31, 20, 13, 15, 19, 8, 21, 19LAC19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · HOU @ POR

Portland handles Houston by 7

The Trail Blazers won the fourth quarter 35–28. Final: 111–104. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 31 points, 25 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs HOU
LaMarcus Aldridge · PORDwight Howard · HOUPTS3132REB2517AST21Top 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.
Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Rebounding up
+4.4rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
10.0Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 41 minutes.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 32

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 11, 12, 13, 15, 15, 22, 20, 32HOU @ POR · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 24, 27, 28, 38, 20, 19, 24, 31POR vs HOU · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 25 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 23, 9, 31, 37, 14, 34, 27, 25HOU @ POR · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 14, 0, 21, 15, 2, 11, 11, 21BKN vs LAC · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 18, 5, 26, 22, 13, 15, 7, 21BKN vs LAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 15, 17, 19, 15, 13, 25, 22, 20LAC @ BKN · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 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
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 17.1 last 10 · 20.2 season
Monta EllisDAL−2.7 18.7 last 10 · 21.4 season
Chris BoshMIA−2.6 11.4 last 10 · 14.0 season