FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 1, 2014Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DEN by 6 after the first quarter and won 114–102.

Final
DAL87
WAS78
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
IND82
TOR95
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +13
Final
NOP112
MIN124
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +12
Final
PHI114
DEN102
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +12
Final
CHA85
LAC112
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +27
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 · 2012–13Jan 1, 2013: 6 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs POR), 45 points.
The lead · PHI @ DEN

Denver's skid reaches eight

Philadelphia won 114–102; the Nuggets fall to 14–17. Evan Turner led Philadelphia with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+12+14+12PHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI24442719114
DEN30262521102
Who led
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 13, 21, 3, 9, 29, 10, 22, 23PHI23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 18, 15, 14, 25, 30, 30, 25, 17PHI17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 20, 13, 6, 7, 16, 10, 12, 19DEN19 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 13, 15, 19, 10, 22, 19, 13, 16DEN16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · IND @ TOR

Toronto knocks off Indiana, 95–82

The Pacers came in at 25–5; the Raptors at 14–15. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over WAS9MIN over NOP12PHI over DEN12TOR over IND13LAC over CHA27Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.0Season avg26.2Last 3

26.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 31

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: 16, 27, 21, 24, 32, 20, 35, 40, 15, 31LAC vs CHA · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 30, 15, 17, 13, 25, 20, 11, 26TOR vs IND · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 21, 17, 18, 8, 16, 22, 13, 25NOP @ MIN · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 13, 21, 3, 9, 29, 10, 22, 23PHI @ DEN · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 18, 21, 19, 18, 23, 22, 9, 23DAL @ WAS · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 24, 20, 21, 20, 26, 20, 29, 22WAS vs DAL · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 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
Brandon KnightMIL+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.0 31.3 last 10 · 26.3 season
Terrence RossTOR+4.8 14.0 last 10 · 9.2 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−5.7 14.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Corey BrewerMIN−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.9 6.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andre IguodalaGSW−3.8 6.9 last 10 · 10.7 season