FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 19, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed GSW by 5 after the first quarter and won 104–102.

Final
CHI95
OKC107
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +12
Final
SAS104
GSW102
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +2
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 19, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ ATL), 41 points.
The lead · SAS @ GSW

San Antonio holds off Golden State, 104–102

San Antonio led 82–74 after three and held on to win by two. Marco Belinelli led San Antonio with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+2+8+2SAS AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS18352922104
GSW23282328102
Who led
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 9, 12, 11, 12, 11, 7, 7, 28SAS28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 18, 8, 13, 19, 13, 12, 14, 21SAS21 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 11, 23, 14, 15, 23, 18, 21, 32GSW32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 22, 22, 43, 33, 20, 30, 28, 30GSW30 PTS · 2 REB · 15 AST
Second story · CHI @ OKC

OKC leads Chicago wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 107–95. Best quarter: the first, 35–24. Kevin Durant led OKC with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs CHI
Kevin Durant · OKCJoakim Noah · CHIPTS3223REB912AST63Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg25.3Last 3

25.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

David Lee leads the day with 32

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.
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 11, 23, 14, 15, 23, 18, 21, 32GSW vs SAS · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 29, 36, 30, 18, 31, 28, 30, 32OKC vs CHI · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 22, 22, 43, 33, 20, 30, 28, 30GSW vs SAS · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 15 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 9, 12, 11, 12, 11, 7, 7, 28SAS @ GSW · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 17, 2, 12, 21, 10, 13, 6, 23CHI @ OKC · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 18, 8, 13, 19, 13, 12, 14, 21SAS @ GSW · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 10 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+4.6 29.1 last 10 · 24.5 season
Mike DunleavyCHI+4.1 14.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Luol DengCHI+3.8 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Derrick WilliamsSAC+3.5 12.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Alec BurksUTA+3.5 16.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Monta EllisDAL−4.2 16.5 last 10 · 20.7 season
Gerald GreenPHX−3.8 8.5 last 10 · 12.3 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−3.0 17.6 last 10 · 20.6 season