FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 6, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed ATL by 6 at halftime and won 91–86.

Final
MIN126
PHI95
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +31; Q4 MIN +31
Final
ATL86
BKN91
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN -6; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +5
Final
ORL81
LAC101
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +26; Q3 LAC +30; Q4 LAC +20
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 6, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs DEN), 29 points.
The lead · ATL @ BKN

Brooklyn makes it three straight

Brooklyn beat Atlanta 91–86 and moved to 13–21. Joe Johnson led Brooklyn with 23 points, 3 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-6+5+5BKN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2131151986
BKN2719261991
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 17, 12, 6, 9, 9, 9, 2, 23BKN23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 0, 18, 8, 17, 19, 17, 12, 3, 9, 16BKN16 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 25, 20, 33, 17, 34, 12, 16, 16ATL16 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 26, 34, 20, 22, 16, 14, 16, 16ATL16 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · ORL @ LAC

Clippers lead Orlando wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 101–81. Best quarter: the first, 36–18. Darren Collison led Clippers with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over ATL5LAC over ORL20MIN over PHI31Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 27 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 26

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 LovePoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 25, 45, 25, 33, 36, 21, 30, 26MIN @ PHI · W
26.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 17, 12, 6, 9, 9, 9, 2, 23BKN vs ATL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 12, 3, 16, 15, 8, 6, 16, 22ORL @ LAC · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Maurice HarklessPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 11, 5, 2, 4, 22ORL @ LAC · L
6.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 11, 6, 7, 11, 8, 20, 14, 21LAC vs ORL · W
9.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 25, 30, 30, 25, 17, 28, 30, 20PHI vs MIN · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 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
Brandon KnightMIL+6.4 21.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+5.0 23.4 last 10 · 18.4 season
David LeeGSW+4.6 23.6 last 10 · 19.0 season
Nick YoungLAL+4.5 21.1 last 10 · 16.6 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.3 22.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.9 13.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Kevin MartinMIN−3.9 15.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−3.4 8.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jeremy LinHOU−3.3 10.8 last 10 · 14.1 season