FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 16, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed LAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 114–100.

Final
DET101
IND96
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +5
Final
LAL100
ATL114
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +14
Final
PHI94
BKN130
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +27; Q4 BKN +36
Final
MIN97
BOS101
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +4
Final
UTA94
MIA117
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +23
Final
WAS102
NYK101
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +1
Final
ORL83
CHI82
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +1
Final
SAS92
LAC115
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +23
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 16, 2012: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHI), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 8 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 8 after one, Atlanta outscored the Lakers 94–72 the rest of the way. Final: 114–100. Al Horford led Atlanta with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-7+9+14ATL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL28261927100
ATL20273532114
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 16, 18, 21, 22, 7, 34, 17, 19ATL19 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 23, 15, 25, 16, 23, 16, 18, 18ATL18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 12, 17, 14, 19, 13, 17, 13, 23LAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 2, 2, 7, 11, 13, 6, 15, 21LAL21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAS @ LAC

Clippers rout San Antonio by 23

Clippers led by 6 at halftime and won 115–92. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over NYK1ORL over CHI1BOS over MIN4DET over IND5ATL over LAL14MIA over UTA23LAC over SAS23BKN over PHI36Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 22 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 37

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 26, 22, 13, 15, 7, 21, 12, 37BKN vs PHI · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 19, 20, 19, 29, 30, 26, 35, 32NYK vs WAS · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 11, 16, 19, 20, 17, 7, 9, 31UTA @ MIA · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 26, 23, 21, 21, 24, 17, 25, 30MIA vs UTA · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 17, 7, 13, 17, 11, 10, 31, 30DET @ IND · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 18, 8, 19, 5, 8, 15, 12, 30WAS @ NYK · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Alec BurksUTA+3.5 16.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Nate RobinsonDEN+3.5 14.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Derrick WilliamsSAC+3.1 11.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+3.0 16.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Monta EllisDAL−3.9 16.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Gerald GreenPHX−3.4 9.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.4 15.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.3 17.3 last 10 · 20.6 season
Ty LawsonDEN−3.1 14.9 last 10 · 18.0 season