FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 27, 2013Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIA by 13 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final
OKC89
CHA85
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +4
Final
DET92
ORL109
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +17
Final
MIL93
BKN104
Q1 BKN +13; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +11
Final
TOR95
NYK83
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +12
Final
WAS98
MIN120
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +22
Final
DEN89
NOP105
Q1 NOP +9; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +16
Final
LAL103
UTA105
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +2
Final · OT
MIA103
SAC108
Q1 SAC -13; Q2 SAC -10; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +5
Final
PHX86
GSW115
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +29
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 27, 2012: 2 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs DAL), 40 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from ten down at the half, wins in overtime

Miami led 55–45 at the break. It was 89–89 after regulation, and Sacramento won the extra time 19–14. Final: 108–103. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 27 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-10+10+5SAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA3223181614103
SAC1926291519108
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 15, 21, 30, 28, 27, 14, 24, 27SAC27 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 24, 26, 4, 22, 14, 23, 11, 26SAC26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 17, 25, 30, 24, 18, 38, 19, 33MIA33 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 12, 22, 20, 15, 25, 11, 23, 18MIA18 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Golden State by 29.

UTA over LAL2OKC over CHA4SAC over MIA5BKN over MIL11TOR over NYK12NOP over DEN16ORL over DET17MIN over WAS22GSW over PHX29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg37.7Today

38 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 34

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 DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 31, 28, 30, 32, 17, 24, 29, 34OKC @ CHA · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 17, 25, 30, 24, 18, 38, 19, 33MIA @ SAC · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 15, 21, 30, 28, 27, 14, 24, 27SAC vs MIA · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 30, 20, 13, 24, 20, 21, 20, 26WAS @ MIN · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 24, 26, 4, 22, 14, 23, 11, 26SAC vs MIA · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 26, 42, 30, 27, 29, 25, 45, 25MIN vs WAS · W
25.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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+4.3 16.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.1 22.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Mike DunleavyCHI+3.8 14.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Luol DengCHI+3.8 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Brandon KnightMIL+3.7 17.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Cold
Kevin MartinMIN−5.5 14.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN−5.2 12.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Corey BrewerMIN−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−3.8 10.7 last 10 · 14.5 season
Jeremy LinHOU−3.8 10.9 last 10 · 14.7 season