FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 2, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed OKC by 15 at halftime and won 95–93.

Final · OT
ORL81
CLE87
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +6
Final
GSW123
MIA114
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +9
Final
BOS82
CHI94
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +12
Final
BKN95
OKC93
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN -15; Q3 BKN -11; Q4 BKN +2
Final
NYK105
SAS101
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
Final
MEM99
PHX91
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +8
Final
MIL87
UTA96
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +9
Final
CHA104
POR134
Q1 POR +18; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +23; Q4 POR +30
Final
PHI113
SAC104
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +9
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 2, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (BKN @ OKC), 33 points.
The lead · BKN @ OKC

Brooklyn erases 15-point lead, steals one from OKC

OKC led 59–44 at halftime. Brooklyn won the second half 51–34 to take it 95–93. Deron Williams led Brooklyn with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-15-11+2BKN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN2915222995
OKC2633181693
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 15, 17, 9, 18, 9, 14, 9, 29BKN29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 27, 24, 0, 6, 13, 18, 13, 18BKN18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 32, 17, 24, 29, 34, 33, 37, 24OKC24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Perry Jones IIIPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 8, 0, 11OKC11 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Charlotte by 30, the widest margin of 9 games.

BKN over OKC2NYK over SAS4CLE over ORL6MEM over PHX8GSW over MIA9UTA over MIL9PHI over SAC9CHI over BOS12POR over CHA30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.5Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 36

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 30, 18, 14, 15, 14, 29, 9, 36GSW @ MIA · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 28, 27, 14, 24, 27, 29, 17, 33SAC vs PHI · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 18, 17, 13, 12, 8, 21, 26, 33PHX vs MEM · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 32, 19, 28, 23, 17, 19, 22, 32GSW @ MIA · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 28, 17, 4, 9, 4, 4, 10, 32SAS vs NYK · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 15, 17, 9, 18, 9, 14, 9, 29BKN @ OKC · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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+5.4 20.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.0 31.3 last 10 · 26.3 season
Terrence RossTOR+4.8 14.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chris BoshMIA+4.6 20.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Nick YoungLAL+4.5 21.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Cold
Kevin MartinMIN−5.7 14.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.0 7.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Corey BrewerMIN−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Andre IguodalaGSW−3.5 7.0 last 10 · 10.5 season