FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 31, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed OKC by 12 at halftime and won 98–94.

Final
ATL92
BOS91
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL +1
Final
CLE76
IND91
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +15
Final
GSW94
ORL81
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +13
Final
SAC110
HOU106
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC -6; Q4 SAC +4
Final
BKN92
SAS113
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +23; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +21
Final
TOR85
CHI79
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +6
Final
POR98
OKC94
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +4
Final
MIL94
LAL79
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +15
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 31, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ ORL), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ OKC

Portland fights back from 12 down against OKC

Final: 98–94, after trailing by 12 at the half. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists. Kevin Durant scored 37 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · POR 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-12-7+4POR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2418292798
OKC3024241694
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 27, 26, 15, 18, 32, 22, 28, 25POR25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 23, 36, 36, 29, 14, 16, 29, 21POR21 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 30, 32, 17, 24, 29, 34, 33, 37OKC37 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 17, 5, 14, 9, 24, 12, 8, 17OKC17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAC @ HOU

Sacramento upsets Houston

Sacramento (9–20) beat Houston (21–12) 110–106. Rudy Gay led Sacramento with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over BOS1SAC over HOU4POR over OKC4TOR over CHI6GSW over ORL13IND over CLE15MIL over LAL15SAS over BKN21Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 38

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 25, 19, 12, 28, 27, 21, 8, 38HOU vs SAC · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 30, 32, 17, 24, 29, 34, 33, 37OKC vs POR · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 16, 36, 17, 21, 26, 11, 18, 37MIL @ LAL · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 18, 14, 14, 25, 20, 33, 17, 34ATL @ BOS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 27, 26, 15, 18, 32, 22, 28, 25POR @ OKC · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 4, 22, 14, 23, 11, 26, 24, 25SAC @ HOU · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 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
Kevin LoveMIN+5.3 31.8 last 10 · 26.5 season
Brandon KnightMIL+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Terrence RossTOR+4.7 13.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Nick YoungLAL+4.5 21.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+4.2 16.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Kevin MartinMIN−5.9 14.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.9 6.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andre IguodalaGSW−3.8 6.9 last 10 · 10.7 season