FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 26, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MEM by 8 at halftime and won 100–92.

Final · 2OT
ATL127
CLE125
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL 0; OT2 ATL +2
Final
MEM92
HOU100
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +8
Final
SAS116
DAL107
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +9
Final · OT
LAC112
POR116
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +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 26, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DEN), 40 points.
The lead · MEM @ HOU

Houston climbs out of an 8-point hole against Memphis

Down 8 at the half, the Rockets won the fourth quarter 34–20 and the game 100–92. James Harden led Houston with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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+3-8-6+8HOU AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2330192092
HOU26192134100
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 27, 25, 26, 25, 19, 12, 28, 27HOU27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 7, 2, 5, 10, 8, 10, 21, 20HOU20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 17, 13, 20, 18, 14, 25, 22, 23MEM23 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 5 games: 2, 11, 5, 9, 12MEM12 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · ATL @ CLE

Atlanta goes to double overtime again, beats Cleveland

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Hawks. 95–95 after 48 minutes, 127–125 final. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 34 points, 3 rebounds and 14 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs CLE
Jeff Teague · ATLKyrie Irving · CLEPTS3440REB32AST149Top 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
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.5Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 40

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 0, 20, 37, 31, 19, 25, 39, 14, 21, 40CLE vs ATL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Immanuel Quickley NYK, Mar 27, 2023: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
40 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 12, 16, 27, 21, 24, 32, 20, 35LAC @ POR · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 20, 38, 23, 12, 10, 19, 26, 34LAC @ POR · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 16 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 17, 12, 4, 17, 18, 9, 26, 34ATL @ CLE · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 24, 31, 20, 27, 26, 15, 18, 32POR vs LAC · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 27, 25, 26, 25, 19, 12, 28, 27HOU vs MEM · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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+5.1 16.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.5 18.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.1 22.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+3.9 21.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Mike DunleavyCHI+3.8 14.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Ty LawsonDEN−5.1 12.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Kevin MartinMIN−4.3 15.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Corey BrewerMIN−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jeremy LinHOU−3.8 10.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.7 15.6 last 10 · 19.3 season