FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 15, 2013Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DET by 11 after three quarters and won 111–109.

Final · OT
POR111
DET109
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -11; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
Final
MIN101
MEM93
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +8
Final
HOU91
SAC106
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +15
Final
ORL98
OKC101
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +3
Final
NOP93
DEN102
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +9
Final
GSW102
PHX106
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +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 15, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE @ NYK), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ DET

Portland needs overtime to survive Detroit

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Portland won the final period 12–10 for a 111–109 win. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+7-1-110+2POR AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR2921232612111
DET2229331510109
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 28, 38, 20, 19, 24, 31, 20, 27POR27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 26, 14, 21, 32, 18, 8, 16, 23POR23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 15, 17, 7, 13, 17, 11, 10, 31DET31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 16, 18, 8, 10, 10, 28, 22, 17DET17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Sacramento by 15.

POR over DET2OKC over ORL3PHX over GSW4MIN over MEM8DEN over NOP9SAC over HOU15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 15 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.2Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 4.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Josh Smith leads the day with 31

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.
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 15, 17, 7, 13, 17, 11, 10, 31DET vs POR · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26, 26, 42, 30MIN @ MEM · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 36, 27, 22, 22, 43, 33, 20, 30GSW @ PHX · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 27, 33, 29, 36, 30, 18, 31, 28OKC vs ORL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 16, 18, 16, 12, 13, 20, 18, 28MEM vs MIN · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 28, 38, 20, 19, 24, 31, 20, 27POR @ DET · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 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+5.3 29.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Nate RobinsonDEN+3.5 14.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Taj GibsonCHI+3.1 14.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Derrick WilliamsSAC+3.1 11.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+2.9 19.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Monta EllisDAL−3.9 16.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Gerald GreenPHX−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.3 17.3 last 10 · 20.6 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.2 8.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ty LawsonDEN−3.1 14.9 last 10 · 18.0 season