FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 17, 2013Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed CLE by 4 at halftime and won 119–116.

Final
SAC87
CHA95
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +8
Final
POR119
CLE116
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +3
Final
LAL96
MEM92
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +4
Final
OKC105
DEN93
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +12
Final
NOP93
GSW104
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +23; Q4 GSW +11
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 17, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Chris Copeland (NYK vs HOU), 29 points.
The lead · POR @ CLE

Damian Lillard scores 36 as Portland wins in Cleveland

Final: 119–116. Damian Lillard made 11 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-4+4+3POR AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR26293727119
CLE28312928116
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 14, 21, 32, 18, 8, 16, 23, 36POR36 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 38, 20, 19, 24, 31, 20, 27, 26POR26 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 19, 23, 0, 20, 37, 31, 19, 25CLE25 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 20, 5, 30, 3, 6, 21, 16, 25CLE25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · LAL @ MEM

Memphis's skid reaches four

Lakers won 96–92; the Grizzlies fall to 10–14. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
W@ BOS100–93Lvs BKN88–97Wvs PHX110–91Lvs LAC81–101Lvs GSW82–108Wvs ORL94–85Lvs OKC100–116L@ NOP98–104Lvs MIN93–101Lvs LAL92–96MEM: last 10 games through Dec 17, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.1Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 24.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.3Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 4.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 36

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 14, 21, 32, 18, 8, 16, 23, 36POR @ CLE · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 24, 20, 28, 32, 21, 15, 21, 30SAC @ CHA · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 33, 29, 36, 30, 18, 31, 28, 30OKC @ DEN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 27, 22, 22, 43, 33, 20, 30, 28GSW vs NOP · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 38, 20, 19, 24, 31, 20, 27, 26POR @ CLE · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 19, 23, 0, 20, 37, 31, 19, 25CLE vs POR · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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+5.0 29.3 last 10 · 24.3 season
Derrick WilliamsSAC+3.7 12.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Alec BurksUTA+3.5 16.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Nate RobinsonDEN+3.2 14.2 last 10 · 11.0 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
Ty LawsonDEN−3.4 14.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.4 15.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.3 17.3 last 10 · 20.6 season