FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 14, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CHA by 4 after three quarters and won 88–85.

Final
LAL88
CHA85
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +3
Final
LAC113
WAS97
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +16
Final
CLE107
MIA114
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +7
Final
ATL106
NYK111
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +5
Final
TOR99
CHI77
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +22
Final
POR139
PHI105
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +32; Q4 POR +34
Final
MIL93
DAL106
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +32; Q4 DAL +13
Final
SAS100
UTA84
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +16
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 14, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (MIL @ CLE), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHA

Lakers win a tight one over Charlotte

88–85. Neither team led by more than 4 at any break. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+1-4+3LAL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2222202488
CHA2320251785
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 9, 20, 4, 21LAL21 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 2, 2, 2, 7, 11, 13, 6, 15LAL15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 10, 27, 16, 18, 31, 10, 13, 24CHA24 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 23, 16, 19, 14, 11, 10, 21, 14CHA14 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Philadelphia by 34, the widest margin of 8 games.

LAL over CHA3NYK over ATL5MIA over CLE7DAL over MIL13LAC over WAS16SAS over UTA16TOR over CHI22POR over PHI34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, today vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
8.62012–13 avg19Today

19 points today in 19 minutes, against 8.6 a game in 2012–13 (63 games).

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg34.8Today

35 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 38

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 17, 19, 15, 13, 25, 22, 20, 38LAC @ WAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 23, 19, 20, 19, 29, 30, 26, 35NYK vs ATL · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 11, 12, 10, 3, 13, 8, 5, 27ATL @ NYK · L
9.8 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 27, 26, 23, 21, 21, 24, 17, 25MIA vs CLE · W
25.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 19, 8, 26, 16, 30, 20, 13, 24WAS vs LAC · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 10, 27, 16, 18, 31, 10, 13, 24CHA vs LAL · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Taj GibsonCHI+3.1 14.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Reggie JacksonOKC+3.0 15.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Marco BelinelliSAS+2.8 12.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Monta EllisDAL−3.9 16.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Ty LawsonDEN−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.2 8.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.0 16.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Jeff TeagueATL−2.9 13.0 last 10 · 15.9 season