FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 28, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CHA by 6 after three quarters and won 118–116.

Final
CLE100
BOS103
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +3
Final
BKN91
IND105
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +14
Final
NYK100
TOR115
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +15
Final
DET82
WAS106
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +21; Q3 WAS +24; Q4 WAS +24
Final · OT
CHA116
ATL118
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
DAL105
CHI83
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +27; Q3 DAL +30; Q4 DAL +22
Final
NOP98
HOU107
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +9
Final
DEN99
MEM120
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +21
Final
MIN117
MIL95
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +27; Q4 MIN +22
Final
PHI101
PHX115
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +14
Final
MIA108
POR107
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +1
Final
UTA90
LAC98
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +8
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 28, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Danilo Gallinari (DEN @ DAL), 39 points.
The lead · CHA @ ATL

Paul Millsap scores 33, Atlanta wins in overtime

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Final: 118–116.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3-5-60+2ATL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA2228272415116
ATL2520263017118
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 16, 18, 18, 14, 14, 25, 20, 33ATL33 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 5, 27, 5, 2, 25, 9, 7, 28ATL28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 14, 10, 24, 24, 19, 26, 16, 24CHA24 PTS · 23 REB · 1 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 13, 20, 11, 22, 12, 8, 14, 22CHA22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Wizards rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Washington beat Detroit by 24.

MIA over POR1ATL over CHA2BOS over CLE3LAC over UTA8HOU over NOP9IND over BKN14PHX over PHI14TOR over NYK15MEM over DEN21DAL over CHI22MIN over MIL22WAS over DET24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.3Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg10.2Last 3

10.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.9Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 5.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Blake Griffin 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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 16, 27, 21, 24, 32, 20, 35, 40LAC vs UTA · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 27, 2012: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 22, 20, 15, 25, 11, 23, 18, 37MIA @ POR · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 42, 30, 27, 29, 25, 45, 25, 33MIN @ MIL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 16, 18, 18, 14, 14, 25, 20, 33ATL vs CHA · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 6, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 15, 32TOR vs NYK · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 31, 19, 25, 39, 14, 21, 40, 32CLE @ BOS · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 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
Kyrie IrvingCLE+5.3 27.8 last 10 · 22.5 season
Terrence RossTOR+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Kevin LoveMIN+4.7 30.8 last 10 · 26.1 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.3 18.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Chris BoshMIA+3.9 19.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Kevin MartinMIN−5.9 14.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.6 12.9 last 10 · 17.5 season
Corey BrewerMIN−4.1 7.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.8 7.3 last 10 · 11.1 season