FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 22, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed OKC by 9 after three quarters and won 104–98.

Final
BOS79
IND106
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +27
Final
TOR104
OKC98
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR -9; Q4 TOR +6
Final · OT
MIN116
LAC120
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +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 22, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (MIL vs CLE), 37 points.
The lead · TOR @ OKC

Toronto fights back late to top OKC

OKC led 84–75 after three. Toronto won the fourth 29–14 and the game 104–98. Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+6-9+6TOR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR25371329104
OKC2135281498
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 21, 23, 11, 6, 16, 17, 20, 22TOR22 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 16, 22, 32, 19, 17, 14, 10, 15, 17TOR17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 14, 27, 19, 20, 21, 20, 31, 27OKC27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 30, 18, 31, 28, 30, 32, 17, 24OKC24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIN @ LAC

Clippers need overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 106–106 after regulation. Clippers won the final period 14–10 for a 120–116 win. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs MIN
Blake Griffin · LACKevin Love · MINPTS3245REB1019AST26Top 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
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg42.3Today

42 minutes today, against 28.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 45

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.
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 26, 26, 42, 30, 27, 29, 25, 45MIN @ LAC · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, May 13, 2022: 44 PTS · 20 REB · 6 AST
Season high45 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 18, 20, 18, 19, 13, 30, 22, 34MIN @ LAC · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 26, 18, 12, 16, 27, 21, 24, 32LAC vs MIN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 14, 27, 19, 20, 21, 20, 31, 27OKC vs TOR · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 30, 18, 31, 28, 30, 32, 17, 24OKC vs TOR · L
28.1 PPG season to date · −4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 43, 19, 28, 32, 17, 10, 17, 25, 24, 24IND vs BOS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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
Amir JohnsonTOR+4.2 16.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+3.9 21.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Luol DengCHI+3.8 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
John HensonMIL+3.5 16.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Xavier HenryLAL+3.5 13.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 13.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Kevin MartinMIN−4.3 15.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Corey BrewerMIN−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.7 15.6 last 10 · 19.3 season
Enes KanterUTA−2.8 8.5 last 10 · 11.3 season