FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 13, 2013Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by SAS (vs MIN) and CLE (vs ORL).

Final
CHA94
IND99
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +5
Final
CLE109
ORL100
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +9
Final
PHI100
TOR108
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +8
Final · OT
WAS99
ATL101
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
NYK86
BOS90
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +4
Final
BKN99
DET103
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +4
Final
MEM98
NOP104
Q1 NOP -8; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +17; Q4 NOP +6
Final
LAL97
OKC122
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +25
Final
CHI91
MIL90
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +1
Final
MIN110
SAS117
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS -9; Q4 SAS +7
Final
UTA103
DEN93
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +10
Final
SAC107
PHX116
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +9
Final
HOU116
GSW112
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +4
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 13, 2012: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NYK), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

San Antonio fights back late to top Minnesota

Minnesota led 89–80 after three. San Antonio won the fourth 37–21 and the game 117–110. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Kevin Love scored 42 for Minnesota in the loss.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+8-9+7SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN30243521110
SAS27351837117
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 14, 16, 27, 15, 13, 15, 15, 29SAS29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 12, 11, 9, 10, 16, 16, 4, 20SAS20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26, 26, 42MIN42 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 20, 21, 21, 22, 18, 18, 20, 18MIN18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 17 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Thunder rout

Five of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Lakers by 25.

CHI over MIL1ATL over WAS2BOS over NYK4DET over BKN4HOU over GSW4IND over CHA5NOP over MEM6SAS over MIN7TOR over PHI8CLE over ORL9PHX over SAC9UTA over DEN10OKC over LAL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 42

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 LovePoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26, 26, 42MIN @ SAS · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Jun 13, 2006: 42 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Season high42 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 14, 17, 16, 18, 21, 22, 7, 34ATL vs WAS · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 32, 27, 33, 29, 36, 30, 18, 31OKC vs LAL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 0, 20, 37, 31CLE @ ORL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 13, 29, 12, 10, 22, 17, 17, 30UTA @ DEN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 14, 16, 27, 15, 13, 15, 15, 29SAS vs MIN · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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 28.0 last 10 · 23.9 season
Nate RobinsonDEN+4.0 14.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
John WallWAS+3.8 23.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Reggie JacksonOKC+3.0 15.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Taj GibsonCHI+2.9 14.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Ty LawsonDEN−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Blake GriffinLAC−3.1 17.1 last 10 · 20.2 season
Enes KanterUTA−2.8 9.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Monta EllisDAL−2.7 18.7 last 10 · 21.4 season
Shaun LivingstonBKN−2.6 3.8 last 10 · 6.4 season